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Pahia Ropata

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Private Pahia Ropata, Maori Contingent, killed in action. Taken from the supplement to the Auckland Weekly News 23 December 1915 p040. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19151223-40-39. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Private Pahia Ropata, Maori Contingent, killed in action. Taken from the supplement to the Auckland …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Pahia AWMM
  • Surname
    Ropata AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Pahia Ropata AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/199 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
    Ngāti Raukawa ki Te Tonga AWMM
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Little River, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Ngaruti Parata, Otaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/199 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Tangaho Ropata and Metapere Ropata, of Otaki, Manawatu Line, Wellington; husband of Pearle Hunt (formerly Ropata), of Little River, Christchurch.

    Died Gallipoli 6.8.15, tupapaku not retrieved, remained at Gallipoli, named on monument there, & Otaki town. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    6 August 1915 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM

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  • E te Pāpā e kore e warewaretia moe mai ra
    Public - Ropata - Other relative - 24 April 2020
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 629 AWMM
    • New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
    • Iwi, Hapū, Rohe and additional whakapapa information kindly provided from “Ngāti Raukawa and 20th century wars. Ngā Pakanga o Te Ao. Participation, Price, and Post-War Experience.” Research conducted by Te Kenehi Teira and Heeni Collins (2022). Report commissioned by Crown Forestry Rental Trust, Wellington (Wai 2200 Porirua ki Manawatu Inquiry). AWMM

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04 August 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
24 April 2020RopataTaurangaOther relative

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