Henry Caple Coe

Forenames

Henry Caple AWMM

Surname

Coe AWMM

Service number

• 5465 AWMM
• 19408 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

12th September 1883

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Place of birth

Pirongia, Waikato

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Birth notes

Son of Daniel COE & Sophie Te Paea nee' MOORE

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Address before enlistment

Parnell, Auckland

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Next of kin

Mrs Elizabeth Coe (wife), Brighton Road, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

1907 Henry Caple COE married Elizabeth COONEY

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War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• 5465 AWMM
• 19408 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Civil servant/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 02 Jan 1917-27 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 73 AWMM Vessel was Opawa AWMM Sergeant AWMM 12th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Father was named John Henry Coe.

Next of Kin: Mrs E. Coe, Newmarket, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Date of death

16th July 1920

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Age at death

36yrs

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Place of death

Waituhi

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Cemetery

Manunui Cemetery AWMM

Obituary

• COE.—On July 16, accidentally killed at Taumarunui, Sergeant Henry Coe, late Twelfth Maori Reinforcement, beloved second son of Daniel and Sophia Coe, and beloved husband of Elisabeth Coe; aged 36 years.
  —RIP. Dearly loved and sadly missed.
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• Accident at Taumarunui
  A married man, a returned soldier named Henry Coe, aged thirty - six years, and formerly bailiff of the Taumarunui Court, was accidentally killed while pig-hunting. His dogs bailed up a pig, and Coe proceeded to beat off the dogs with the butt-end of his pea-rifle. The rifle went off, and the bullet wounded Coe in the groin. He expired almost immediately. The fatality occurred at Waituhi
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 November 2024 - Accident at Taumarunui
  Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume XIX, Issue 1019, 23 July 1920, Page 2

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20519326
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  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

• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  49: 22
• Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• 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.