Wero Mohi Karena

Forenames

Wero Mohi AWMM

Surname

Karena AWMM

Also known as

Karena Wero Mohi AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/394 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

27th May 1893

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 June 2024 - Military Record

Place of birth

Omahu, H.B.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 June 2024 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Mohi KARENA

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 20 June 2024 - Military Record

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Taihape, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mohi Karena, Omahu, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/394 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM A Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Son of Mohi Karena of Fernhill, Hastings, Hawkes Bay

Duplicate entries in the Nominal Roll.

Next of Kin: Mrs N. Karena, Omahu, Gisborne (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. 38. AWMM

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/R18055457
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130653.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/460056/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/460056
  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

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 382
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  511
• 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.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.