Akuira Poata

Forenames

Akuira AWMM

Surname

Poata AWMM

Service number

WWI 19380 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 19380 AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Cerebro spinal meningitis AWMM

Last rank

Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Training Unit, 11th Maori Reinforcements AWMM

Son of Pipi Poata and Akuira Poata, of Whakarewarewa.

His grave is by the side of the house at 7 Hinganao Drive, Whakarewarewa

Next of Kin: Mr H. P. Petomo, Whakarewarewa, Rotorua (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

13 Dec 1916 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

urupa, Whakarewarewa Village, 7 Hinganao Drive, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM

Obituary

SON OF ROTORUA GUIDE - Lance-Corporal A. Poata died at the General Hospital yesterday morning from a form of meningitis. Deceased was a Rotorua boy in training at Narrow Neck camp for service with a Maori reinforcement. He was 21 years of age. Lance-Corporal Poata was a son of Pipi Poata, the well-known Whakarewarewa guide. The body was taken to Rotorua last night by train. A tangi is to be held at Whakarewarewa

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 24 February 2025 - Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 299, 15 December 1916, Page 2

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20801798
  Further Reference
• Death of Maori soldier. Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 299, 15 December 1916, Page 2
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19161215.2.13&srpos
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643243/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643243
  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

• Auckland Star
• 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.
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.