Rapata Wi Kanara

Forenames

Rapata Wi AWMM

Surname

Kanara AWMM

Service number

WWI 20893 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1896

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 February 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/rapata-wi-kanara

Birth notes

Son of Wiremu and Heni Kanara

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 February 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/rapata-wi-kanara

Next of kin

Mrs Ripine Wi Kanara (mother), Awanui North, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 20893 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 02 Jan 1917-27 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 73 AWMM Vessel was Opawa AWMM Private AWMM 12th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Death

16 May 1919 AWMM

Cemetery

St Joseph's (Anglican) Church Cemetery, State Highway 1, Awanui, Far North, New Zealand 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/R18055247
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Historic Places Trust. St Joseph's Church (Anglican). NZHPT Register Number 455
  http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=455
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643197/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643197
  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

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  49: 22
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• 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. 5: Includes portrait
• 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.