Rangihiwinui Hiroti

  • 1914 -1915 Star
  • British War Medal
  • Victory Medal
  • Gallipoli Medallion
  • Born 22 September 1894, Whangaehu, Whanganui, New Zealand
  • Died 5 June 1916, France (pneumonia)
  • Killed In Action 5 June 1916, France (pneumonia)
  • Last rank Private/Bugler
  • Service number 16/379
  • Served In New Zealand (Māori) Pioneer Battalion, A Company, New Zealand Expeditionary Force
  • Next of Kin Mrs Katarina Hiroti (mother), Gonville, Whanganui
  • Pre-war occupation Farmer, Whangaehu
  • Religionaboard the HMNZT 20 Warrimoo, departed 14 February 1915, Wellington, disembarked 26 March 1915, Suez, Egypt
  • Enlisted20 October 2014, Wellington
  • BuriedWimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave reference: I.N.3A.
  • Awarded1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Gallipoli Medallion and Victory Medal
Notes

The Graves Registration committee report his grave reference as Boulogne Grave no.844

Profile photo credit: Weekly Press 26 July 1916 via The Onward Project