Rewiti Kaiwai

Forenames

Rewiti AWMM

Surname

Kaiwai AWMM

Also known as

Reweti Kaiwai AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/629 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

30 Jun 1896 Public Source

Date of birth

30 June 1896

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Address before enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Tuparoa, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Rutu Tawahiora (cousin), Tuparoa, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

husband of Mrs. Katarina Kaiwai, of Ruatorea

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian & Eyptian EF & Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion
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Service number

WWI 16/629 AWMM

Military service

1915-1916

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Enlistment

• WW1
• 10July 1915 at Takapuna
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Age on enlistment

27yrs

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Embarkation details

WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM B Company AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5' 8" AWMM
• Weight, WWI AWMM
  168 lb AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Reweti Kaiwai was the husband of Mrs. Katarina Kaiwai, of Ruatoria, East Coast, New Zealand.

Disembarked Suez, 26 October 1915.
Posted to Canterbury Infantry Bn, Moascar, 19 January 1916.
Embarked Port Said to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 9 April 1916.
Killed in action, 14 September 1916.

Next of Kin: Mrs K. Kaiwai, Ruatoria, East Coast (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

14 Sept 1916 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme France AWMM I. C. 6. AWMM

Memorial name

Tikitiki Church's War Memorial
Gisborne's War Memorial

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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/R18055227
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/547868/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/547868
  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

• Auckland Weekly News
  Auckland Weekly News, 1917
• 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. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 382
• NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
• 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. 1: 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.