Hori Whakataka

Forenames

• Hori AWMM
• Apinga
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Surname

Whakataka AWMM

Also known as

Hori (George) Apinga Whakataka

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Service number

WWI 20759 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

22 Jun 1893 Public Source

Date of birth

22 June 1893

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Place of birth

Tokomaru Bay, East Coast

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Birth notes

son of Haua Whakataka & Harata Kaiwai

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Address before enlistment

Tokomaru Bay, East Coast, Aotearoa, New Zealand

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Next of kin

• Haua Whakataka (father), Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM
• His mother was Harata Kaiwai
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Relationship status

• 1918 married Kathleen Dorothy Denton in St Mary's Church, Walton on Thames, Chertsey, Surrey
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• Hori Apinga Whakataka, eldest child of Haua Whakataka and Harata Kaiwai.
  Hori married Kathleen Dorothy Denton in Church Surrey, England. Their eldest child is Ruben Lesley George Whakataka, my father
  Public - Ihipera Monowai Whakataka - Other Relative - 24 April 2015 - This information is from family geneological records, and marriage certificate of my parents, Ruben Lesley George Whakataka and Ruihi Naera Matauhi Porou.

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 20759 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
• 24 June 1916 at Narrow Neck Camp
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Age on enlistment

21yrs

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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

Medical notes

Other, WWI AWMM
Nature of injury: Loss rt. Leg Pension: 32/- Percent: [Not stated] Source: New Zealand. Army (c.1920). A further list of the names of ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM

Last rank

Private

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Death

26 Dec 1935 Public Source

Date of death

26 Dec 1935

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Age at death

42yrs

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Place of death

Tokomaru Bay, East Coast, NZ

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Cause of death

Typhoid Fever

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Death notes

Pte Hori Whakataka # 20759 died 26 Dec 1935 at Tokomaru Bay aged 42yrs

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Cemetery name

St Mary's Church Urupa, Tuatini, Tokomaru Bay

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Obituary

DEATH OF MR. G. WHAKATAKA
Many people on the Coast, particularly returned soldiers, will learn with regret of the unexpected death of Mr. George Whakataka, of Tokomaru Bay. Deceased, who was well known, left New Zealand in 1915 with the, Maori Battalion (Pioneers) and suffered the loss of a leg while on active service in France. He was married in England during the war, and leaves his wile and a large family.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 August 2024 - TOKOMARU BAY NEWS
Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18900, 30 December 1935, Page 10

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22018105
  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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• New Zealand. Army (c.1920). A further list of the names of ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% : compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent war pensions; and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) discharged hospital patients; assessed as suffering permanent disability, and who are whilst in hospital, receiving full pensions. New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services.
• 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.