Hekiera Kupara Keneti

Title

Private

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Forenames

Hekiera Kupara AWMM

Surname

Keneti AWMM

Also known as

Hekiera Ku-para Keneti AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/13 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

1 Jun 1888 Public Source

Date of birth

1 June 1888

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Place of birth

Tokomaru Bay, East Coast, NZ

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Birth notes

son of Miria Teomerenhi (mother), Tokomaru Bay

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Miria Teomerenhi (mother), Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian - Gallipoli

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 1st NZ Maori Contingent
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Service number

WWI 16/13 AWMM

Military service

1914-1916

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal

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Enlistment

• WW1
• 19 Oct 1914 at Tomomaru Bay
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Age on enlistment

26yrs

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Occupation before enlistment

Labourer for George Ryland

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Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM B Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Next of Kin: Mrs N. K. Wirhana, Tokomaru Bay (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

24 Mar 1926 Public Source

Date of death

24 Mar 1926

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 February 2016 - New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19286, 26 March 1926, Page 1

Age at death

39yrs

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Place of death

Auckland Hospital, NZ

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Cause of death

Cardiac Failure

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Cemetery name

Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland

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Grave reference

SOLDIERS BURIAL B Row 2, Plot 21

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Obituary

KENETI - On March 24, 1926, at Auckland Hospital. Private H. K. Keneti (Jim Kennedy), late 4 West Street, Newton; Aged 30 years. Funeral notice morning "Herald." Gisborne papers please copy.
KENETI—On March 24, 1926, at Auckland Hospital. Private H. K. Keneti, 16/13 (Jim Kennedy), late 4 West Street, Newton; aged 39 years. The funeral will leave Watney Sibun's Mortuary at 2. p.m. to-day (Friday), for Waikumete Cemetery

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 24 February 2016 - Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 71, 25 March 1926, Page 1 & New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19286, 26 March 1926, Page 1

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18056287
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  Further Reference

References

• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 388
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.