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Mahurangi Pohatu

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/828 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Military record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Mahurangi AWMM
  • Surname
    Pohatu AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 16/828 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1894 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1894 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of Mrs Ngaikiha Kaimoana (aka Aggie Walker) of Muriwai (late of Wairoa) Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Thames Hotel, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Aggie Walker (mother), Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 18 September 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian, Egyptian EF & Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Military record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Military record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/828 AWMM
  • Military service
    1915-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Military record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 AWMM
    • 14 July 1915 at Takapuna Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Labourer Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    21yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Military Record

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Aug 1917 GSW to Back; Feb 1918: Influenza; Jan 1919: Influenza Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Military record

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    9 May 1975 Public Source
  • Date of death
    9 May 1975 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    81yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
    Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Block RSA: Plot 727; Warrant # 14048 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

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  • Refer to the story written by Walter HEANY found in the Newspaper "IN A TIGHT CORNER."
    POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLIV, ISSUE 14452, 12 NOVEMBER 1917, PAGE 7 - in which Maharangi POHATU was wounded
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 September 2023
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Sources

Sources

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Contributors

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12 September 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
28 February 2016Lorraine MGisborneResearcher

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