Tuhitaare Wi Repa

Title

Private

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Forenames

Tuhitaare AWMM

Surname

Wi Repa AWMM

Also known as

• Wirepa AWMM
• Charlie WIREPA or WI REPA
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Service number

WWI 16/109 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Porou, Ngā Iwi o Horouta, Horouta, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

1879 Public Source

Date of birth

1879

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Place of birth

Te Kaha, Eastern BOP

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Birth notes

son of Ropiha (or Eruera) Wi Repa and his wife, Wahawaha Terehia (aka Apanui)

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Address before enlistment

• Unknown AWMM Te Kaha, New Zealand AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM

Next of kin

• Dr Tutere Wi Repa, Te Araroa, New Zealand AWMM
• brother - Dr Tutere Wi Repa
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Relationship status

• Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
• Pre 06 May 1916 AWMM Unknown Marital Status AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian & Egyptian E F & Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion
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Service number

WWI 16/109 AWMM

Military service

1914-1918

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Unknown/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• 1 Oct 1914 at Opotiki
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Age on enlistment

35 yrs

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Embarkation details

• WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM B Company AWMM Not known AWMM
• WW1 06 May 1916-21 Jun 1916 AWMM
  HMNZT 52 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Private AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

• Died from Natural Causes, Cause of Death AWMM
• Aug 1915 SGW to hand, invalided home; Feb 1916 returned to duty
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Last rank

Private

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SuppNom: Ex 1st Maori Contingent. AWMM

Death

25 May 1942 Public Source

Date of death

25 May 1942

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Age at death

68 yrs

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Place of death

Opotiki, BOP NZ

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Cause of death

Died from Natural Causes AWMM

Obituary

ELDERLY MAN'S FATE (P.A.) OPOTIKI, this day. While crossing the Opotiki River during the evening, Mr. Charlie Wi Repa, aged 66, single, was accidentally drowned. The deceased apparently reached the opposite shore and overbalanced when stepping from a boat. People heard a splash and saw hands above the water. The body has not yet been recovered. The deceased was ai brother of Dr. Wi Repa, of Te Araroa, and Mr. Rome Wi Repa, of Matamata.

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Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22021510
  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

• HMNZT 52.The bugle call of the 12th NZ Reinforcements : being the souvenir number of The Mokoia chronicle.(1916). On board ship: Published on board H.M.N.Z. Transport no. 52 "S.S. Mokoia".
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 795
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  31: 26
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• 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.