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Ihaia Wirihana

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/208 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • lhaia Wirihana AWMM
    • Te Wiriwiri WIRIHANA Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Record
    • Ihaia Te Wiriwiri Karakia Public - Amber - Other relative - 13 October 2017 - Family Papers
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Records
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Headstone of Private Ihaia Wirihana 16/208 at Tologa. Image provided by Amber Kearns (October 2017). Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Headstone of Private Ihaia Wirihana 16/208 at Tologa. Image provided by Amber Kearns (October 2017). …

Identity

About

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  • Title
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Ihaia AWMM
  • Surname
    Wirihana AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • lhaia Wirihana AWMM
    • Te Wiriwiri WIRIHANA Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Record
    • Ihaia Te Wiriwiri Karakia Public - Amber - Other relative - 13 October 2017 - Family Papers
  • Service number
    WWI 16/208 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    28 September 1886 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Ohine, Port Awanui, Waiapu, Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    Parents:
    Father - Hemi Karakia 1848 - 12/07/1898
    Mother - Hiria Te Ahoraw Karakia Public - Amber - Other relative - 13 October 2017 - Family Papers - Whakapapa
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Greytown, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Working in Tolaga Bay, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Hone Kereama (first Cousin), Greytown, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian, Egyptian EF, Balkan - Mundras & Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Records
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Records
  • Service number
    WWI 16/208 AWMM
  • Military service
    1914-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Records
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
    • 1914-1915 Star
      British War & Victory Medals Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Record
    • Gallipoli Medallion Public - Amber - Other relative - 13 October 2017 - NZ defence

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM AWMM
    • 15 Nov 1914 at Avondale Military Camp Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Labourer Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    28yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 October 2015 - 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
    Gas Poisoning 30th March 1918 Public - Amber - Other relative - 13 October 2017 - Military File / Family & Whakapapa research

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    24 September 1966 AWMM
    Age 32 AWMM
  • Date of death
    24 September 1966 Public - Amber - Other relative - 13 October 2017 - Family Papers, Whakapapa
  • Age at death
    82 Public - Amber - Other relative - 13 October 2017 - Family Papers, Whakapapa
  • Place of death
    Gisborne Public - Amber - Other relative - 13 October 2017 - Family Papers, Whakapapa
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Tolaga Bay Public - Amber - Other relative - 13 October 2017 - Family Papers, Whakapapa
  • Grave reference
    TOLRS 21 325 Public - Amber - Other relative - 13 October 2017 - Family Papers, Whakapapa
  • Obituary
    1st NZEF 16/208, Pte I. TeW. KARAKIA, Maori Pioneer Battalion, died 24.9.1966 aged 82 years Public - Amber - Other relative - 13 October 2017 - Family Papers, Whakapapa
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Born at Ohinewaiapu, on the East Cape between Te Araroa and Tikitiki, in the Gisborne Distict on the 28th of September 1886. He would have been one of the first to sign up in New Zealand, signing his military attestation wtih the name Ihaia Wirihana on the 15th of November 1914. He served with the New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion in the Dardanelles in 1915 and then in France in 1916.
    When he passed away his next of kin was Mr J.M. Brown of 12 Maude Street, Gisborne.
    REF: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193794350/ihaia-te_wiriwiri-karakia
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 August 2023
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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
28 August 2023Lorraine Mona GibborneResearcher
13 October 2017AmberUpper HuttOther relative
14 October 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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