Huki Rawhiti
Born 23 Apr 1893 - Died 21/07/1937
Public - Mahera - Direct descendant - 24 February 2025 - BDM Death Certificate
- Service number
- WWI 16/530 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Last rank
- WW1
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Huki AWMM
- Surname
- Rawhiti AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 16/530 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
- Church of EnglandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 March 2016 - Military Record
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 23 Apr 1893 AWMM
- Date of birth
- 23 April 1893Public - Loraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record
- Place of birth
- Araparera, Kaukapakapa, NorthlandPublic - Loraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record
- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Muriwai, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Rangikino Hapeta (brother), Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
- Husband of Mere Heeni Henare Wharara RawhitiPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 November 2024 - https://www.geni.com/people/Hukio-Te-Rangi-Rawhiti/6000000017118242106
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Egyptian - Gallipoli, & Western EuropeanPublic - Loraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military record
- Armed force / branch
- Service number
- WWI 16/530 AWMM
- Military service
- 1915-1919Public - Loraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Military Medal and bar (MM*) AWMM
M.M.: London Gazette 11 October 1916, p9839, Rec No 23 | Bar M.M.: London Gazette 6 January 1917, p351, Rec No 268 AWMM - 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
- 1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Military Medal (MM) awarded Oct 1916; & (MM) Bar awarded Jan 1917:
Although Pte. H. Rawhiti, who has just been awarded a bar to the Military Medal which he won some time ago, belongs nominally to the Pioneer Battalion, it was in Field Ambulance that he distinguished himself on both occasions. During the great attack in Galiipoli, in August, 1915, Rawhiti carried down at least a dozen wounded men from the New Zealand machine guns to the dressing station before he was disabled by ricking his back. He is still acting as a stretcher-bearer, and his new decoration is for a similar exhibition of coolness in France.Public - Loraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record & Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 16, 18 January 1917, Page 8
- Military Medal and bar (MM*) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 16 Jan 1915 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
- 16 Jan 1916 Avondale Military CampPublic - Loraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Records
- Age on enlistment
- 21yrsPublic - Loraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Records
- Occupation before enlistment
- LabourerPublic - Loraine M - Researcher - 12 March 2016 - Military Record
Embarkations
- 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
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
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Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 18 Nov 1919 AWMM
- Lance CorporalPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 March 2016 - Military Record
- Last rank
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Biographical information
- DEEDS OF GALLANTRY - Pioneer Battalion Sergt. R. Angel, Private H. Rawhiti, Sergt, W R Bennett, Sergt. Rotoatara, Corporal R H Flutey, Corporal T. P. Sidney, Corporal R. Otehe. - awarded the Military MedalPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 January 2016 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 14169, 11 December 1916, Page 5
About death
- Death
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- Date of death
- 21/07/1937Public - Mahera - Direct descendant - 24 February 2025 - BDM Death Certificate
- 1937Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 March 2016 - Military Record
- 21/07/1937
- Age at death
- 46yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 March 2016 - Military Record
- Place of death
- Warkworth, Northland, New ZealandPublic - Mahera - Direct descendant - 24 February 2025 - BDM Death Certificate
- Tinopai, Kaipara, NorthlandPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 November 2024 - https://www.geni.com/people/Hukio-Te-Rangi-Rawhiti/6000000017118242106
- NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 March 2016 - Military Record
- Warkworth, Northland, New Zealand
- Cause of death
- PneumoniaPublic - Mahera - Direct descendant - 24 February 2025 - BDM Death Certificate
- Death notes
- Huki Oterangi Rawhiti died in 1937 aged 46yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 March 2016 - Military Record
- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
- Ratana Church, OruawharoPublic - Mahera - Direct descendant - 24 February 2025 - BDM Death Certificate
- Waihaua Cemetery, Tinopai, KaiparaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 November 2024 - https://www.geni.com/people/Hukio-Te-Rangi-Rawhiti/6000000017118242106
- Ratana Church, Oruawharo
- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
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Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20804322
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130952.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
- Military personnel file
- 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: 604 - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
- 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.
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