Wiremu Hape Taipana

Forenames

Wiremu Hape AWMM

Surname

Taipana AWMM

Also known as

• Wi Hapi Taipana AWMM
• TaipanaWi Hapi AWMM

Service number

WWI 19357 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

1st March 1891

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 August 2025 - Military record

Place of birth

Te Muka

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 August 2025 - Military record

Birth notes

Son of Hana Kaikoro and Te Hape Taipana

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 August 2025 - Mr Wiremu Hape Taipana
Te Ao Hou, December 1965, Page 64

Address before enlistment

Te Muka

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 August 2025 - Military record

Next of kin

Mrs Hana Taipana (mother), Temuka, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 August 2025 - Military record

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 19357 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/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

Brother of Mrs Thompson of Wairoa and Mrs J. Henderson of Tinwald, and Mr Charles Taipana of Arowhenua AWMM

Death

1 Aug 1964 AWMM
Age  74 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Te Ao Hou
  http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/journals/teaohou/index.html
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7823539
  Further Reference
• https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7823540
  Further Reference
• Obituary: Te Ao Hou No. 53 (December 1965). URL:
  http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/journals/teaohou/issue/Mao53TeA/c33.html
  Further Reference
• SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour)
  https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=4286
  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

• 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. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  45: 34
• Te Ao Hou
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Homeward bound : S.S. Briton. As transport H.M.N.Z.T. No. 268 the S.S. "Briton" departed Tilbury, London, 17 June 1919.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• HMNZT 69 - The oilsheet -- At sea : Printed and published on the high seas for the Committee by Corpl. Jas. Perry. : 1916-17