Mita Hori Hohua
Born 18th May 1896
Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 November 2024 - Military Record
- Died 1976 - Service number
- WWI 20859 AWMM
- WWII 810641 AWMM
- WWII 801641 AWMM
- Also known as
- Mita Heri Hohua AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
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- War
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Mita Hori AWMM
- Surname
- Hohua AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Mita Heri Hohua AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 20859 AWMM
- WWII 810641 AWMM
- WWII 801641 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
- Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
- Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngā Iwi o Mataatua, Mataatua, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM
- Ngāti Koura, Māori AWMM
- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Date of birth
- 18th May 1896Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 November 2024 - Military Record
- Place of birth
- TaurangaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 November 2024 - Military Record
- Birth notes
- Son of Ihipera HOHUAPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 November 2024 - Military Record
- Address before enlistment
- WW2 Taneatua, New Zealand AWMM
- Ruatoki, TaneatuaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 November 2024 - Military Record
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Mrs Ihipera Hohua (mother), Ruatoki, via Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM
- WW2 Mrs T. Hohua (wife), 1 Newsome Street, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Single -
WWII - husband of Turaki HOHUAPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 November 2024 - Military Record
Wars and conflicts
- War
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 20859 AWMM
- WWII 810641 AWMM
- WWII 801641 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- WW2 Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- 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
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history
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Last known rank
- Last rank
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- Last rank
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Biographical information
- One of the 50 Tūhoe soldiers who fought in WW1. Ngāti Koura. Pvt. World War 1, 1914-1918, sn.20859, Māori Contingent, embarked 15-Nov-1916 for Devonport England. Farmer, next of kin - Mrs Ihipera Hohua (mother); Turaki Te Maitaranui (wife). dcd 1976 age 84Y (Charles Timutimu Research Project).
Urewera Lands Consolidation Scheme (Report of Commissioners as to position of). Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1924 Session I, G-07."At a sitting of the Commission at Ruatoki in April last it was stated that a number of the Urewera Natives sold their lands prior to enlisting for the war; those who returned now find themselves landless, and they ask that the Crown give them land so that they may not be a burden on the members of their families." Mita was listed as one of these men.
Military Personnel file states his WWII service number as 801641, while the Nominal Roll entry is 810641. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 1976 AWMM
Age 84 AWMM - Date of death
- 28th June 1976Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 November 2024 - Military Record
- Age at death
- 84yrsPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 November 2024 - Military Record
- Place of death
- Whakatane, B.O.P.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 November 2024 - Military Record
- Cause of death
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Anzac Hall, Te Rewarewa Marae, Ruatoki AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military Personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24060006
Further Reference - 28th Maori Battalion Website 1941-1945
http://www.28maoribattalion.org.nz/
Further Reference - Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington: Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Maor.html
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
- Military Personnel file
- References
- Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
45: 34 - Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 14: WW2 45 - Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand.
Urewera Lands Consolidation Scheme (Report of Commissioners as to position of). Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1924 Session I, G-07. - Research for this record was kindly provided by the Nga Wahi Pakanga I Karipori Charles Timutimu Research (August 2014). This project focused on the men of the Te Urewera area who fought in the 1st World War 1914 - 1918.
- Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- 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
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