Nohoroa Karepa

Forenames

Nohoroa AWMM

Surname

Karepa AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1367 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

26 Apr 1892 Public Source

Date of birth

26 April 1892

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Place of birth

Te Ari, Manutuke, Gisborne

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Birth notes

son of Wahanui Karepa

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Address before enlistment

Muriwai, Gisborne

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Next of kin

Karepa Wahanui (father), Te Karaka, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian E F & Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 4th NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion
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Service number

WWI 16/1367 AWMM

Military service

1916-1919

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Medals and Awards

British War Medal
Victory Medal

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• 4 January 1916 at Narrow Neck
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Age on enlistment

25yrs

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Embarkation details

WW1 06 May 1916-21 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 52 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Private AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

1919 suffered from Influenza

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Last rank

Private

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Death

7 Jul 1952 Public Source

Date of death

7 July 1952

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Age at death

60yrs

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Place of death

Gisborne, NZ

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Death notes

Pte. Nohoroa Karepa died 7 July 1952 aged 60yrs in Gisborne

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Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18055455
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20548935
  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

• HMNZT 52.The bugle call of the 12th NZ Reinforcements : being the souvenir number of The Mokoia chronicle.(1916). On board ship: Published on board H.M.N.Z. Transport no. 52 "S.S. Mokoia".
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  31: 26
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• 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.