Hiroki Rere Patara

Title

Private

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Forenames

Hiroki Rere AWMM

Surname

Patara AWMM

Also known as

Hiroki Rere Parata AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/931 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

2 Dec 1896 Public Source

Date of birth

2 Dec 1896

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Place of birth

Te Hore, Waiapu, East Coast

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Birth notes

son of Mrs Pukamire Patara

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Mrs Pukamire Patara (mother), Port Owen, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs Pukamire Patara of Rangitukia, East Coast
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Relationship status

Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZ Maori Battalion
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Service number

WWI 16/931 AWMM

Military service

July 1915 - Dec 1915

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British war & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 510269

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM
• 14 July 1915 at Tokomaru Bay
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Age on enlistment

20yrs

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Occupation before enlistment

Labourer for J Green

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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
Died of disease AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM

Next of Kin: Mrs P. Patara, Rangitukia, Waiapu (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

2 Nov 1915 AWMM

Place of death

General Hospital in Suez, Egypt

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Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Suez War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM C. 33. AWMM

Obituary

DIED OF DISEASE. MAORI CONTINGENT. Died Govt. Hospital, Suez, 2nd November. PATARA, Hiroki Rere, 16/931, Pte., (Puka-Maire Patara, Port Awanui, mother) cerebro-spinal meningitis

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Memorial name

Gisborne's War Memorial

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Memorial name

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

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20810331
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130562.html
  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/473885/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/473885
  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. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 566
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• 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.