Lance Corporal

Wiremu Peha Houia

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Rota Tumehe Houia and Mereana Pikopiko Houia.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
16/606
Name:
Wiremu Peha Houia
Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Date of Birth:
26 July 1896
Place of Birth: 
Reporua, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Rota Houia (father), Reporua, Te Wera, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Reporua, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds
Date of Death:
27 September 1916
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
2nd Maori Contingent
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
18 September 1915
Transport:
HMNZT 29
Vessel:
Waitemata
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
II. C. 76.
Cemetery Location: 
France
Wiremu Peha Houia
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