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Ngare William Mangaroa

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Full length portrait of Mr Mangaroa, standing by a rustic seat, wearing a dark coloured belted jacket, a light coloured shirt and bow tie, dark coloured trousers, long socks, holding a hat. (Photographer: Herman Schmidt). Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 31-70944. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Full length portrait of Mr Mangaroa, standing by a rustic seat, wearing a dark coloured belted jacke …

Identity

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 August 1894 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    Kauriki, Ngapuke, Taumarunui Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 April 2024 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    Son of Wakaiti and Utaora Mangaroa Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 April 2024 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Kakahi, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Thompson Mangaroa (brother), Taumarunui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
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    Army AWMM
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    WWI 16/400 AWMM
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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
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    WW1 Unknown AWMM Student/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
    Died of pleurisy, following wounds received on Gallipoli AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Brother of Miss Kuhu Mangaroa of Kakahi.

    Private Mangaroa was wounded in action on 10 August 1915 during the August Offensive. He was evacuated off Gallipoli to Malta where he died of pleurissy on 30 December 1915.

    Two brothers served in WW1 and died : Ngare William Mangaroa (16/400) and Thompson Mangaroa (25556).

    From the spring of 1915, the hospitals and convalescent depots established on the islands of Malta and Gozo dealt with over 135,000 sick and wounded, chiefly from the campaigns in Gallipoli and Salonika, although increased submarine activity in the Mediterranean meant that fewer hospital ships were sent to the island from May 1917.

    Next of Kin: Mr K. Manaroa, Kakahi, Kaitieke (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    30 December 1915 AWMM
    MaltaMediterranean Sea AWMM
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    Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta AWMM C. IV. 2. AWMM
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  • Obituary
    DOMINION, VOLUME 9, ISSUE 2654, 28 DECEMBER 1915, PAGE 6
    MAORI CONTINGENT. Mangaroa, Pte. Ngore William (No. i 6/400). Next-of-kin, Mr. Thompson, Mangaroa, Tauniarunui (brother). (Dangerously ill, 'St. Andrew's Hospital,"Malta, , pleuirisy, 22nd December.)

    EVENING POST, VOLUME XCI, ISSUE 2, 4 JANUARY 1916, PAGE 8
    MAORI CONTINGENT. Mangaroa, Ngare William, 16/400, Pte. (Thompson Mangaroa, Taumarunui. brother);. died, of pleurisy at Malta,
    NORTH OTAGO TIMES, VOLUME CII, ISSUE 13470, 14 JANUARY 1916, PAGE 2
    The young native, Ngare William Mangaroa, who left Taumarunui with the first Maori contingent, and whose death from pleurisy at Malta has just been reported, was a fine specimen of young manhood. He was of splendid physique, high intelligence, and good education Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 17 April 2024 - Newspapers' Reports as above
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Memorials

Memorial

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    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Wayside Cross, Morero Terrace, Taumarunui, King Country, New Zealand. Public - Ian Banks - Researcher - 27 October 2020 - research

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    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 480 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 4: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
    • The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
17 April 2024Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
27 October 2020Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
13 August 2019SelenaPorthcawl, South WalesResearcher

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