Hare Wirikake

Forenames

Hare AWMM

Surname

Wirikake AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/136 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Catholic, Christian AWMM

Birth

1877 Military Personnel File

Address before enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Ruiha Pinenga Rukingi, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/136 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• 1914-1915 Star AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 21 Oct 1914 AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Last rank

26 Nov 1918 AWMM

Served in the Pioneer (Maori) Battalion.

Next of Kin: Mr Ruiha, P. Rukingi, Rotorua (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

13 Sept 1928 Military Personnel File
Age  51 AWMM

Cemetery name

Muruika Urupa, Soldiers Cemetery, Ohinemutu, B.O.P.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 March 2025 - https://billiongraves.com/grave/Hari-Wirikaki-Piripi/98081092

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22021517
  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

• 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 Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 795
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• 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.