Hona Hape

Forenames

Hona AWMM

Surname

Hape AWMM

Ingoa

Hamahona Tangiora

Public - Heeni - Other relative - 19 April 2019 - Family history / whakapapa

Also known as

Hona Tangiora

Public - Heeni - Other relative - 19 April 2019 - Family history / whakapapa

Service number

WWI 16/536 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Kahungunu, Māori AWMM

Religion

mor AWMM

Birth

4 Sept 1893 AWMM

Place of birth

Mahia, Hawke's Bay

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 January 2025 - MilitaryRecord

Birth notes

Son of Hope and Hera Inumia Tangiora, of Opoutama Opoutama, Hawke's Bay,

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 January 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hona-hape

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Mahia, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Hera Inumia (mother), Opoutama, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/536 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
  MiD Citation: For consistent good work in the field and all around general efficency during the period from 25th February 1918 to 16th/17th September 1918. London Gazette 31 December 1918, p15231, Rec No 2779. AWMM
• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 16 Jan 1915 AWMM
Age  20 AWMM
Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM B Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Phthisis (Tuberculosis) AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Son of Hape and Hera Inumia Tangiora, of Opoutama, Napier.

Brothers Tere Hape, Hona Hape, Brougton (Paratene) Tangiora and Rewi Tangiora served in WWI. Only Paratene returned. Tere and Hone took the first name of their father as their surname and Brougton and Rewi the Tangiora ingoa.

Next of Kin: Mr H. Tangiora, Opoutama, Hawkes Bay (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

11 Apr 1919 AWMM

Age at death

26yrs

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 January 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hona-hape

Place of death

Codford, England

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 January 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hona-hape

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Codford (St Mary) New Churchyard, Wiltshire, England AWMM 141 AWMM

Obituary

DIED FROM SICKNESS. MAORI CONTINGENT. (April 11.) HAPE, HONA (Mrs H. Teumia, Opoutawa, mother).

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 January 2025 - Evening Star, Issue 17020, 16 April 1919, Page 3

Memorial name

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

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16791375
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130614.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/406609/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/406609
  Further Reference
• Renes, Jason. Reflections from Māhia. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 15 September 2020.
  https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/reflections/renes
  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

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 301
• 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.
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• 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.