Forenames

Whetu AWMM

Surname

Harding AWMM

Service number

WWI 20769 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

8th October 1894

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 September 2024 - Military Record

Place of birth

Whirinaki

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 September 2024 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Alick & Mrs HARDING of Whirinaki, Hokianga

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 September 2024 - Military Record

Next of kin

Mrs Alick Harding (mother), Whirinaki, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 September 2024 - Military Record

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 20769 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 11 Oct 1916-28 Dec 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 67 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Private AWMM 9th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Next of Kin: Mr J. Harding, Whirinaki, Hokianga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

6 Aug 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Hokianga Arch of Remembrance, Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM
• Kohukohu Town Hall, 25 Beach Road, Kohukohu, New Zealand AWMM
• 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/R16791514
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130619.html
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Kohukohu First World War Memorial.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/kohukohu-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/445199/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/445199
  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
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  43: 36
• 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.
• HMNZT 67. Long Trail. (1916). On board ship:Published by the Right Wing of the 18th Reinforcements.