William Raroa

Title

Private

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Forenames

William AWMM

Surname

Raroa AWMM

Also known as

Wiremu Raroa AWMM

Service number

WWI 20736 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

2 Jun 1896 Public Source

Date of birth

2 June 1896

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Place of birth

Waiapu

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Birth notes

Son of Riwai Raroa, of Rangitukia

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Address before enlistment

Tokomaru Bay

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Next of kin

• Riwai Raroa (father), Waiapu, Rangitukia, New Zealand AWMM
• brother - Pare Raroa of Rangitukia
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Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 17 Reinforcements, NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion
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Service number

WWI 20736 AWMM

Military service

1916-1918

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Medals and Awards

British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 510927

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• 21 June 1916 at Narrow Neck Camp
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Age on enlistment

20yrs

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Embarkation details

WW1 23 Sep 1916-19 Nov 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 65 AWMM Vessel was Pakeha AWMM Private AWMM 8th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Pneumonia AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

William Raroa was the son of Riwai Raroa, of Rangitukia, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr R. Raroa, Rangitukia, Waiapu (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

6 Dec 1918 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Place of death

Walton on Thames Hospital, Surrey, England

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Cause of death

• Died of Disease AWMM
• Died of acute pnueomia phthisis
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Death notes

Was to be evacuated to NZ in Sept 1918

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Cemetery

Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England AWMM II. F. 4. AWMM

Memorial name

Gisborne's War Memorial

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Memorial name

• St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
• 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/R20804219
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130733.html
  Further Reference
• 'Tikitiki church war memorial ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/tikitiki-church-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-Oct-2014
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tikitiki-church-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/399693/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/399693
  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.
  41: 40
• 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 65 - Pakeha : the journal of the Seventeenth Reinforcements H.M.N.Z. Transport 65 (S.S."Pakeha"). Pilling, E.G. (Ewen George), editor. McGhie, J.G. (John Gordon), editor. Bell, R.B. (Robert Brown), editor. -- At sea : Officers and men, 17th Reinforcements : 1916.