Rata Brass

Forenames

• Rata AWMM
• Rata
  Public - Mary-jane - Other relative - 14 January 2020 - Family Cematey

Surname

• Brass AWMM
• Brass
  Public - Mary-jane - Other relative - 14 January 2020 - Family Cematey

Service number

• WWI 16/313 AWMM
• WW1 16/313
  Public - Mary-jane - Other relative - 14 January 2020 - Gravestone thing

Gender

• Male AWMM
• Male
  Public - Mary-jane - Other relative - 14 January 2020 - Family Cematey

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1896

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 11 August 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/rata-brass

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Ahipara, Mangonui, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mere Paraihe (mother), Ahipara, Mangonui, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 16/313 AWMM
• WW1 16/313
  Public - Mary-jane - Other relative - 14 January 2020 - Gravestone thing

Enlistment

WW1 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

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

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Next of Kin: Mr D. Brass, Anipara, Mangonui (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

2 Feb 1919 AWMM

Cemetery

urupa, Ngatotoiti (Ahipara Maori Cemetery), Wainui Road, off Kaitaia-Awaroa Road, west of Kaitatia, Far North AWMM

Memorial name

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/R22278687
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130849.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643195/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643195
  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

References

• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 74
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• 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.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.