Rota Hohipuha

Forenames

Rota AWMM

Surname

Hohipuha AWMM

Also known as

Horipuha AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1256 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Raukawa ki Te Tonga, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngā Iwi o Tainui, Tainui, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

1st June 1882

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 23 May 2025 - Military Record

Place of birth

Otaki

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 23 May 2025 - Military Record

Address before enlistment

P.O., Otaki

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 23 May 2025 - Military Record

Next of kin

Mrs Te Irikau (mother), Otaki, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

1913 Rota HOHIPUHA married Te Kahariki Eruera Te KAHU

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 23 May 2025 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1256 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 05 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 42 or HMNZT 43 or HMNZT 44 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua AWMM Private AWMM A Company AWMM 3rd Maori Contingent AWMM

3 yrs + service, gas injury London, discharged May 19. AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18048928
  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

• 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.
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• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Iwi, Hapū, Rohe and additional whakapapa information kindly provided from “Ngāti Raukawa and 20th century wars. Ngā Pakanga o Te Ao. Participation, Price, and Post-War Experience.” Research conducted by Te Kenehi Teira and Heeni Collins (2022). Report commissioned by Crown Forestry Rental Trust, Wellington (Wai 2200 Porirua ki Manawatu Inquiry).
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.