Identity
Title
Private
Public - 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
Iwi
Hapū
Waka
Tākitimu
Public - Tania Makere - Other Relative - 21 April 2015 - Family papers.
Rohe
Mōhaka
Public - Tania Makere - Other Relative - 21 April 2015 - Military personnel file.
Religion
Church of England
Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Military Record
Civilian life
Birth
Date of birth
1892 Public - Tania Mākere - Other Relative - 21 April 2015 - Military Personnel File
Place of birth
Mohaka, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand Public - Tania Mākere - Other Relative - 21 April 2015 - Military Personnel File
Birth notes
son of Renata Waihape
Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Military record
Address before enlistment
Unknown AWMM Mohaka, New Zealand AWMM
Post war occupation
Labourer
Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - NZ Archives Record
Next of kin on embarkation
Renata Waihape (father), Mohaka, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
Relationship status
- Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
- 1920 married Anne Maud McKain Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Research
Service
Medals and Awards
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 15/3/1919
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Capture details
Days interned
Liberation date
Liberation Repatriation
POW liberation details
POW serial number
Medical notes
1915 - slightly wounded, hospitalised at Malta then England
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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 1918
Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Military record
Death
Death
Date of death
12 May 1930 Public - Tania Mākere - Other Relative - 21 April 2015 - Military Personnel File
Age at death
38 Public - Tania Mākere - Other Relative - 21 April 2015 - Military Personnel File.
Place of death
Wairoa Hospital Public - Tania Mākere - Other Relative - 21 April 2015 - Military Personnel File
Cause of death
Died after Operation of Amputation of Foot
Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Military record
Death notes
Cemetery
Cemetery name
Mohaka Cemetery
Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 25 February 2016 - Military record
Grave reference
Block No 1; Arakanihi
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Obituary
Memorial name
Memorial reference
Roll of Honour
Remember Puke Waihape by laying a poppy.
Leave a note
Leave a tribute or memory of
Puke Waihape
Processing
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E te rangatira, e Koro Puke: ka maumahara tonu ki a koe i tēnei wā, ā muri ake rā, me te mea nei mō ake tonu atu. Tēnā rawa atu koe tō kaha, tōu nā māia, ā anō hoki tōu 'Pāhauweratanga' ki waenga rā -- "MOHAKAHARARA, TAUPUNGA, OPUNGA".
Public - Tania Mākere - Other Relative - 21 April 2015
Sources
External links
Documents
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
Page No: 748 AWMM - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
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