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Reu Reu Houia

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  • Service number
    WWI 19769 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Te Reureu (Porena) Houia Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 April 2016 - Military Record
    • HOUIA Reureu, aka HOUIA Reu Reu, aka HOUIA Porena Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 April 2016 - NZ Archives
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion 27 Rfts Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 April 2016 - Military record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 68), Page: 16 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 68), Page: 16 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Reu Reu AWMM
  • Surname
    Houia AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Te Reureu (Porena) Houia Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 April 2016 - Military Record
    • HOUIA Reureu, aka HOUIA Reu Reu, aka HOUIA Porena Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 April 2016 - NZ Archives
  • Service number
    WWI 19769 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 April 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 May 1897 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    9 May 1897 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 April 2016 - Military record
  • Place of birth
    Waiapu, East Coast Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 April 2016 - Military record
  • Birth notes
    Rota Tumehe and Mereana Pikopiko Houia Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 April 2016 - Military record
  • Address before enlistment
    Reporua, Port Awanui, East Coast Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 April 2016 - Military record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Rota Houia (father), Reporua, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    single
    1925 Married Maanuka Kaahu (aka Manuka Te Kahu) Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 April 2016 - Military record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 April 2016 - Military record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion 27 Rfts Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 April 2016 - Military record
  • Service number
    WWI 19769 AWMM
  • Military service
    1917-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 April 2016 - Military record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    19yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 April 2016 - Military Record

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Jul 1917 Fever; Apr 1918 wounded lft leg; Sep 1918 GSW rgt arm Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 April 2016 - Military Record

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 April 2016 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    22 June 1988 Public Source
  • Date of death
    • 1988 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 April 2016 - BMD NZ Records & NZ Archives Records
    • 22 June 1988 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Age at death
    89yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 April 2016 - BMD NZ Records & NZ Archives Records
  • Place of death
    • Opotiki, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 April 2016 - BMD NZ Records & NZ Archives Records
    • Whakatane, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 8 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R18050105
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      68: 16 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 5: Includes portrait AWMM

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08 April 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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