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William Huatahi Walker

  • Service number
    WWI 16/187 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st NZ Maori Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Portrait, wounded at Gallipoli, Auckland Weekly News, 13 January 13, 1916 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, wounded at Gallipoli, Auckland Weekly News, 13 January 13, 1916 - No known copyright restr …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Huatahi AWMM
  • Surname
    Walker AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 16/187 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    25 Sept 1886 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    • Rotorua, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 March 2016 - Military Record
    • Ohinemutu, Rotorua Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Keneta W. Poihipi, Rotoiti, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Married AWMM
    • 1908 married Raina Pome Tuehu Pomare Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 March 2016 - Military Record & Research

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian, Egytpian EF & Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st NZ Maori Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/187 AWMM
  • Military service
    • 1914-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 March 2016 - Military Record
    • 1920-1923 NZ Territorials Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 March 2016 - Military Records
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Te Aute Cadets Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 March 2016 - Military record
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM AWMM
    • 20 Oct 1914 at Narrow Neck Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Farmer Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    28yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 March 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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • 1915 - LIEUTENANT W. H. WALKER. Lieutenant William H. Walker, Maori contingent, reported wounded, is a native of Rotoiti. He was educated at St. Stephen's School, Parnell, and won the senior Makanni scholarship in 1901. After a period at Te Aute College he entered the theological college at Te Rau, Gisborne, to train for the ministry, but left there for the Civil Service in 1906. He was one of the first to enlist in the Maori contingent and left Auckland as platoon sergeant, While in Malta he received his commission as second lieutenant. According to letters lately received from other officers of the contingent, Lieutenant Walker rendered valuable scouting services shortly after landing at Gallipoli. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 March 2016 - New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16039, 4 October 1915, Page 7
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    2 August 1948 Public Source
  • Date of death
    2 August 1948 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 March 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ Records
  • Age at death
    64yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 March 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ Records
  • Place of death
    Rotorua, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 March 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22015168
    Further Reference
  • 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
    • Auckland Weekly News AWMM
      Auckland Weekly News, 1916 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: 751 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. 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. 5: Includes portrait AWMM

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09 March 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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