John Tana Warena
Born 10 May 1894 - Died 1 Nov 1917
- Service number
- WWI 19661 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 10 May 1894 AWMM
- 10 May 1894 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
- Son of William and Ari Warena, of MorrinsvillePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 September 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/john-tana-warena
- Address before enlistment
- MorrinsvillePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 September 2024 - Military record
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs Ari Warena (mother), Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- SinglePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 September 2024 - Military Recird
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 19661 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
- Sling Camp, England AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 30 Jan 1917 AWMM Carpenter/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 26 Apr 1917-20 Jul 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 84 AWMM Vessel was Turakina AWMM Private AWMM 17th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
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- Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of disease AWMM - Height, WWI AWMM
5' 3" AWMM - Weight, WWI AWMM
140 lb AWMM
- Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Warena was the son of William and Ari Warena, of Morrinsville, New Zealand.
Warena left for France on 5 September in the Reserve Group and was attached to strength at Etaples on 8 September.
"Warena never reached the Front line because he fell ill on 2 October with influenza and tuberculosis of the lung. Within three weeks he was a patient at No.1 NZGH, Brockenhurst. He survived less than a fortnight longer." (Church, p.210)
Warena's brother also died in the Great War only days before him. He was Private Kitohi Warena, 16/1354. (Church, p.210)
Embarked Wellington, 26 April 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 20 July 1917, and marched into Sling Camp.
Marched out Sling Camp and proceeded overseas to France, 5 September 1917; attached to strength NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 8 September 1917.
Admitted to No 24 General Hospital, Etaples, 2 October 1917 (influenza and tuberculous of lung).
Embarked on HS 'Stad Antwerpen' for England, 12 October 1917, and admitted same day to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst.
Placed on 'Seriously Ill' List, 20 October 1917.
Placed on 'Dangerously Ill' List, 22 October 1917.
Died, 1 November 1917 (tuberculous of lung).
Parents: William and Ari Warena, Morrinsville
Next of Kin: Rev K. A. Karaka, Morrinsville (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 1 Nov 1917 AWMM
Age 23 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of Disease AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard, Hampshire, England AWMM Plot A, Row 2, Grave 12 AWMM
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- Obituary
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Related Serviceperson
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22015991
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130819.html
Further Reference - No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst
http://southernlife.org.uk/nzindex.htm
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/362622/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/362622
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
- Military personnel file
- References
- Church, C. (2002). New Zealand graves at Brockenhurst : 93 New Zealand soldiers remembered from World War One. Hampshire, England: Author.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
62: 38 - NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
- 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.
- HMNZT 84 - The klink : a souvenir of the voyage of S.S. Turakina (H.M.N.Z.T. 84) April to July, 1917; and a history of the doings of the Left Wing of the 25th Reinforcements N.Z.E.F. on their way to the Front -- London : Printed by Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. : 1917
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