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Monu Kahukiwa

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/626 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Momi AWMM
    • Momi Kahukiwa AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Monu AWMM
  • Surname
    Kahukiwa AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Momi AWMM
    • Momi Kahukiwa AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/626 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1893 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    Kopuriki, Bay of Plenty Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 June 2024 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    Son of Te Kahukiwa Hemi and Te Waewae Te Mumuhu Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 July 2024 - https://www.geni.com/people/Monu-Kahukiwa/6000000012277151458
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Kopuriki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Te Kahukiwa (father), Waiohau, Kopuriki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 18 September 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
    • 1923 Monu KAHUKIWA married Ruihi Lulu McRAE Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 June 2024 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/626 AWMM
  • Military service
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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

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  • Listed as Moni Kahukiwa in Nominal Roll.

    One of the 50 Tūhoe soldiers who fought in WW1. Patuheuheu. Pvt. World War 1, 1914-1918, sn.16/626, 2nd Māori Contingent, A Company, embarked on 18-Sept-1915 for Suez Egypt. Age 22Y when he enlisted in 1915, wounded June 1916 and Nov 1918. Awarded British War medal and Victory Medal. Next of kin - Te Kahukiwa (father), Waiohau, Kopuriki. Labourer, b. 1893 Te Houhi, dcd 29-Jan-1954 in Rotorua (Charles Timutimu Research Project).

    Urewera Lands Consolidation Scheme (Report of Commissioners as to position of). Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1924 Session I, G-07."At a sitting of the Commission at Ruatoki in April last it was stated that a number of the Urewera Natives sold their lands prior to enlisting for the war; those who returned now find themselves landless, and they ask that the Crown give them land so that they may not be a burden on the members of their families." Kahukiwa was listed as one of these men. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    29 January 1954 AWMM
    Age 61 AWMM
    Rotorua, Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Date of death
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  • Cause of death
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R18055199
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 381 AWMM
    • Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand. AWMM
      Urewera Lands Consolidation Scheme (Report of Commissioners as to position of). Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1924 Session I, G-07. AWMM
    • Research for this record was kindly provided by the Nga Wahi Pakanga I Karipori Charles Timutimu Research (August 2014). This project focused on the men of the Te Urewera area who fought in the 1st World War 1914 - 1918. AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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03 July 2024Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher

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