Hemi Howell

Ingoa whānau
Howell
Ingoa tuatahi
Hemi

World War 1

Tau Rangatū
16/330
Wāhi noho
48 Hobson Street, Auckland, New Zealand
Whanaunga tino tata i te wā o te kuhunga
Mrs M. Howell, Main Road, Taradale, New Zealand
Rōpū whakaeke
1st Maori Contingent
Ope whakaeke
A Company

Takupu (1)

In the Sun newspaper, 15 February 1916, the following article appeared:Mrs W. P. Howell, of Sydenham, has received a letter from her son, Private Hemi Howell, of the Ist Maori Contingent, stating that he is in hospital at West Croydon, Surrey, England. Private Howell says in his letter that the Maoris "fought like mad, and made a reputation for New Zealand —and we will do it again.''