William John Rau

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

William John AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Rau AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 25/809 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

30 Jan 1893 AWMM

Uri kiritahi

WW1 C.A. Rau (father), Shelly Beach, Hauraki Plains, New Zealand AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 25/809 AWMM

Te urunga

WW1 Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 05 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 42 or HMNZT 43 or HMNZT 44 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua AWMM Rifleman AWMM 3rd Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito

• WW1
  21 Feb 1917 AWMM
• WW1 POW - Germany AWMM
  21 Feb 1917 AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of disease whilst a Prisoner of War. Died of sickness 31/8/1917 as POW AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

The 'Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F.' (25 July 1917, p. 250), records that Private Rau was one of a few recently captured New Zealand Prisoners of War in Germany whose address had not yet been received. Private Rau's temporary address was noted as Limburg a/Lahn.

Attended Auckland Grammar School.

Father was German born.

Next of Kin: Mr C. A. Rau, Helensville, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Matenga

31 Aug 1917 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM

Urupā

Conde-sur-l'Escaut Communal Cemetery, France AWMM A.5. AWMM

Pānui Matenga

Death notice: Auckland Weekly News, 29 November 1917, p. 30. "RAU. – On August 31, prisoner of war in Germany since February 21, William John, youngest son of C. A. Rau, of Waiotahi, late [of] Hauraki Plains; aged 24 years. Complaint not stated. – Deeply regretted. - Inserted by his affectionate father."

Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Third Term, 1918. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Northern Wairoa RSA, Dargaville 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/R20804292
  Further Reference
• The New Zealand Heritage List. War Memorial, Auckland Grammar School, Mountain Road, Epsom, Auckland.
  http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4472
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/578123/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/578123
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  24: 5
• Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
  Obituary: Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1918, Third term. pp.25-26.
• Auckland Weekly News
  Death notice: Auckland Weekly News, 29 November 1917, p. 30.
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Prisoners of War Taken by the Enemy during (the) Period August 1914 to November 1918 [Listed by Surname in Alphabetical Order], Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R26112295)
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.