Joe Hawira

Title

Private

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Forenames

Joe AWMM

Surname

Hawira AWMM

Also known as

• Hohepa AWMM
• Te Roopu Hawira Winiata PUHAKI
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Service number

WWI 16/1550 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Roman Catholic

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Birth

16 Sept 1879 AWMM

Date of birth

16 Sept 1879

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Place of birth

Kaingaroa, Bay of Plenty

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Birth notes

Son of Hawira and Te Awa Tonihi

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Address before enlistment

99 Bell St, Wanganui

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Next of kin

Mrs J. Hawira (wife), Halcombe, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

1907 married Huia Ngapo
1908 married Matiti R Hue in Onepuhi
father of 2 children

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian E F & Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 4th NZ Maori (Pioneer) Battalion
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Service number

WWI 16/1550 AWMM

Military service

1916-1918

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Medals and Awards

• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
  London Gazette 28 December 1917, p13575, Rec No 1109 By Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig for distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty. AWMM
• British War & Victory Medals
  MiD (Mentioned in Dispatches) for Distinguished & Gallant Services & Devation to Duty - by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• 25 Mar 1916
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Age on enlistment

37yrs

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Embarkation details

WW1 06 May 1916-21 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 52 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Private AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Death

5 Apr 1946 Public Source

Date of death

5 April 1946

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Place of death

Tokorangi, NZ

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Obituary

EVER REMEMBERED.—To our dear father and grandfather, who passed away April 5, 1946. Te Roopu Hawira Winiata Puhaki (Joe Hawira), of Tokorangi. (Inserted by Mrs. Hawira and family.)

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Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16793054
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130988.html
  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

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• HMNZT 52.The bugle call of the 12th NZ Reinforcements : being the souvenir number of The Mokoia chronicle.(1916). On board ship: Published on board H.M.N.Z. Transport no. 52 "S.S. Mokoia".
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  31: 26
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• 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.