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Kereopa Hori

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  • Service number
    WWI 20673 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • C.K. Hori AWMM
    • Charlie Kereopa AWMM
    • Charlie Kereopa HORI Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 March 2016 - BMD NZ Records
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Maori Pioneers Battalion 7th Reinforcements Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 March 2016 - Military Record
    • 1911: The NZ Coronation Contingent; 1914: 1st NZ Maori Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 March 2016 - Miltiary Record
  • Last rank
    WW1 Sergeant AWMM
    New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Kereopa AWMM
  • Surname
    Hori AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • C.K. Hori AWMM
    • Charlie Kereopa AWMM
    • Charlie Kereopa HORI Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 March 2016 - BMD NZ Records
  • Service number
    WWI 20673 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 March 2016 - BMD NZ Records

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 May 1883 Public Source Turangi, Waikato, New Zealand Public Source
  • Date of birth
    22 May 1883 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    • Taurangi, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 March 2016 - Military Record
    • Tauranga, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Whakarewarewa, Rotorua Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
    State Forest worker at Pongakawa Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 March 2016 - Military Record & Research
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Tuhi Hori (wife), Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Married Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 March 2016 - Military Record
    • 8 Aug 1911 married Tuhi Tene in London England
      father of 2 children Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 March 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 - 13 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Maori Pioneers Battalion 7th Reinforcements Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 March 2016 - Military Record
    • 1911: The NZ Coronation Contingent; 1914: 1st NZ Maori Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 March 2016 - Miltiary Record
  • Service number
    WWI 20673 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    • 16 Aug 1916 at Narrow Neck Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 March 2016 - Military Record
    • 13 Nov 1914 at Avondale M Camp: Regt # 16/140 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
    • Labourer for State Forest Dept Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 March 2016 - Military Record
    • On his Certificate of Discharge, Kereopa listed his occupation as "Carver in Woods." Public - Lani - Direct descendant - 30 March 2026 - Military Personal File
  • Age on enlistment
    32yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 March 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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Name on headstone is C.K. Hori

    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

About death

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  • Death
    11 June 1949 AWMM
    Age 66 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Rotorua, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 March 2016 - Rotorua Cemetery records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Rotorua Cemetery and Crematorium, 160 Sala Street, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
    Block 6; RSA; Plot 6 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 13 March 2016 - Rotorua Cemetery records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • 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. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      38: 40 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. 2: Includes portrait 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
    • Annabell, N. Official History of the New Zealand Engineers during the Great War 1914–1919. Wanganui: Evans, Cobb & Sharpe, 1927. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
30 March 2026LaniRotoruaDirect descendant
13 March 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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