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Aritaku Wihapi

  • Service number
    WWI 16/155 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Wi Hapi AWMM
    • Aritaki Wihapi AWMM
    • Aritaku Wi Hapi AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Portrait, wounded, Auckland Weekly News, 13 January 13, 1916 p.46 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, wounded, Auckland Weekly News, 13 January 13, 1916 p.46 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Aritaku AWMM
  • Surname
    Wihapi AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • 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
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1881 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 April 2024 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    NZ Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 April 2024 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    Son of Son of Wihapi Kerei and Te Rewai Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 April 2024 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Te Puke, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Wi Hapi Tekoata (father), Te Puke, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
    • 1932 Aritaku WIHAPI married Tuparahaki HONE Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 April 2024 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/155 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Engineer/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • 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

About death

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  • Death
    8 January 1947 AWMM
    Te Puke, Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22019149
    Further Reference
  • References
    • 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
      Vol1: 777 AWMM
    • New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624. AWMM
    • 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. AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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10 April 2024Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher

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