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Robert Ngapo

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Portrait of Lance Corporal Robert Ngapo. Image kindly provided by Tekeu Emil Framhein via Kees De Boer - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait of Lance Corporal Robert Ngapo. Image kindly provided by Tekeu Emil Framhein via Kees De Bo …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Ngapo AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Bob AWMM
    • Ngapo Mareko AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/1227 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 May 1892 AWMM Cook Islands, Polynesia AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pre 30 September 1915 AWMM Victoria Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Kapatiau Tautu, Aituaki, Cook Islands, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 February 1916 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/1227 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 30 September 1915 AWMM Cook/Military AWMM
    Narrow Neck, Devonport AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Wounded June 1917 AWMM
    • Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
      Pneumonia AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Listed serving as Bob; the name Bob appears to have been added to attestation, signature is simply Ngapo. Named Robert by BDM and on the cemetery record AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 October 1921 AWMM
    Age 38 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Sickness AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Shortland Public Cemetery, Thames, Thames-Coromandel District, New Zealand AWMM Public Plot 2958 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board, RSA Rarotonga AWMM

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  • Robert ngapo is my great great grandfather
    Public - zach - Direct descendant - 22 March 2018
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  • Robert is my great grandfather - His daughter was my father mother.
    Public - Craig - Direct descendant - 14 September 2017
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      25: 2 AWMM
    • Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 4: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from information kindly provided by Bobby Nicholas, Paula Paniani and Cate Walker, Cook Islands WW1 NZEF ANZAC Soldiers Research Project AWMM

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08 November 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
22 March 2018zachAucklandDirect descendant
14 September 2017CraigGoulburn AustraliaDirect descendant

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