Kopa Waru

Title

Private

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Forenames

Kopa AWMM

Surname

Waru AWMM

Service number

• WWI 16/369 AWMM
• WWI 6/369 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

• Church of England, Christian AWMM
• Church of England
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Birth

2 Jan 1892 Military Personnel File

Date of birth

1892

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Place of birth

Ahipara, Northland

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Birth notes

son of Waru Puku (father), of Ahipara, Whangape,

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Address before enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Ahipara, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Waru Puku, Whangape, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian - Gallipoli, Egyptian EF & Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 1st NZ Maori Contingent
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Service number

• WWI 16/369 AWMM
• WWI 6/369 AWMM

Military service

1914-1917

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
Plaque & Scroll # 5137726

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Enlistment

• WW1
• 17 Oct 1914 entered camp
  13 Nov 1914 at Avondale M C
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Age on enlistment

21yrs

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Occupation before enlistment

Labourer

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Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM A Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
• Aug 1915 wounded at the Dardanelles; June 1917 Killed in Action
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Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

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

Death

8 Jun 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM IV. E. 9. AWMM

Memorial name

• Hokianga Arch of Remembrance, Kohukohu, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Kohukohu Town Hall, 25 Beach Road, Kohukohu, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22016493
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130822.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
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/444913/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/444913
  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.
  Vol1: 758
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• 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)
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• 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.