Puke Waihape
Born 1892 - Died 12 May 1930
- Service number
- WWI 16/55 AWMM
- Also known as
- —
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 1st NZ Maori ContingentPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Military Record
- Last rank
- —
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
- PrivatePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Military Record
- Forenames
- Puke AWMM
- Surname
- Waihape AWMM
- Ingoa
- —
- Also known as
- —
- Service number
- WWI 16/55 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
- Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
- Ngāti Pāhauwera, Ngā Iwi o Tākitimu, Tākitimu, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM
- Religion
- Church of EnglandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Military Record
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 1892 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 1892Public - Tania Mākere - Other Relative - 21 April 2015 - Military Personnel File
- Place of birth
- Mohaka, Hawke's Bay, New ZealandPublic - Tania Mākere - Other Relative - 21 April 2015 - Military Personnel File
- Birth notes
- son of Renata WaihapePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Military record
- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Mohaka, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
- LabourerPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - NZ Archives Record
- Next of kin
- Renata Waihape (father), Mohaka, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
- 1920 married Anne Maud McKainPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Research
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Egyptian - Gallipoli, Egyptian EF & Western EuropeanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Military Record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 1st NZ Maori ContingentPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Military Record
- Service number
- WWI 16/55 AWMM
- Military service
- 1914-1919Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Military Record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
- Private > T/Corporal > PrivatePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Military Record
Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
London Gazette 11 July 1919, p8837, Rec No 3415 AWMM - 1914 - 1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
MiD (Mentioned in Despatches) by Sir Dougals Haig for Distinguished & Gallant Service & devotion to duty during the period 16/9/1918 to 15/3/1919Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Military Record
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
- —
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- 3 Oct 1914 at WairoaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Military record
- Age on enlistment
- 22yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Military record
- Occupation before enlistment
- Labourer — Wairoa County Council.Public - Tania Makere - Other Relative - 21 April 2015 - Military Personnel File.
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
- 1915 - slightly wounded, hospitalised at Malta then EnglandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Military Record
Last known rank
- Last rank
- —
- Last rank
- —
Biographical information
- Private Puku Waihape was promoted to Lance Corporal Aug 1915 then Corporal in Apr 1916, then reverts to Private at his own request. He again was promoted to Lance Corporal in Feb 1918 and to Corporal a month later. He again was demoted to Private at his own request by August 1918Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Military record
About death
- Death
- 12 May 1930 Public Source
- Date of death
- 12 May 1930Public - Tania Mākere - Other Relative - 21 April 2015 - Military Personnel File
- Age at death
- 38Public - Tania Mākere - Other Relative - 21 April 2015 - Military Personnel File.
- Place of death
- Wairoa HospitalPublic - Tania Mākere - Other Relative - 21 April 2015 - Military Personnel File
- Cause of death
- Died after Operation of Amputation of FootPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Military record
- Death notes
- Informant: Next of Kin: Rewati Waihape of ? HBPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Military record
- Cemetery
- —
- Cemetery name
- Mohaka CemeteryPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Military record
- Grave reference
- Block No 1; ArakanihiPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Military record
- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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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/R22021092
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-131002.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: 748 - 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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