Mohi Akurangi

Forenames

Mohi AWMM

Surname

Akurangi AWMM

Also known as

James Gardyne AWMM

Service number

WWI 20718 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

13 Feb 1883 Public Source

Date of birth

13 Feb 1883

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Place of birth

Opotiki, BOP, NZ

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Birth notes

son of Wi Akurangi

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Address before enlistment

Manutuke, Gisborne

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Next of kin

Wi Akurangi (father), Opotiki, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion 8th Reinforcements
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Service number

WWI 20718 AWMM

Military service

1916-1919

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Medals and Awards

British War Medal
Victory Medal

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• 17 June 1916 at Narrow Neck Camp,Takapuna
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Age on enlistment

32yrs

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Embarkation details

WW1 23 Sep 1916-19 Nov 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 65 AWMM Vessel was Pakeha AWMM Private AWMM 8th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Last rank

Private

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Brother to Private Hira Aurangi # 20718 of the NZ Maori Pioneer Btn

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Death

1933 Public Source

Date of death

1933

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Age at death

53yrs

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Death notes

Mohi Akurangi died in 1933 in NZ aged 53yrs

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Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22269740
  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.
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• 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.
• HMNZT 65 - Pakeha : the journal of the Seventeenth Reinforcements H.M.N.Z. Transport 65 (S.S."Pakeha"). Pilling, E.G. (Ewen George), editor. McGhie, J.G. (John Gordon), editor. Bell, R.B. (Robert Brown), editor. -- At sea : Officers and men, 17th Reinforcements : 1916.