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MANIHERA, A W
(Service number 16/189)

Temuka War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #01)

Temuka War Memorial dedication inscription, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #05)

Temuka War Memorial plaque, names G-M, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum )

Arowhenua War Memorial — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.01 #01)

Arowhenua War Memorial - World War One plaque — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.01 #03)

Aliases	Waitere
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	24 November 1891	Place of Birth	Rapaki, Lyttleton, New Zealand

Enlistment Information

Date	19 October 1914	Age	23
Address at Enlistment	Rapaki, Lyttelton, New Zealand
Occupation	Contractor for N Cook, Lyttelton
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin
Religion	Methodist
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	1st Maori Contingent
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	A Company
Date	14 February 1915
Transport	Warrimoo
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Maori Contingent

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egypt 1915, Balkan 1915
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	8 June 1915	Age	23
Place of Death	Gallipoli, Turkey
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
Memorial Reference	Panel 24
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Arowhenua War Memorial; Temuka RSA Roll of Honour & Temuka War Memorialas W Manihera - or is this a seperate person?)

Biographical Notes

Son of Enerura and Makareta Manihera of 5 Hawkehirst St, Rapaki, Lyttelton. Last employer W Cook, Lyttelton

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (Oct 2013); Archways (June 2014); CWGC(Oct 2013); NZ War Graves (Oct 2013)

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Researched and Written by

Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG

Currently Assigned to

JCl

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