Percy Rameka

Forenames

Percy AWMM

Surname

Rameka AWMM

Also known as

Pahi RAMEKA

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Service number

WWI 16/1574 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

Circa 1895 Public Source

Date of birth

abt 1895

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Place of birth

Ohaeawai, Kaikohe

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Birth notes

Son of Waikerapuru & Matire Rameka

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Address before enlistment

Kaikohe, Northland

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Next of kin

WW1 Waikerepuru Rameka (father), Ohaeawai, Bay of Islands, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1574 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Blacksmith/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 26 Jul 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 59 or HMNZT 60 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata or Ulimaroa AWMM Private AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Phthisis (Tuberculosis) AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Percy Rameka was the son of Matire and Waikerapuru Rameka. Born at Ohaeawai, Northland, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr W. Rameka, Ohaeawai, Bay of Islands (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

26 May 1918 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Obituary

• AUCKLAND, June 12. Draft No. 166 of invalided soldiers arrived to-night. Many of the men have ,been severely wounded, having taken part in the recent-fighting when the New Zealand division was thrown into the gap north of Albert. There are a number of cot cases, but many picked up on the voyage, which was uneventful, except for one death, Private P. Rameka, of the Bay of Islands, dying at sea. .
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 June 2024 - ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, VOLUME XXXIX, ISSUE 9319, 13 JUNE 1918, PAGE 1
• DIED AT SEA. MAORI CONTINGENT. May 26.
  RAMEKA. PERCY (W. Rameka, Ohaeawai, ( father)
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 June 2024 - NEW ZEALAND CASUALTIES
  EVENING STAR, ISSUE 16754, 7 JUNE 1918, PAGE 2

Memorial name

• Auckland Provincial Memorial, Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Kaikohe War Memorial Hall, Memorial Drive Kaikohe Far North AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• St John the Baptist Anglican Church, Waimate North, Northland AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20803963
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130727.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643366/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643366
  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. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  37: 37
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• The ulima-roarer : a collection of wails & fishy stories, etc., from the Indian Ocean. (1916). [Indian Ocean]: [15th Reinforcements].
• 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.