John Francis Green

Forenames

John Francis AWMM

Surname

Green AWMM

Also known as

• John Hayes AWMM
• John Hayes AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1492 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

13th March 1874

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 June 2025 - Military record

Place of birth

East Cape

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 June 2025 - Military record

Next of kin

Mrs Caroline Green (wife), Brown Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

1890 John Francis GREEN married Caroline Louisa BROWN

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 June 2025 - Military record

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1492 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Sheep farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 06 May 1916-21 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 52 or HMNZT 53 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia or Navua AWMM Private AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Real name is John Francis Green. Listed at Archives New Zealand as under assumed name HAYES, John - [a.k.a. GREEN, John Francis]. Served and recorded on nominal Rolls as John Hayes

SuppNom: Assumed name (Green, John Francis). AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16793433
  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.
  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.
• 1NZEF. (1919). Ye olde lyste: Souvenir of the return voyage to Maoriland of members of the N.Z.E.F. on the first voyage of H.M.T. Kigoma (Vol. 1, No. 1, June–July 1919). Fleet Printing Works.