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Rau Parata

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/282 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Wharerua Parata Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 April 2016 - Military & BMD NZ (death) records
    • correction: Wharerau Parata Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 April 2016 - Military & BMD NZ (death) records
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st NZ Maori Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624. Cultural Permissions may apply.

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Identity

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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    18 May 1886 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    18 May 1886 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Waikanae, Wellington Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of Winara Parata Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Waikanae, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Tata Parata, Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
    • 1908 married Rangihuna Ererua (died 1912)
      father of 1 child at enlistment
      1919 married Herani Pene Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 April 2016 - Military Record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian - Gallipoli, Egyptian EF & Westen European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 1st NZ Maori Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/282 AWMM
  • Military service
    1914-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    27 yrs 6mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 April 2016 - Military Record

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
    Jun 1916 hernia; May 1917 slightly wounded; Nov 1917 & Oct 1918 suffering from Influenza Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 April 2016 - Military Record

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    • Lance Corporal Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 April 2016 - Military record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked for Dardanelles 30.6.15. Embarked for France from Port Said 9.4.16. Admitted to hospital several times. Wounded in action 19.5.17. Returned NZ SS Westmoreland 6.4.19. Discharged 4.5.19. Seivice abroad 4yrs 52 days. Died at Porirua 5.12.33. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    5 December 1933 Public Source
  • Date of death
    5 December 1933 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 April 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ Records
  • Age at death
    47yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 April 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ Records
  • Place of death
    Porirua, Wellington, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 12 April 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21383747
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 562 AWMM
    • New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624. 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
    • Iwi, Hapū, Rohe and additional whakapapa information kindly provided from “Ngāti Raukawa and 20th century wars. Ngā Pakanga o Te Ao. Participation, Price, and Post-War Experience.” Research conducted by Te Kenehi Teira and Heeni Collins (2022). Report commissioned by Crown Forestry Rental Trust, Wellington (Wai 2200 Porirua ki Manawatu Inquiry). AWMM

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12 April 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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