Riki Waipouri Karauna

Forenames

Riki Waipouri AWMM

Surname

Karauna AWMM

Also known as

Richard KARAUNA & R. K. WAIPOURI

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Service number

WWI 60848 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

10th May 1898 (WWI - 24th Dec 1895)

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Place of birth

Hokianga

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Birth notes

Son of Torangi WAIPOURI

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Address before enlistment

Hokianga

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Post war occupation

Labourer

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Next of kin

Mrs Torangi Waipouri (mother), Omapere, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single
WWII- Married

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 60848 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/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

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20548864
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20950283
  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.
  90: 11
• 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].