Hohepa Herewini

Forenames

Hohepa AWMM

Surname

Herewini AWMM

Also known as

Hohepei Herewini AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/176 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

24th June 1894

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 February 2025 - Military Record

Place of birth

Rotorua

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 February 2025 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Ruahuihui TE HEREWINI of Ngapuna, Rotorua

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 February 2025 - Military Record

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Ngapuna, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Ruahuihui Herewini (father), Ngapuna, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/176 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

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

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM

Name misspelt on the Nominal Roll as Hohepei.

Next of Kin: Mr Te H. Ruahuihui, Ngapuna, Rotorua (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

21 Sept 1915 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Walker's Ridge Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM II.B.4. AWMM

Memorial name

• Rotorua War Memorial (World War 1) 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/R16794681
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/604750/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/604750
  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

• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 325
• 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.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.