George Kohimoka

Forenames

George AWMM

Surname

Kohimoka AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1128 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Catholic, Christian AWMM

Birth

7 Nov 1893 Military personnel file

Birth notes

Son of Warori KOHIMOKA

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Address before enlistment

• WW1 Pre Dec 1915 AWMM Hokianga, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• WW1 Pre Dec 1915 AWMM Hokianga, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Aurora Hotel Victoria Street, Auckland
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Next of kin

• WW1 Warori Kohimoka (father), Motukaraka, Hokianga, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• WW1 Kahi Kohimoka (brother), Rawene, Hokianga, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 05 Feb 1916 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
• Pre 08 Feb 1918 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1128 AWMM

Medals and Awards

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

Enlistment

WW1 08 Dec 1915 Military personnel file
Age  22 AWMM
Bushman/Civilian Military personnel file

Embarkation details

• WW1 05 Feb 1916 Military personnel file
  HMNZT 42 or HMNZT 43 or HMNZT 44 Military personnel file Vessel was Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua AWMM Private Military personnel file A Company Military personnel file 3rd Maori Contingent AWMM
• WW1 08 Feb 1918-29 Mar 1918 Military personnel file
  HMNZT 100 Military personnel file Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Private Military personnel file 26th Reinforcements Military personnel file Maori Contingent AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Wounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
Bronchitis AWMM

Last rank

WW1 12 Nov 1918 Military personnel file
No longer physically fit for war service on account of illness contracted on active service AWMM
Rifleman Military personnel file
New Zealand Rifle Brigade Military personnel file

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18058106
  Sources Used
• 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
• UNLAWFUL WEAPON. Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 7, Issue 1571, 11 September 1936, Page 6
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/RMPOST19360911.2.50
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  25: 1
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  78: 20
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• The Maltameter [edited by W.H. Gummer] H.M.A.T. 17 "Malta" October and November 1918.
• Epilogue : being a souvenir of our voyage in the s.s. "Rimutaka". As transport HMNZT 296 the "Rimutaka" departed Liverpool 8th November 1919 and arrived Wellington on 5th January 1920.
• 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.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 100. The link [1918]. Printed by W.H. Smith & Son: London. Magazine of troops on board H.M.N.Z.T. No. 100, 'Ulimaroa'.
• HMNZT 13.The "casey court" gazette : No. 1 Platoon 7th Wellington Regiment. (1914-1915). Petone, New Zealand: Printed at the Chronicle Office.
• New Zealand General Hospital. (1916). Hohipera journal, 1(1), 1 April 1916.
• Scoullar, J. L., & Barrow, N. J. (Eds.). (1919). Homeward bound: A souvenir of the H.M.N.Z.T. “Ruahine”, November–December 1919. 1NZEF. S. A. Electric Printing Company.