Puehu Hohepa

Forenames

Puehu AWMM

Surname

Hohepa AWMM

Service number

WWI 19786 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

28th May 1896

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Place of birth

Muripara, Galatea

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Birth notes

Son of Hohepa Poia (father), of Muripara & Putiputi Heta (deceased)

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Address before enlistment

West Shore Napier

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Next of kin

Hohepa Poia (father), Muripara, Whakatane, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 19786 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Flaxmill hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 12 Jun 1917-15 Aug 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 86 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 18th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of disease AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Puehu Hohepa was the son of the late Hohepa Poia, of Murupara, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mrs H. Poia, Muripara, Whakatane (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

30 Dec 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

urupa, Te Papa Marae, Murupara, Whakatane District, New Zealand AWMM

Obituary

Invalided Home to NZ 21 November 1917 - Died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis 30 Dec 1917

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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/R18048923
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643247/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643247
  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. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  67: 41
• Research for this record was kindly provided by the Nga Wahi Pakanga I Karipori Charles Timutimu Research (August 2014). This project focused on the men of the Te Urewera area who fought in the 1st World War 1914 - 1918.
• 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.
• HMNZT 86. Te whakanui : the unofficial journal of the 26th and 27th Reinforcements R.N.Z.A., 26th N.Z. Field Engineers, 27th Specialist Coy., "E", "G", "H" and "J" (Coys.) 26th Infantry Reinforcements, 26th N.Z.A.S.C., 18th Pioneers, and 26th Medical Corps. (1917). At sea: [Magazine Committee] Printed by Cape Times Ltd.