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Cenotaph record

Mita Paratene

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New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624. Cultural Permissions may apply.

New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckl …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Mita AWMM
  • Surname
    Paratene AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 16/347 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 September 1890 AWMM Northern Wairoa, Dargaville AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pre 13 November 1914 AWMM Ahipara, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Puti W. Paratene, Ahipara, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 17 October 1914 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Blacksmith/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 feet 9 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      13 stone 6 pounds AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Dark AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Dark AWMM
    • Chest, Unknown Period AWMM
      36 inches (min), 40 inches (max) AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      Dark AWMM
    • Other, Unknown Period AWMM
      NAD in Medical Examination, teeth in very good condition AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      11.9.1915 Dysentry admitted to hospital, Cairo; discharged 8.11.1915 AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      22.2.1916 Lymphangitis- admitted to NZ General Hospital, Cairo ; discharged 28.2.1916 AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      29.7.1917 Slight GSW (Gun shot Wound) to head, admitted No. 6 General Hospital, Rouen, France; discharged 4.8.1917 AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      29.9.1917 Phlebitis left leg- severe, admitted hospital; discharged 6.10.1917 AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      15.10.1917 Phlebitis right leg, admitted NZ General Hospital Brockenhurst AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      15.1.1918 Transferred to Convalescing Depot, Hornchurch, discharged 6.2.1918. AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      15.10.1918 Scabies, admitted 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      19.10.1918 discharged to Convalescing Depot, Codford AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      5.11.1918 Scabies admitted 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      21.11.1918 discharged to Convalescing Depot, Codford AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked for Dardanelles 30 June 1915

    Married Edith Margaret Waite , a spinster, of Figheldean, Wiltshire 26 March 1919.

    Their son, Sidney Mita Paratene was born 27 .3.1919

    He returned to New Zealand aboard Corinthic 23.9.19; arriving NZ 21.10.19

    Served total of 4 years, 222 days.

    Received Pension A.F.B. 27.9.19 and B.R. 3.11.19 AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    17 October 1941 AWMM
    Age 51 AWMM
    New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21383754
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 562 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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