Teko Mihaere

Forenames

Teko AWMM

Surname

Mihaere AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/21 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Māori AWMM

Address before enlistment

Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Katiana Whakahewa (mother), Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/21 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

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

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Influenza AWMM

Next of Kin: Mrs H. Whakahewa, Wairoa, Hawles Bay (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

16 Nov 1918 Public Source

Date of death

16 Nov 1918

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 July 2015 - Military Record

Age at death

26 yrs

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 July 2015 - Military Record

Place of death

• Wairoa
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 7 April 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206061554/teko-mihaere
• NZ
  Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 July 2015 - Military Record

Cause of death

• Died of Disease AWMM
• Influenza
  Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 July 2015 - Military Record

Death notes

Buried at Wairoa, NZ

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 July 2015 - Military Record

Cemetery name

Okaka Urupā, Wairoa

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 7 April 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206061554/teko-mihaere

Obituary

"Private Teko Mehirere, a recently returned half-caste soldier, was one of the first to succumb to the epidemic. He was a young native of good promise and his career while on active service had made him popular in the district." (Source: WAIROA HAS IT. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 20998, 21 November 1918, Page 6) AWMM

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/R21375075
  Further Reference
• Casualty Department Nominal Rolls of Service Personnel Returning to New Zealand Index, Auckland Council Archives
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/ACC080/searchnominal.htm
  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
• WAIROA HAS IT. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 20998, 21 November 1918, Page 6
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DTN19181121.2.97
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 501
• 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.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.