Henry Charles Maka

Forenames

Henry Charles AWMM

Surname

Maka AWMM

Also known as

Henry Maka AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/889 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

4 Nov 1893 AWMM

Birth notes

Son of James MAKA of Kaihu

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Address before enlistment

Pre 27 May 1915 AWMM Northern Wairoa, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

James Maka (father), Kaihu, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
• Single AWMM
• 1915 Charles Henry Tereke MAKA married Gertrude Leonard FERNANDES
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 15 July 2024 - NZ BDN Marriage Records

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/889 AWMM

Military service

• 15 [North Auckland] Regiment AWMM
• NZ Rarotongan Company AWMM
• New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM
• 3 New Zealand Entrenching Battalion AWMM
• New Zealand Army Service Corps AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 27 May 1915 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM
Mill hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 6.75 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  154 pounds AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Wounded in action, left thigh 17 September 1916 AWMM
• Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
  Death due to war service, death due to war service, chronic nephritis, heart failure AWMM
• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
• Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Inter War 13 Sept 1919 AWMM
Termination of period of engagement AWMM
Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Son of James John Maka

Married just before embarkation to Gertrude Leonard Fernandez 8 September 1915. Father of a child born in 6 May 1913; Henry James Maka b 3 February 1916, Kaihu; Raynor Gertrude Maka (d. 8 November 1941). His wife died in 1971

Returned to New Zealand on the SS Westmoreland 28 February 1919

Enlisted as Henry, service record has Henry Charles and Henry (Charles)

Next of Kin: Mrs G. L. Maka, Halesowen Ave., Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

17 Dec 1927 AWMM
Age  36 AWMM

Cause of death

Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Hillsborough Cemetery, Hillsborough Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Area 3 Block S Lot No 235 AWMM

Obituary

MAKA.—On December 17, 1927, suddenly, at 24 West Street, Newton, Charles Henry, beloved husband of Gertrude MAKA, and beloved son of J. and M. Maka, aged 36 years.
Interred Sunday, December 18, at Hillsborough Cemetery.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 15 July 2024 - DEATHS.
AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME LVIII, ISSUE 299, 19 DECEMBER 1927, PAGE 1

Memorial name

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

Related objects

External links

• Cemetery Records. Auckland, Hillsborough, Onetangi, Waiheke, Otahuhu Public, Waikaraka and others.
  https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/en/cemeteries/find-burial-cremation.html
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10927878
  Further Reference
• Cemetery Records. Auckland, Hillsborough, Onetangi, Waiheke, Otahuhu Public, Waikaraka and others.
  https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/en/cemeteries/find-burial-cremation.html
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10927878
  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

• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 478
• Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group.
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.