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Full Name: Private Hohepa Herewini
Rank Last Held: Private
Forename(s): Hohepa
Surname: Herewini
Also Known As: Hohepei Herewini
War: World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.: 16/176
Gender: Male
First Known Rank: Private
Next of Kin: Ruahiuhiu Herewini (father), Ngapuna, Rotorua, New Zealand
Marital Status: Single
Enlistment Address: Ngapuna, Rotorua, New Zealand
Military District: Auckland
Body on Embarkation: 1st Maori Contingent
Embarkation Unit: B Company
Embarkation Date: 14 February 1915
Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand
Transport: HMNZT 20
Vessel: Warrimoo
Destination: Suez, Egypt
Nominal Roll Number: Vol1
Page on Nominal Roll: 325
Campaigns: Gallipoli
Last Unit Served: Maori Contingent
Place of Death: Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of Death: 21 September 1915
Age at Death: 21
Year of Death: 1915
Cause of Death: Died of wounds
Cemetery Name: Walker's Ridge Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey
Grave Reference: II.B.4.
Memorial Name: Rotorua War Memorial (World War 1)
Description of Image:
  • Rotorua War Memorial (World War 1) (Photo Clare Ann Fortune 2004)
  • Rotorua War Memorial (World War 1), Name plaque Franks, S.C. - Lake, A. (Photo Clare Ann Fortune 2004)
Further References: Military personnel file listed at Archives New Zealand. Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
Additional Information: Name misspelt on the Nominal Roll as Hohepei
Sources Used:
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
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