Horomana Kanapu

Forenames

Horomana AWMM

Surname

Kanapu AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/634 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

8th August 1893

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 September 2024 - Military Record

Place of birth

Ohinemutu

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 September 2024 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Harehuka Kanapu, of Springvale Rd., Wanganui

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 September 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/horomana-kanapu

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Springvale Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Haerehuka Kanapu, Springvale, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/634 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Horomana Kanapu was the son of Harehuka Kanapu, of Springvale Rd., Wanganui, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr H. Kanapu, Springvale Rd, Wanganui (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

30 Nov 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM I. J. 39. AWMM

Obituary

Mr Haerehuka Kanapu, of Springvale Rood, received the sad advice yesterday that his son, Horomona Kanapu, was killed in action on November 3Oth

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 January 2025 - ROLL OF HONOUR. - Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17162, 13 December 1917, Page 4

Memorial name

• Rotorua War Memorial (World War 1) AWMM
• 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/R18055244
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/460055/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/460055
  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
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  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. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 382
• 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. 4: 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.