Whare Pahina

Title

Private

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Forenames

Whare AWMM

Surname

Pahina AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/108 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

• 21 Jun 1885 AWMM
• 21 Jun 1885 Public Source

Date of birth

21 June 1885

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Place of birth

Te Araroa, East Coast

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Birth notes

son of Penetana Pahina

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Penetana Pahina (father), Te Araroa, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian - Gallipoli & Mudros, Egyptian E F & Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 1st NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion
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Service number

WWI 16/108 AWMM

Military service

1914-1919

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Medals and Awards

• Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) AWMM
  London Gazette 17.6.1918 AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• 1914-1915 Star
  British War & Victory Medals
  22/7/1918 - Award the Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) for valuable services rendered with the Forces in France
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Enlistment

• WW1
• 16 Dec 1914 at Avondale
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Age on enlistment

29yrs

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Occupation before enlistment

Labourer

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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

Medical notes

Aug 1915 wounded; Oct 1915 admitted to Birmingham War Hospital

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Last rank

Private

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Next of Kin: Mr P. Pahina, Te Araroa, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

21 Feb 1929 AWMM

Age at death

38yrs

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Place of death

Gisborne, NZ

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Death notes

Pulmonary TB

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Cemetery

Mangatuna Cemetery AWMM

Cemetery name

Mangatuna Urupa, Tolaga Bay, NZ

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Memorial name

St Marys Church's War Memorial at Tikitiki under "those that died in NZ & Aust." list

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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/R21383395
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130969.html
  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

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 560
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• 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.