William Raroa

Taitara

Private

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Ngā ingoa tuatahi

William AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Raroa AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Wiremu Raroa AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 20736 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Pono

Church of England

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Whānautanga mai

2 Jun 1896 Public Source

Rā i whānau mai ai

2 June 1896

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Wāhi Whānau

Waiapu

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Riwai Raroa, of Rangitukia

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Tokomaru Bay

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Uri kiritahi

• Riwai Raroa (father), Waiapu, Rangitukia, New Zealand AWMM
• brother - Pare Raroa of Rangitukia
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Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

single

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Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Western European

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Te Ope o Tū / te peka

• Army AWMM
• 17 Reinforcements, NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion
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Nama Hōia

WWI 20736 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

1916-1918

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Mētara me ngā Tohu

British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 510927

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Te urunga

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• 21 June 1916 at Narrow Neck Camp
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Pakeke i te whakaurunga

20yrs

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Taipitopito ekenga waka

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

Tuhinga hauora

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Pneumonia AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

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

Matenga

6 Dec 1918 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Wāhi Mate

Walton on Thames Hospital, Surrey, England

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Te momo matenga

• Died of Disease AWMM
• Died of acute pnueomia phthisis
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Tuhipoka mō te matenga

Was to be evacuated to NZ in Sept 1918

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Urupā

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

Ingoa maumaharatanga

Gisborne's War Memorial

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Ingoa maumaharatanga

• 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

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• 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

Ngā tuhinga

• 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.