Aritaku Wihapi

Forenames

Aritaku AWMM

Surname

Wihapi AWMM

Also known as

• Wi Hapi AWMM
• Aritaki Wihapi AWMM
• Aritaku Wi Hapi AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/155 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1881

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Place of birth

NZ

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Birth notes

Son of Son of Wihapi Kerei and Te Rewai

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Te Puke, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Wi Hapi Tekoata (father), Te Puke, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
• 1932 Aritaku WIHAPI married Tuparahaki HONE
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 April 2024 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/155 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Engineer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Sergeant AWMM B Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Other, WWI AWMM
Nature of injury: G.S.W. rt. thigh Pension: 10/- Percent: [Not stated] Source: New Zealand. Army (c.1920). A further list of the names of ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM

Surname is recorded as Wi Hapi in Nominal Rolls, as Wihapi in Archives New Zealand. First name recorded as Aritaki in the Auckland Weekly News 1916 AWMM

Death

8 Jan 1947 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22019149
  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

References

• Auckland Weekly News
  Auckland Weekly News, 1916
• 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.
  Vol1: 777
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• New Zealand. Army (c.1920). A further list of the names of ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% : compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent war pensions; and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) discharged hospital patients; assessed as suffering permanent disability, and who are whilst in hospital, receiving full pensions. New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services.
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.