Warena Mokopapaki Tapsell

Forenames

Warena Mokopapaki AWMM

Surname

Tapsell AWMM

Service number

• WWI 84744 AWMM
• WWI N/N AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Te Arawa, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

24 Jan 1899 AWMM

Address before enlistment

Pre 18 Oct 1918 AWMM Maketu, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Kiri Tapsell (father), Maketu, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 84744 AWMM
• WWI N/N AWMM

Military service

6th Hauraki Regiment AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 18 Oct 1918 AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 Private AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 8 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  11 stone AWMM
• Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
  dark AWMM
• Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  brown AWMM
• Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died from influenza AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
New Zealand Training Unit, Maori Reinforcements AWMM

Incorrect number in the Evening Post 84774

Next of Kin: Mr Kiri Tapsell, Maketu, Bay of Plenty (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2))

Did not embark. AWMM

Death

4 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age  19 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

urupa, Otukopiri, Welcome Bay, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM

Obituary

The death occurred at Narrow Neck Camp on Sunday last of Private Warana Tapsell, eldest son of Mr Kiri Tapsell, of Maketu, and a grandson of the well-known Papamoa native, Hirama. deceased was only nineteen years of age. The body was brought to Tauranga by the Ngatiawa yesterday, the interment taking place at Waitao last evening at 6 o'clock. Staff-Sergeant-Major Anderson represented the military authorities.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 June 2024 - BAY OF PLENTY TIMES, VOLUME XLVII, ISSUE 7088, 8 NOVEMBER 1918, PAGE 2

Memorial name

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

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

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/R7823836
  Further Reference
• Soldiers' Deaths. Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 113, 8 November 1918, Page 6
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19181108.2.52&srpos
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643254/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643254
  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

• The Evening Post
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• 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.