Karena Kahi Stephens

Forenames

Karena Kahi AWMM

Surname

Stephens AWMM

Also known as

Cardno Kahi Stephens AWMM

Service number

WWI 19627 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

27 Jan 1896 AWMM

Birth notes

Son of Kahi Tipene & Merita Dunn

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Address before enlistment

Pre 20 Jan 1917 AWMM Rangi Point, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Kahi Stephens (father), Rangi Point, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 08 Feb 1918 AWMM Single AWMM
• 1921 Karena Kahi STEPENS married Mihi HARE
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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 19627 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 20 Jan 1917 AWMM
Age  20 AWMM
Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 08 Feb 1918-29 Mar 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 100 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Private AWMM 26th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 11 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  131 pounds AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Cerebro spinal fever 7 June 1918 AWMM

Last rank

WW1 28 Mar 1919 AWMM
No longer physically fit for war service on account of illness contracted on active service AWMM
Private AWMM

Volunteered for service

Attested as Cardno Kahi Stephens AWMM

Death

9 Jul 1968 AWMM

Date of death

9 June 1968

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Age at death

72yrs or 70yrs

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Place of death

He was buried in Rangiahua, Far Northland

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Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
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  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

References

• The Maltameter [edited by W.H. Gummer] H.M.A.T. 17 "Malta" October and November 1918.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  78: 20
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• The parting of the ways : a souvenir record of the triumphs, tribulations and maritime musings of returning draft H.M.N.Z.T No. 217, 'Zealandic'. January 18th, 1919 to February 26th, 1919.
• Epilogue : being a souvenir of our voyage in the s.s. "Rimutaka". As transport HMNZT 296 the "Rimutaka" departed Liverpool 8th November 1919 and arrived Wellington on 5th January 1920.
• 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 100. The link [1918]. Printed by W.H. Smith & Son: London. Magazine of troops on board H.M.N.Z.T. No. 100, 'Ulimaroa'.
• New Zealand General Hospital. (1916). Hohipera journal, 1(1), 1 April 1916.
• Scoullar, J. L., & Barrow, N. J. (Eds.). (1919). Homeward bound: A souvenir of the H.M.N.Z.T. “Ruahine”, November–December 1919. 1NZEF. S. A. Electric Printing Company.