Wiremu Peka Houia

Forenames

Wiremu Peka AWMM

Surname

Houia AWMM

Also known as

• Wiremu Peha AWMM
• Wiremu Pehe AWMM
• Pani AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/606 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

26 Jul 1896 AWMM

Place of birth

Reporua, Waiapu, East Coast NZ

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Birth notes

Son of Rota Tumehe Houia and Mereana Pikopiko Houia of Reporua, Waiapu, (East Coast, NZ)

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Address before enlistment

• Pre 12 Jun 1915 AWMM Reporua, New Zealand AWMM
• Reporua, Tuparoa, East Coast, Gisborne
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Next of kin

• Rota Houia (father), Reporua, Te Wera, New Zealand AWMM
• father - Rota Houia, of Reporua, Tuparoa, Waiapu
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Relationship status

Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• Battle of the Somme AWMM
• Egyptian, Egyptian EF & Western European
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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 2nd Maori Pioneer Contingent
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Service number

WWI 16/606 AWMM

Military service

• Te Aute College senior cadets AWMM
• 1915-1916
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Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Pte > Lance Corporal

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Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• Plaque & Scroll # 506182
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Military training

Narrow Neck Camp

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Enlistment

• WW1 12 Jun 1915 AWMM
  Age  19 AWMM
• 12 June 1915 at Kahukura (Tikitiki), East Coast
  29 June 1915 at Takapuna, Auckland
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Occupation before enlistment

Labourer

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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

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 feet 6.5 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  10 stone AWMM
• Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
  dark AWMM
• Chest, Unknown Period AWMM
  max 36 inches, min 31 inches AWMM
• Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Black AWMM
• Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

• Wiremu Houia was the son of Rota Tumehe Houia and Mereana Pikopiko Houia.
  
  Surname mis-spelled on the Nominal Roll as Wiremu Peha Houia. Name is also listed at Archives New Zealand as HOUIA, Wiremu Peka [recorded as Peha, also Pehe] - WW1 16/606 - Army
  
  Next of Kin: Mr R. T. Houia, Reporua, Port Awanui (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
• Brother to HOUIA, Reu Reu - WW1 19769
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Death

27 Sept 1916 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France AWMM II. C. 76. AWMM

Memorial name

• Memorial stone, Tu Auau Marae, Reporua, New Zealand AWMM
• Rotorua War Memorial (World War 1) AWMM
• 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/R18050106
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130634.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/38919/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/38919
  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
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 343
• 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. 4: 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.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.