Nehe Patara

Title

Private

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Forenames

Nehe AWMM

Surname

Patara AWMM

Also known as

Nehe PARATA

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Service number

WWI 19740 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

24 Mar 1897 Public Source

Date of birth

24 March 1897

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Place of birth

Te Horo, Waiapu, East Coast

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Birth notes

son of Pukemaire Patara (mother)

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Address before enlistment

Te Horo, Horowhenua, East Coast

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Next of kin

Akuhata Kaua (cousin), Port Awanui, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion
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Service number

WWI 19740 AWMM

Military service

Mar 1917 - Dec 1917

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Medals and Awards

British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 510270

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• 31 March 1917 at Narrow Neck Camp
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Age on enlistment

20yrs

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Embarkation details

WW1 16 Jul 1917-16 Sep 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 88 AWMM Vessel was Athenic AWMM Private AWMM 19th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• Killed in Action
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  In the early morning of 31 December 1917, a group from the New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion was working at the Zonnebeekseweg in Ieper. It’s the road going from Ypres to Zonnebeke. They were filling craters to allow troops to go in the direction of the front line. It was still dark when six of them died from an incoming German shell. They have all been buried at Ramparts Cemetery, near the Lille Gate in Ypres.

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Nehe Patara was the son of Pukemaire Patara, of Rangitukia, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr A. Kaua, Port Awanui, E. Coast (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

31 Dec 1917 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Ramparts Cemetery, Lille Gate, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM B. 6. AWMM

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/R20810332
  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/446922/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/446922
  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
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  68: 16
• 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.