Kohi King

Forenames

Kohi AWMM

Surname

King AWMM

Also known as

• Kohi Kiingi AWMM
• Kohi Kingi AWMM
• Kohi Kingi
  Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2018 - Family name was shortened when he enlisted

Service number

WWI 16/802 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Maniapoto, Māori AWMM

Religion

• Church of England, Christian AWMM
• Church of England
  Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 5 March 2018 - Military Record

Date of birth

b. 1894

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 June 2024 - Military Record

Place of birth

Otorohanga

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Otorohanga, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Kingi Temate (father), Otorohanga, New Zealand AWMM
• Kingi TEMATE - his father) passed away
  Kuhi Kingi - (son), of Otorohanga became his Next of Kin
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 21 June 2024 - Military Record

Relationship status

Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/802 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Kohi King was the son of Kingi Temate, of Otorohanga, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr K. Kingi & Mr C. J. Johnson, Otorahanga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

14 Sept 1916 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, Somme France AWMM I. D. 29. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• WWI Roll of Honour, Ngāti Maniapoto's Memorial Flag Pole, Te Tokanganui-a-Noho, Te Kūiti AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18057312
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130659.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/547893/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/547893
  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
• Whakapapa
  Public - Tuhiwai - Other relative - 24 April 2019 - Our tupuna is Kingi Te Mate

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. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 395
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• 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.