Hona Hape
Born 4 Sept 1893 - Died 11 Apr 1919
- Service number
- WWI 16/536 AWMM
- Also known as
- Hona TangioraPublic - Heeni - Other relative - 19 April 2019 - Family history / whakapapa
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Hona AWMM
- Surname
- Hape AWMM
- Ingoa
- Hamahona TangioraPublic - Heeni - Other relative - 19 April 2019 - Family history / whakapapa
- Also known as
- Hona TangioraPublic - Heeni - Other relative - 19 April 2019 - Family history / whakapapa
- Service number
- WWI 16/536 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
- Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
- Ngāti Kahungunu, Māori AWMM
- Religion
- mor AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 4 Sept 1893 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
- Mahia, Hawke's BayPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 January 2025 - MilitaryRecord
- Birth notes
- Son of Hope and Hera Inumia Tangiora, of Opoutama Opoutama, Hawke's Bay,Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 January 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hona-hape
- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Mahia, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs Hera Inumia (mother), Opoutama, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/536 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
MiD Citation: For consistent good work in the field and all around general efficency during the period from 25th February 1918 to 16th/17th September 1918. London Gazette 31 December 1918, p15231, Rec No 2779. AWMM - 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 16 Jan 1915 AWMM
Age 20 AWMM
Labourer/Civilian AWMM - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- 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
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Phthisis (Tuberculosis) AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Last rank
- —
Biographical information
- Son of Hape and Hera Inumia Tangiora, of Opoutama, Napier.
Brothers Tere Hape, Hona Hape, Brougton (Paratene) Tangiora and Rewi Tangiora served in WWI. Only Paratene returned. Tere and Hone took the first name of their father as their surname and Brougton and Rewi the Tangiora ingoa.
Next of Kin: Mr H. Tangiora, Opoutama, Hawkes Bay (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 11 Apr 1919 AWMM
- Date of death
- —
- Age at death
- 26yrsPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 January 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hona-hape
- Place of death
- Codford, EnglandPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 January 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hona-hape
- Cause of death
- Died of Disease AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Codford (St Mary) New Churchyard, Wiltshire, England AWMM 141 AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- DIED FROM SICKNESS. MAORI CONTINGENT. (April 11.) HAPE, HONA (Mrs H. Teumia, Opoutawa, mother).Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 January 2025 - Evening Star, Issue 17020, 16 April 1919, Page 3
- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16791375
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130614.html
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/406609/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/406609
Further Reference - Renes, Jason. Reflections from Māhia. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 15 September 2020.
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/reflections/renes
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
- Military personnel file
- References
- McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 301 - 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.
- 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.
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