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Henare Pawhau

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 570 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 570 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Henare AWMM
  • Surname
    Pawhau AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 16/825 AWMM
    • WWII 801447 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Ratana AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 June 1895 AWMM Peria AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pre 18 September 1915 AWMM Peria, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW1 Hura Pawhau (father), Peria, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Mr H. Pawhau (father), Ahuahu, Kaikohe AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 18 September 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
    • 1920 Henare PAWHAU married Ruihi KARIPA Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 April 2025 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 AWMM
    • WW2 6 January 1942 AWMM
      Age 44 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Member of the Maori Pioneer Battalion attached to the New Zealand Tunnelling Company.

    43 members of the NZ (Maori) Pioneers served with the New Zealand Tunnelling Company and assisted in the late 1916 early 1917 preparations of the Arras caverns for the Battle of Arras. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    23 July 1966 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
    70yrs Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 April 2025 - Military record & NZ BDM Death Records
  • Place of death
    Kaitaia, Far Northland Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 April 2025 - Military record & NZ BDM Death Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Cody, J.F. (1961). New Zealand Engineers, Middle East. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 570 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
    • Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs. AWMM
    • Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed. AWMM
    • Neill, J.C. (Ed.). (1922). The New Zealand Tunnelling Company, 1915-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs. AWMM

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22 April 2025Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher

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