Charlie Hillman

Forenames

Charlie AWMM

Surname

Hillman AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/597 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

18 Apr 1880 Public Source

Date of birth

18 April 1880

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record

Place of birth

Waipiro Bay

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Waipiro, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Miss Ka Korohine (sister), Te Araroa, via Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
• Katerina Korohina is my great great grandmother. That makes Charlie Hillman my great great grand uncle.
  Public - Maudi Fiona - Other Relative - 26 February 2015 - Nanny Ka is buried at Horoera East Cape.

Relationship status

Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian, Egyptian EF & Western European

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record

Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 2nd Maori Pioneer Battalion
  Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record

Service number

WWI 16/597 AWMM

Military service

1915-1916

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record

Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 505960

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record

Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM
• 30 June 1915 at Takapuna
  Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record

Age on enlistment

35yrs

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record

Occupation before enlistment

Labourer

Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record

Embarkation details

WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Accidental death on active service AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Accidentally run over by vehicle and killed.

Next of Kin: Mrs K. Horohina, Horoera, Matakaoa (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

20 Aug 1916 AWMM
Age  36 AWMM

Cause of death

Accidental Death AWMM

Cemetery

Staple Churchyard, Nord, France AWMM South East corner AWMM

Obituary

MAORI CONTINGENT - Accidentally Killed.
Hillman, Pte.' Charlie (No. I6/597)
Next-of-kin,, Ka Korohine, Te Araroa, East Coast (sister). August 20, 1916

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 July 2024 - ROLL OF HONOUR
DOMINION, VOLUME 9, ISSUE 2873, 11 SEPTEMBER 1916, PAGE 7

Memorial name

• St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand 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/R18048146
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130629.html
  Further Reference
• 'Tikitiki church war memorial ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/tikitiki-church-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-Oct-2014
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tikitiki-church-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/38014/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/38014
  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. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 331
• 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. 1: 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.