James Barrett

Forenames

• James AWMM
• Joseph Hoepaneri Ned
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Surname

Barrett AWMM

Also known as

• J. H. Barrett AWMM
• Joseph Huiatahi Barrett AWMM
• Hoepaneri Ned Barrett AWMM
• Neri Huiatahi
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Service number

WWI 20892 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Maniapoto, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Kinohaku, Ngāti Maniapoto, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Uekaha, Ngāti Maniapoto, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Rora, Ngāti Maniapoto, Māori AWMM

Religion

Wesleyan, Christian AWMM

Birth

18 Apr 1896 AWMM

Date of birth

18th April 1896

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Place of birth

Te Kuiti

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Birth notes

Son of Huiatahi Kakoro BARRETT and Huihana Kuikui Turner-BARRETT

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Address before enlistment

Waitomo Caves

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Next of kin

Mrs Huia Barrett (mother), Waitomo Caves, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 20892 AWMM

Medals and Awards

Victory Medal AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 02 Aug 1916 AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 15 Nov 1916-29 Jan 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 69 AWMM Vessel was RMS Tahiti AWMM Private AWMM 10th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Last rank

WW1 30 Oct 1919 AWMM

Son of Te Huiatahi Kakoro Barrett (1873–1952) and Huihana Kuikui Turner (1880–1945)

Enlisted under James. The name Joseph Huiatahi Barrett noted in his Notification of Death sheet in his Military Personnel File. AWMM

Death

19 Aug 1962 AWMM
Age  66 AWMM

Memorial name

• WWI Roll of Honour, Ngāti Maniapoto's Memorial Flag Pole, Te Tokanganui-a-Noho, Te Kūiti AWMM
• Pohatuiri, Waitomo
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• Poahutiri, Waitomo
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Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20544156
  Further Reference
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22272845
  Further Reference
• Tutahanga Douglas. 'Barrett, Huiatahi', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand
  https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4b7/barrett-huiatahi
  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

• Roa, T., Paki, M., & Pūrekireki Marae. (2015). Maiea te tupua : whānau accounts of Waikato-Maniapoto World War One veterans and one conscriptee : commemorating 100 years of World War One. Pirongia : Pūrekireki Marae.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  45: 34
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• McClintock, K., Turner, K., Searancke, M., Manawaiti, S., Meredith, P. (2024). Ngāti Maniapoto Ope Taua 1914 – 1918.
• 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.
• HMNZT 69 - The oilsheet -- At sea : Printed and published on the high seas for the Committee by Corpl. Jas. Perry. : 1916-17