Pua Kihi
Born 1893 - Died 11 Aug 1917
- Service number
- WWI 20844 AWMM
- Also known as
- Pita Puarau Kihi Maihi AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 1893 AWMM
Kaikohe, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM - Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
- Son of Eruini MAIHI & Mingo HAUPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 July 2025 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/K8PB-8GD/pita-puarau-maihi-1891-1917
- Address before enlistment
- Pre 26 Jul 1916 AWMM Kaikohe, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs Mihi Kihi (wife), Kaikohe, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 15 Nov 1916 AWMM Married AWMM
Married, 3 children AWMM - 1913 He married Mihi Paea Merengi ANIHANAPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 July 2025 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/K8PB-8GD/pita-puarau-maihi-1891-1917
- Pre 15 Nov 1916 AWMM Married AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 20844 AWMM
- Military service
- Bay of Islands Mounted Rifles AWMM
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 26 Jul 1916 AWMM
Age 20 AWMM
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 date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 feet 7 1/2 inches AWMM - Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
Dark AWMM - Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Brown AWMM - Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Black AWMM - Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Pua's full name was Pita Puarau Kihi Maihi.
Had three children: Hoana (born 27 November 1913), Ratawaita (b. 8 February 1915), and (Mingo b. 15 July 1916).
Next of Kin: Mrs M. P. Kihi, Kaikohe , Bay of Islands (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)). AWMM - 3 children : Hoana, born 27 November 1913; Ratawaita, 8 February 1915 and Mingo, 15 July 1916Public - Wade - Direct descendant - 27 December 2025 - 3 Children-
Mingo Maihi was born in July 15, 1916.
Hoana Puarau Maihi: Born on November 27, 1913.
Ratawaita (Natewaitote Pitapuarau) Maihi: Born on February 8, 1915.
- Pua's full name was Pita Puarau Kihi Maihi.
About death
- Death
- 11 Aug 1917 AWMM
- Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Underhill Farm Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Kaikohe War Memorial Hall, Memorial Drive Kaikohe Far North AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- St John the Baptist Anglican Church, Waimate North, Northland AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18056957
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130658.html
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/445218/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/445218
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
- Military personnel file
- References
- Information kindly provided by family
- 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.
- 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. 5: Includes portrait - 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. 5: Includes portrait - 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.
- 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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