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Kohatu Hari Hemara Wahanui

  • Service number
    WWI 16/481 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Kohatu H. Whanonga AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Kohatu Hari Hemara AWMM
  • Surname
    Wahanui AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Kohatu H. Whanonga AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/481 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
    Ngati Urunumia Public - Bronwyn-Ann - Other Relative - 3 March 2015 - personal record
  • Waka
    • Tainui AWMM
    • Tainui Public - Bronwyn-Ann - Other Relative - 3 March 2015 - personal record
  • Rohe
    Te Rohe Potae Public - Bronwyn-Ann - Other Relative - 3 March 2015 - Personal
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 June 1890 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Kings' College, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Hari Hemara (father), Otorohanga, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/481 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 15 October 1914 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Two brothers enlisted

      Kohatu Wahanui 16/481 Thomas Wahanui 16/488 AWMM
    • Kohatu Hari Hemara Wahanui 16/481 Passed away at the homestead, Gallaghers road, rd3 Ngahape
      May 1976 aged 86yrs Hence Born 9th June 1890 Public - George TeHuia Raureti - 20 April 2018 - I am Number 8 son of 13 Siblings born 29th October 1950

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Ngāti Maniapoto's WW1 Memorial, Te Tokanganui-a-noho Marae, Te Kuiti AWMM

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  • Thank you Koro for the contribution you made so that we may live and enjoy the beauty that surrounds us each and every day. Thank you for teaching through your valiant example the importance of fighting for what is important. I honour and pay tribute to you and all the other courageous men and women who left the comfort of your homes and everything familiar to you to fight I the war. Arohanui your mokopuna. Georgina JM Rewha (nee: Hemara-Wahanui)
    Public - Georgina - Other Relative - 4 March 2015
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  • Love you Koro. I look forward to meeting you beyond the veil x
    Public - Bronwyn-Ann - Other Relative - 3 March 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 748 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
    • Auckland Museum Public - Hazel - Child - 24 May 2015 - Personal File Auckland War Memorial Museum

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
20 April 2018George TeHuia RauretiMartonOther
19 July 2015Lorraine MGisborne NZResearcher
04 March 2015GeorginaTe Awamutu, New ZealandOther Relative
03 March 2015Bronwyn-AnnWhirinaki, New ZealandOther Relative

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