Henry Abraham

Forenames

Henry AWMM

Surname

Abraham AWMM

Also known as

• Eparaima AWMM
• Henry EPARAIMA
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Service number

WWI 60868 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

20 May 1891 AWMM

Birth notes

Son of Paraihe Eparaima (mother)

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Address before enlistment

Whakarewarewa, Rotorua,

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Next of kin

WW1 Mrs P. Eparaima (mother), Whakarewarewa, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• 18 Jul 1918 AWMM Married/WWI AWMM
  Minnie Crawford Whakarewarewa AWMM
• 1918 He married Minnie CRAWFORD in Whakarewarewa
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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 60868 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 17 Aug 1918-29 Oct 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 110 AWMM Vessel was Ruahine AWMM Private AWMM 31st Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Death

28 Dec 1963 AWMM

Age at death

72yrs

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Place of death

Rotorua

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Cemetery name

Rotorua Cemetery

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Grave reference

Block 6 Section RSA Plot 240

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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

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• 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 110 - The Ruahinean review : souvenir of transport 110. Webb, T. Clifton (Thomas Clifton), editor. Flower, E.W., editor. -- On board ship : [Magazine Staff] Printed by Cape Times Ltd. : [1918].