August Wakaiti Rawiri

Forenames

August Wakaiti AWMM

Surname

Rawiri AWMM

Also known as

Rawhiri AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1273 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1895

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Place of birth

TE HAROTO

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Birth notes

Son of Rawiri Te Ahu. Born at Te Haroto, Hawke's Bay

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Next of kin

Te Ahu Rawiri (father), Te Harota, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1273 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

Last rank

WW1 Unknown AWMM Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

August Rawiri was the son of Rawiri Te Ahu. Born at Te Haroto, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Served on the Western Front, 1916-17.

Surname appears as Rawiri in Nominal Rolls and CWGC, as Rawhiri in Archives New Zealand

Next of Kin: Mr Te Ahu Rawiri, Te Haroto, Taupo (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

23 Aug 1918 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cemetery name

Waiohiki Urupā, Waiohiki, Hastings

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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/R20804323
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130880.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643633/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643633
  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.
  25: 2
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 4: Includes portrait
• 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.