Wiremu Ratana

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Wiremu AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Ratana AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Ratea AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 16/714 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Rā i whānau mai ai

b. 1892

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 July 2024 - Military Record

Wāhi Whānau

Whangape, Northland

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 July 2024 - Military Record

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of the late Tamaho RATANA

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 July 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/wiremu-ratana

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Post-office, Whangape, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Tamaho Ratana, Whangape, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 16/714 AWMM

Te urunga

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Wiremu Ratana was the son of Tamaho Ratana.

Listed as W. Ratea on the Hokianga Arch of Remembrance

Next of Kin: Mr R. Ratana, Whangape, Mangonui (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Matenga

30 Jul 1916 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Died of wounds AWMM

Urupā

Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM II. F. 123 AWMM

Pānui Matenga

MAORI CONTINGENT. DIED OF WOUNDS.
Ratana, Pte. Wirema. (No. . 16/714). Next-of-kin, Tamaho Ratana, Whangape. (July 30.)

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 July 2024 - ROLL OF HONOUR
DOMINION, VOLUME 9, ISSUE 2848, 12 AUGUST 1916, PAGE 10

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Hokianga Arch of Remembrance, Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM
• Kohukohu Town Hall, 25 Beach Road, Kohukohu, 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/R20804248
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130735.html
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Kohukohu First World War Memorial.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/kohukohu-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour)
  https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=2111
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/201242/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/201242
  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
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 603
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 4: Includes portrait
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Information kindly provided by family
• 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.