Wiki Te Horohau
Born b. 1895
Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 October 2025 - Military Record
- Died 19 Mar 1964 - Service number
- WWI 19641 AWMM
- 19641Public - Ngahuia Sue - Direct descendant - 13 April 2016 - Military Personnel File
- Also known as
- Wikiriwhi Horohau AWMM
- Wikiriwhi Te Horohau AWMM
- Wikiriwhi Te HorohauPublic - Ngahuia Sue - Direct descendant - 13 April 2016 - Direct Descendant
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
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- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
- KoroPublic - Ngahuia Sue - Direct descendant - 13 April 2016 - Direct Descendant
- Forenames
- Wiki AWMM
- WikiPublic - Ngahuia Sue - Direct descendant - 13 April 2016 - Military Personnel File
- Surname
- Te Horohau AWMM
- Te HorohauPublic - Ngahuia Sue - Direct descendant - 13 April 2016 - Direct Descendant
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Wikiriwhi Horohau AWMM
- Wikiriwhi Te Horohau AWMM
- Wikiriwhi Te HorohauPublic - Ngahuia Sue - Direct descendant - 13 April 2016 - Direct Descendant
- Service number
- WWI 19641 AWMM
- 19641Public - Ngahuia Sue - Direct descendant - 13 April 2016 - Military Personnel File
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- MalePublic - Ngahuia Sue - Direct descendant - 13 April 2016 - Direct Descendant
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
- Religion
- RingatuPublic - Ngahuia Sue - Direct descendant - 13 April 2016 - Direct Descendant
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Date of birth
- b. 1895Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 October 2025 - Military Record
- Place of birth
- Te Whaiti, MuriparaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 October 2025 - Military Record
- Birth notes
- Son of Te Horohau TAWARIPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 October 2025 - Military Record
- Address before enlistment
- MahiaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 October 2025 - Military Record
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Te Horohau Tawari (father), Te Whaiti, via Muripara, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- SinglePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 October 2025 - Military Record
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 19641 AWMM
- 19641Public - Ngahuia Sue - Direct descendant - 13 April 2016 - Military Personnel File
- Military service
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- 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 1917 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM
Labourer/Civilian AWMM - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 26 Apr 1917-28 Jul 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 82 AWMM Vessel was Pakeha AWMM Private AWMM 16th 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
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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. Warahoe. Pvt. World War 1, 1914-1918, sn 19641, 16th Reinforcements Māori Contingent, embarked 26-April-1917 for Plymouth England. Labourer, next of kin - Wi and Raiha Te Horohau Tawari (aka Tawari Te Horohau) (father), Te Whaiti; aged 22 when he enlisted in 1917, dcd 19-Mar-1964 age 77Y in Ruatahuna (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." Te Horohau was listed as one of these men. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 19 Mar 1964 AWMM
Age 77 AWMM - Date of death
- 19 March 1964Public - Ngahuia Sue - Direct descendant - 13 April 2016 - New Zealand Death Certificate
- Age at death
- 77 YearsPublic - Ngahuia Sue - Direct descendant - 13 April 2016 - New Zealand Death Certificate
- Place of death
- RuatahunaPublic - Ngahuia Sue - Direct descendant - 13 April 2016 - New Zealand Death Certificate
- Cause of death
- Chronic Myocardial Degeneration, Auricular Fibrillation, Rheumatic Cartidis, Chronic BronchiectasisPublic - Ngahuia Sue - Direct descendant - 13 April 2016 - New Zealand Death Certificate
- Death notes
- Ex Serviceman
Burial 22 March 1964, RuatahunaPublic - Ngahuia Sue - Direct descendant - 13 April 2016 - New Zealand Death Certificate - Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
- Uwhiarae UrupaPublic - Ngahuia Sue - Direct descendant - 13 April 2016 - Direct Descendant Link
- Grave reference
- UnmarkedPublic - Ngahuia Sue - Direct descendant - 13 April 2016 - Direct Descendant Link
- Obituary
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- Memorial name
- Anzac Hall, Te Rewarewa Marae, RuatokiPublic - Ngahuia Sue - Direct descendant - 13 April 2016 - AWMM
- Memorial reference
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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/R7824725
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
- Information kindly provided by family
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
60: 24 - 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.
- 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 82 - The Pakeha (Mark III) : being the journal of the Left Wing of the 24th New Zealand Reinforcements. Burge, W.R. (William Ralph), editor. -- At sea : Officers and men, 24th Reinforcements : 1917
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