Jerry Rata
Born 20 Dec 1895 - Died 20 Jun 1918
- Service number
- WWI 19411 AWMM
- Also known as
- —
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 20 Dec 1895 AWMM
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
- MangawekaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 October 2024 - Military Record
- Birth notes
- Son of Herewaka Rata and Te Auraki Hongi Hapeta, of Mangamuka, Hokianga,Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 October 2024 - Military Record
- Address before enlistment
- MangamukaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 October 2024 - Military Record
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Rata Herewaka (father), Mangamuka, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM
- His Father died & his mother remarried to
Te Auraki Hongi HAPETA of Wharekahika, Hicks Bay - then of Cape Runaway, East CoastPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 October 2024 - Military Record
- Relationship status
- singlePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 25 October 2024 - Military Record
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 19411 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
- Sling Camp AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 04 Sep 1916 AWMM
Age 21 AWMM
Farmer/Civilian AWMM - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 02 Jan 1917-27 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 73 AWMM Vessel was Opawa AWMM Private AWMM 12th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Two months at Tidworht Military Hospital, suffering from pleurisy. AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
New Zealand Convalescent Hospital at Hornchurch, suffering from pleurisy. AWMM - Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Phthisis (Tuberculosis) AWMM
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Last rank
- —
Biographical information
- Rata left for France at the beginning of December 1917 and joined the Pioneer Battalion near Ypres on 25 December. (Church, p.174)
"On March 1918, after nearly three months stay in the Ypres area, Rata was on the move again. The Battalion was required to transfer to the Hebuterne area, north of the Ancre River and the Pioneers spent April at Bertrancourt working on defensive work, digging trenches and wiring. The weather was damp and showery and many men contracted influenza. Rata fell ill on 12 May with infected lymphatic glands and was admitted to hospital at Rouen." (Church, p.174)
He was transferred to No.1 NZGH, Brockenhurst on 25 May and survived a few more weeks.
Next of Kin: Mrs Te Auraki H. Hapeta, Cape Runaway (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 20 Jun 1918 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of Disease AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard, Hampshire, England AWMM Plot A, Row 5, Grave 17 AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20804242
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130734.html
Further Reference - No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst
http://southernlife.org.uk/nzindex.htm
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/362608/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/362608
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
- Military personnel file
- References
- Church, C. (2002). New Zealand graves at Brockenhurst : 93 New Zealand soldiers remembered from World War One. Hampshire, England: Author.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
49: 22 - 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.
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