Wiremu Ratana

Forenames

Wiremu AWMM

Surname

Ratana AWMM

Also known as

Ratea AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/714 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1892

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 July 2024 - Military Record

Place of birth

Whangape, Northland

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 July 2024 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of the late Tamaho RATANA

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 July 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/wiremu-ratana

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Post-office, Whangape, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Tamaho Ratana, Whangape, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/714 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

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 wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Wiremu Ratana was the son of Tamaho Ratana.

Listed as W. Ratea on the Hokianga Arch of Remembrance

Next of Kin: Mr R. Ratana, Whangape, Mangonui (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

30 Jul 1916 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM II. F. 123 AWMM

Obituary

MAORI CONTINGENT. DIED OF WOUNDS.
Ratana, Pte. Wirema. (No. . 16/714). Next-of-kin, Tamaho Ratana, Whangape. (July 30.)

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 July 2024 - ROLL OF HONOUR
DOMINION, VOLUME 9, ISSUE 2848, 12 AUGUST 1916, PAGE 10

Memorial name

• Hokianga Arch of Remembrance, Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM
• Kohukohu Town Hall, 25 Beach Road, Kohukohu, 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/R20804248
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130735.html
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Kohukohu First World War Memorial.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/kohukohu-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour)
  https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=2111
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/201242/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/201242
  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. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 603
• 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. 4: Includes portrait
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Information kindly provided by family
• 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.