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Reti Harris

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  • Service number
    WWI 20663 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Reti Harris AWMM
    • Reti Hare AWMM
    • Raureti Hare AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Raureti Nui Hare Public - Sharlene Renee - Other Relative - 23 April 2015 - Family papers
  • Forenames
    Reti AWMM
  • Surname
    Harris AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Reti Harris AWMM
    • Reti Hare AWMM
    • Raureti Hare AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 20663 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    26 September 1897 AWMM Motukaraka, Hokianga AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 20 May 1916 AWMM Motukaraka, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss Jane Harris and Miss Kate Harris (sisters), Motukaraka, Hokianga, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 19 August 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Somme AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 20663 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    • Narrow Neck AWMM
    • Sling Camp AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 20 May 1916 AWMM
    Age 18 AWMM
    Bushman/Civilian 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 11 inches AWMM
    • Chest expansion, Unknown Period AWMM
      39 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      12 stone 7 pounds AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Heart disease AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Father: Werahiko Nui Hare, Mother: Ehetere Boyce of Motukaraka

    His three brothers also served in the Pioneers.

    Twenty of his nephews served in 1939-45, six being killed in action. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    22 October 1964 AWMM
    Age 67 AWMM
    Hokianga, Northland AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waipuna Cemetery, Motukaraka, Northland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Raureti Nui Hare AWMM

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  • Very proud to be a descendant of your whakapapa papa RAURETI, what a great man you are, and also yours brothers and nephews who also fought with you!!

    NGA MIHI ANA KI NGA TUPUNA O HOKIANGA you live on in us all…… NEVER FORGOTTEN!!
    Public - Dan - Direct descendant - 16 October 2023
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  • Thank you papa for your service for our country.Im proud to be your Great Grand daughter.❤️
    Public - Madonna - Direct descendant - 25 April 2019
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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/R16792157
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      38: 40 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
16 October 2023DanAkarana, AotearoaDirect descendant
25 April 2019MadonnaAuckland New ZealandDirect descendant
23 April 2015Sharlene ReneeKaitaia New ZealandOther Relative

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