Harry Enoka

Forenames

Harry AWMM

Surname

Enoka AWMM

Also known as

Tahere Enoka AWMM

Service number

WWI 19956 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Anglican, Christian AWMM

Birth

1892 AWMM

Birth notes

Son of Enoka and Te Wharerangi Parata

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 January 2025 - Military Record

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs Makereta Enoka (wife), Te Teko, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• 26 Jul 1917 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM
  Makarita (Makereta) Tahere, I te Whare Maori i Opoutea AWMM
• Husband of Makarita Enoka (nee' Rangitukehu)
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 January 2025 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L62W-8WL/makarita-rangitukehu-riini-1899-1966

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 19956 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 25 May 1917 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM
Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 15 Aug 1917-02 Oct 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 92 AWMM Vessel was Ruahine AWMM Private AWMM 21st Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
• Height, WWI AWMM
  5 feet 10 inches AWMM

Last rank

WW1 7 Sept 1918 AWMM New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Death

14 Jan 1928 AWMM

Cause of death

Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service AWMM

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/R21001094
  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

• 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.
  70: 31
• 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.
• 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 92. Fresh tracks, or, The wake of the wanderers. (1917). London: Printed by Cassell & Company.