Kingi HAMANA

Regimental number16/6
Date of birth18 August 1873
Place of birthWaihoa, Hawke's Bay
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressWairoa, Hawke's Bay
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 11"
Weight156 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Pine Hamana, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 October 1914
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1st Maori Contingent, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Auckland on board HMNZT 20 Warrimoo on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion
FateDied of disease 3 October 1916
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialWalton and Weybridge Cemetery (Screen Wall, 910), Walton-on-Thames, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Rongo and Pine Hamana, Te Wairoa, Hawke's Bay
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked for Gallipoli, 30 June 1915.

Disembarked at Alexandria, Egypt, from Mudros, 27 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Embarked Port Said, Egypt, and proceeded overseas to France, 9 April 1916.

Admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, Armentieres, and transferred to Casualty Clearing Station, 13 July 1916 (bronchitis); to No 35 General Hospital, Calais, 14 July 1916; reported 'dangerous ill', 27 July 1916; to England, and admitted to No 2 London General Hospital, Chelsea, 28 July 1916; transferred to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 16 August 1916.

Died, No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 3 October 1916 (pneumonia).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: B Company/First Maori
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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