Rakapa Akena

Title

Private

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Forenames

Rakapa AWMM

Surname

Akena AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/598 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

• Church of England, Christian AWMM
• Church of England
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Birth

1897 AWMM

Birth notes

Son of Patio and Mere Akena of Kahukua, Tokomaru, later of Rangitukia

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Address before enlistment

WW1 Pre 28 Jun 1915 AWMM Tolaga Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Patio Akena, Kahukura, Tokomaru, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• Egyptian, Egyptian E.F & Western European
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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion
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Service number

WWI 16/598 AWMM

Military service

1915-1918

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 500094

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Military training

• Egypt AWMM
• Narrow Neck, Takapuna, NZ
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Enlistment

• WW1 28 Jun 1915 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• 28 June 1915 at Tolaga Bay
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Age on enlistment

20yrs (actually only 16-17yrs) b. abt 1899 by age when he died

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Occupation before enlistment

Labourer for G Smith of Tolaga Bay

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Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Tuberculosis AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Son of Patio and Mere Akena of of Rangitulda, Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand.

"Rakapa had several spells in hospital in France, the final period being in March 1918, when he was suffering from tuberculosis of the lungs. He was evacuated to England straightaway and admitted to No.1 NZGH, Brockenhurst."(Church, p.92) AWMM

Death

16 Jun 1918 AWMM
Age  19 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard, Hampshire, England AWMM Plot A, Row 2, Grave 17 AWMM

Memorial name

Memorial to soldiers at Hinepare marae, Rangitukia, WWI List

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Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne War Memorial AWMM
• St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22269729
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-110487.html
  Further Reference
• No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst
  http://southernlife.org.uk/nzindex.htm
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Military Nursing: New Zealand Army Nursing Service - Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.
  http://web.archive.org/web/20220126041404/https://www.nzans.org/index.htm
  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/362529/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/362529
  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

• Church, C. (2002). New Zealand graves at Brockenhurst : 93 New Zealand soldiers remembered from World War One. Hampshire, England: Author.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 7
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Information kindly provided by family
• 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.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.