Wati Waiomio

Forenames

Wati AWMM

Surname

Waiomio AWMM

Also known as

Wiki Wati AWMM

Service number

WWI 20832 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

1896 AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Rewhia Whatarau (mother), Hukerenui, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 11 Oct 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 20832 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 22 Jul 1916 AWMM
Age  20 AWMM
Bushman/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 11 Oct 1916-28 Dec 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 67 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Private AWMM 9th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 9 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  177 pounds AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  1917 wounded AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  GSW left thigh May 1918, limited movement at knee joint AWMM

Last rank

WW1 18 Feb 1919 AWMM
No longer physically fit on account of wounds received in action AWMM
Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Brothers Nikorima Waiomio (20714) and Wati Waiomio (20832) served in WW1.

Listed as Wiki Wati by BDM, Death register AWMM

Death

18 Oct 1962 AWMM
Age  66 AWMM

Memorial name

Tōwai Hall, 32 Tōwai Road (Maromaku-Tōwai Road), Tōwai, Far North District, Northland AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22021123
  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.
• 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.
  43: 36
• 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 67. Long Trail. (1916). On board ship:Published by the Right Wing of the 18th Reinforcements.