Ngapaki Pouwhare
Born 4 Dec 1897 - Died 1949
- Service number
- WWI 19736 AWMM
- Also known as
- Paki Te Pouwhare AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 19th Reinforcements, NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 April 2016 - Military Record
- Last rank
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- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Ngapaki AWMM
- Surname
- Pouwhare AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Paki Te Pouwhare AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 19736 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
- Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
- Ngāti Rongo, Māori AWMM
- Religion
- Church of EnglandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 April 2016 - Military Record
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 4 Dec 1897 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 4 Dec 1897Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 April 2016 - Military Record
- Place of birth
- Ruatoki, BOP, NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 April 2016 - Military Record
- Birth notes
- son of Te Pouwhare & PatuPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 April 2016 - Military Record
- Address before enlistment
- Waiomatatini, East CoastPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 April 2016 - Military Record
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Te Pouwhare (father), Ruatoki, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Ngapaki POUWHARE married Apirana NGATA's daughter, ParearauPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 July 2024 - WHITIKI! WHITI! WHITI! E! by Monty Soutar - page 251
- singlePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 April 2016 - Military Record
- Ngapaki POUWHARE married Apirana NGATA's daughter, Parearau
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Western EuropeanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 April 2016 - Military Record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 19th Reinforcements, NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 April 2016 - Military Record
- Service number
- WWI 19736 AWMM
- Military service
- 1917-1919Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 April 2016 - Military Record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- British War medal
Victory MedalPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 April 2016 - Military Record
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- 13 March 1917 at Narrow NeckPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 April 2016 - Military Record
- Age on enlistment
- 19yrs 3mthsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 April 2016 - Military Record
- Occupation before enlistment
- Farmer for Mr A Ngata of Waiomatatini, East CoastPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 April 2016 - Military Record
Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 16 Jul 1917-16 Sep 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 88 AWMM Vessel was Athenic AWMM Sergeant AWMM 19th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
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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
- Lance CorporalPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 April 2016 - Military record
- Last rank
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Biographical information
- One of the 50 Tūhoe soldiers who fought in WW1. Ngāti Rongo. Sgt, World War 1, 1914-1918, sn19736, 19th reinforcements Māori Contingent, embarked 16-Jul-1917 for Liverpool England. Farmer, next of kin - Te Pouwhare (father), Ruatoki; dcd 1949 age 50Y (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 Pouwhare was listed as one of these men. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 1949 AWMM
Age 50 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
- NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 April 2016 - BMD NZ Records
- Cause of death
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- Death notes
- Paki Pouwhare died in 1949 aged 50yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 16 April 2016 - BMD NZ Records
- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- PAKI POUWHARE
Paki Pouwhare died at his home Owhakatoro Valley on Wednesday night, December 7, at about midnight. Aged 56, he was educated at Te Aute College and he took up a farming course at Ruatoria, East Coast, when he left school. In 1934 he was transferred to the iMaor Affairs Department, Ruatoki. In 1938 he went on his 90 acre farm adjoining Sisams farm, Owhakatore, where he became one of Ruatoki’s most successful farmers. He was a pillar of strength of the Church of England, a staunch Nationalist and a leader of his people.
He was up to the time of his death, Secretary to the Tuhoe Cooperative Society Ltd., Ruatoki.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 July 2024 - Obituary
BAY OF PLENTY BEACON, VOLUME 14, ISSUE 75, 12 DECEMBER 1949, PAGE 5 - Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20802390
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.
68: 16 - 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. "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 Pouwhare was listed as one of these men. - 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.
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