Paratene Karapaina
Born 10 May 1894 - Died 31 Jan 1919
- Service number
- WWI 19948 AWMM
- Also known as
- —
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 21 Reinforcements NZ Maori ContingentPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
- PrivatePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military record
- Forenames
- Paratene AWMM
- Surname
- Karapaina AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 19948 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Religion
- Church of EnglandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military record
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 10 May 1894 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 10 May 1894Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record
- Place of birth
- Te KahaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record
- Birth notes
- Son of Pirihi and Moni Karapaina, of Te KahaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record & Research
- Address before enlistment
- Te KahaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record
- Post war occupation
- —
- Next of kin
- Karapaina Pirihi (father), Te Kaha, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- singlePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Western EuropeanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 21 Reinforcements NZ Maori ContingentPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record
- Service number
- WWI 19948 AWMM
- Military service
- 1917-1919Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 506888Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military record
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- 17 May 1917 at OpotikiPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record
- Age on enlistment
- 22yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Military Record
- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 15 Aug 1917-02 Oct 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 92 AWMM Vessel was Ruahine AWMM Private AWMM 21st 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
- Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Bronco pneumonia AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Last rank
- —
Biographical information
- Paratene Karapaina was the son of Pirihi and Moni Karapaina, of Te Kaha, Bay of Islands, New Zealand.
Next of Kin: Mrs M. Karapaina, Te Kaha, Bay of Plenty (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM - Brother to:
Private Hakota Karapaina # 16/1491 (1916 Killed in Action in France)
Private Waitangi Karapaina # 20025 (1925 in NZ)Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Research
- Paratene Karapaina was the son of Pirihi and Moni Karapaina, of Te Kaha, Bay of Islands, New Zealand.
About death
- Death
- 31 Jan 1919 AWMM
Age 25 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
- Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England AWMM II. H. 5. AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
- Memorial Tablet that once hung in the Omaio Church near Te KahaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume XVI, Issue 11, 1 May 1926, Page 2
- Opotiki's War MemorialPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 6 February 2016 - Research
- Memorial Tablet that once hung in the Omaio Church near Te Kaha
- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- 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
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18055323
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130651.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/399648/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/399648
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
- Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
70: 31 - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
- 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.
- HMNZT 92. Fresh tracks, or, The wake of the wanderers. (1917). London: Printed by Cassell & Company.
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