Reihana Paora

Forenames

Reihana AWMM

Surname

Paora AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/527 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Maniapoto, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

29 August 1893

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Place of birth

Otorohanga

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Birth notes

Son of Pohiri and Paora Te Hira, of Mangapehi.

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Address before enlistment

Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Poheri Te Warutu, Mangapehi, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/527 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Ironworker/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

Medical notes

Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
Died after discharge from the NZEF from wounds inflicted or disease contracted while on active service AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

• Son to Paora Te Hira (1862-1929) and Powhiri Taiki Warutu (1860-1945).
  
  Son of Hero and Powkiripowkire Paora of Mangapehi (name incorrectly spelled in Commonwealth War Graves documentation).
  
  Next of Kin: Mrs Poheri-te-Warutu, Mangapeehi (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) (as spelled in Roll of Honour) AWMM
• Koro Reihana's parents are Pohiri and Paora, not Hero and Pow...., please adjust
  Public - Moana - Direct descendant - 10 October 2015 - Whakapapa

Death

3 Jul 1919 AWMM

Cause of death

Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

urupa, Mangapehi Maori Cemetery, Waitomo, New Zealand AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• WWI Roll of Honour, Ngāti Maniapoto's Memorial Flag Pole, Te Tokanganui-a-Noho, Te Kūiti AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21383705
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130874.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643314/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643314
  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

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 562
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Roa, T., Paki, M., & Pūrekireki Marae. (2015). Maiea te tupua : whānau accounts of Waikato-Maniapoto World War One veterans and one conscriptee : commemorating 100 years of World War One. Pirongia : Pūrekireki Marae.
• McClintock, K., Turner, K., Searancke, M., Manawaiti, S., Meredith, P. (2024). Ngāti Maniapoto Ope Taua 1914 – 1918.
• 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.