Whetu Werohia
Born b. 1889
Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 October 2024 - Military REcord
- Service number
- WWI 16/856 AWMM
- WWII 4997 AWMM
- Also known as
- Te Whetu Werohia AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
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- War
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Whetu AWMM
- Surname
- Werohia AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Te Whetu Werohia AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/856 AWMM
- WWII 4997 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
- Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
- Tauranga Moana, Māori AWMM
- Ngāi Te Rangi, Māori AWMM
- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Date of birth
- b. 1889Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 October 2024 - Military REcord
- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
- Son of Hikurangi Hikurangi and Ngawaara Mihipeka TE WHETUPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 October 2024 - https://www.geni.com/people/Henare-Werohia-Te-Whetu/6000000033150992518
- Address before enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Papamoa, New Zealand AWMM
- WW2 Papamoa, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Henare Werohia (father), Papamoa, Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM
- WW2 Mrs Marjory Dinah Werohia (wife), Papamoa, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
- 1918 Whetu WEROHIA married Marjorie Dinah KEMPTONPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 15 November 2024 - Military Record
Wars and conflicts
- War
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/856 AWMM
- WWII 4997 AWMM
- Military service
- 28 (Maori) Battalion, B Company AWMM
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- WW2 Shepherd/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM - WW2 Second Lieutenant AWMM 28 (Maori) Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM
- WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 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
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- Last rank
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Biographical information
- A member of the Polynesian Society. AWMM
- Unfortunately some of the above is incorrect = The Hills (Hemi and Robert) were NOT adopted by the Werohia Whanau, however they did live with Whetu's parents for a time. They were never adopted.Public - Jane - Direct descendant - 21 November 2022 - Family Papers, court papers and whanau korero
- Hemi Hill, and his brothers Robert Hill (aka Waru Werohia) and Himiona Bruce Hill (enlisted under an unknown name) as well as an adoptive brother Whetu Werohia, all served in the Great War. Hemi and his brothers were the sons of Roger Hill (former Commissioned Officer in the Waikato and Auckland Militias, during the NZ Land Wars) and Whareherehere Mataki Anaru (Tutawake, Te Whanau-A-Apanui) of Whitianga/Omaio in the Bay of Plenty. Roger's father was a solicitor and originally lived in Doughty St, Bloomsbury. England (the Hill's were neighbours to Charles Dickens when he wrote Oliver Twist). It's believed that Hemi was not of age and enlisted with a friend Mita Hohua. Hemi was injured by German artillery fire on the first day of the Battle of Messines, June 7, 1917, witnessed by Mita and Hemi's adoptive brother Whetu; who carried Hemi back to the Dressing Station at Kandahar.
Written by Public - Brent - Other Relative - 12 April 2015 - see Hemi Hill's pagePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 February 2016 - Written by: Brent - Other Relative - 12 April 2015 - see Hemi Hill's page
About death
- Death
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- Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
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- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
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Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Masonic Great War Project
https://www.masonicgreatwarproject.org.uk/legend.php?id=3943
Further Reference - Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
Further Reference - 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
Further Reference - U SERIES - TALK TO MĀORI PEOPLE OF NZ CAPT WEROHIA. Year 1941, Reference 12871
https://www.ngataonga.org.nz/search-use-collection/search/12871/
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
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R24064521
Further Reference
- Masonic Great War Project
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Page No: 768 - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- Homeward bound : S.S. Briton. As transport H.M.N.Z.T. No. 268 the S.S. "Briton" departed Tilbury, London, 17 June 1919.
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 2: WW2 197 - Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
- Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- 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.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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