Rome Johnson

Forenames

Rome AWMM

Surname

Johnson AWMM

Also known as

Rome Hemi JOHNSON

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Service number

WWI 16/1438 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

3rd february 1896

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Birth notes

Karetu

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Address before enlistment

Towai

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Next of kin

Mrs Ida Vashter C. Johnson (wife), Karetu, Bay of Islands, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

1916 James Rome JOHNSON married Ida Vashte Crago GRATTAN

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1438 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 26 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 56 or HMNZT 57 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 4th Reinforcements, No. 2 Platoon AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Next of Kin: Mrs I. V. C. Johnson, Karetu, Bay of Islands (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

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/R18053876
  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

• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  34: 40
• 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.