Raika Whakarongatai Murray

Forenames

Raika Whakarongatai AWMM

Surname

Murray AWMM

Also known as

• Raikawhakarongotai Murray AWMM
• Raika Whakarongotai Murray AWMM

Service number

WWI 20846 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

17th March 1896

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Place of birth

Kirikiri

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Birth notes

Son of S. MURRAY & Wikitoria Te NGAHUE of Kopu, Thames

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Address before enlistment

Kopu, Thames

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Next of kin

Wikitoria Tengahue (mother), Kopu, Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 20846 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 15 Nov 1916-29 Jan 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 69 AWMM Vessel was RMS Tahiti AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM 10th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Raika Murray was the son of Wikitoria Te Ngahue and S. Murray.

Next of Kin: Mr T. Murray, Tapu, Thames (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

31 Dec 1917 AWMM
Age  19 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM B. 3. AWMM

Obituary

MURRAY. - In loving memory of L-Cp Raika W. Murray, who was killed in action somewhere in France, 31st December, 1917' aged 18 years and 3 months.
"Far away in a lonely country,
Amidst the shot and shell,
Our loved one sleeps a soldier hero,
For his King and kindred fell,
His duty nobly done".
- Inserted by his loving parents and sister, Sarah Ngahuia.
MURRAY.—In loving memory of our dear brother and uncle, Lance-Corporal Raika Murray, who was killed in action somewhere in France, December 31st, 1917, age 18 years and 3 months.
• Inserted by his loving sister and nephew M. Gregory and Eruera Tamati, Kopu.
"His duty nob[y done".

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 July 2024 - THAMES STAR, VOLUME LII, ISSUE 13860, 31 DECEMBER 1918, PAGE 1

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21379109
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/446910/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/446910
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  45: 34
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• HMNZT 69 - The oilsheet -- At sea : Printed and published on the high seas for the Committee by Corpl. Jas. Perry. : 1916-17