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Hori Pomana

  • Service number
    WWI 16/832 AWMM
  • Also known as
    George Reremoana Pomana Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Record
  • 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
    Sergeant Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Hori AWMM
  • Surname
    Pomana AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    George Reremoana Pomana Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/832 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
  • Date of birth
    1893 (? by death age/date = 1889) Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Nuhaka, Wairoa, HB Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    Son of Hori Pomana & Riria Mihingare Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Research
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Manutuke, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Siria Pomana, Manutuke, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 18 September 1915 AWMM Married 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 16/832 AWMM
  • Military service
    1915-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
    • Military Medal (MM) AWMM
      London Gazette 20 August 1919, p10586, Rec No 3418 AWMM
    • 1914-1915 Star
      British War Medal
      Victory Medal
      1919 awarded The Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
      1919 awarded the Military Medal (MM) Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Military Record

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 AWMM
    • 17 June 1915 at Takapuna Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Farmer for S J Daulton, Manutuke Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    22yrs 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Sergeant Public - Loraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    13 February 1965 Public Source
  • Date of death
    13 February 1965 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    76yrs 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 253; Warrant # 11119 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 28 February 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • 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. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 587 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
30 October 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
12 March 2016Loraine MGisborne, NZResearcher
28 February 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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