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Kaa Smith

  • Service number
    WWI 16/471 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Kaani Public - Mark - Other relative - 1 March 2020 - Family Papers
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Maori 1st Contingent, Company A, Platoon 1 Public - Mark - Other relative - 1 March 2020 - Military File
  • 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.

New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckl …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Kaa AWMM
  • Surname
    Smith AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Kaani Public - Mark - Other relative - 1 March 2020 - Family Papers
  • Service number
    WWI 16/471 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    • Iwi Māori AWMM
    • Ngapuhi Public - Mark - Other relative - 1 March 2020 - Born and raised Rahiri Settlement, Rangiahua, Hokianga, Far North, New Zealand. Sources: Military File; Electoral Roles; and Directories
  • Hapū
    Ngati Toro Public - Mark - Other relative - 7 March 2020 - Family papers
  • Waka
    Ngatokimatawhaorua Public - Mark - Other relative - 7 March 2020 - Family papers
  • Rohe
    Te Tai Tokerau Public - Mark - Other relative - 7 March 2020 - Family papers
  • Religion
    Roman Catholic Public - Mark - Other relative - 1 March 2020 - Military File

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 January 1893 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    20 January 1893 Public - Mark - Other relative - 1 March 2020 - Military File
  • Place of birth
    Rahiri Settlement, Rangiahua, Hokianga, Far North, New Zealand Public - Mark - Other relative - 1 March 2020 - Electoral Roles, Directories
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Tatarariki, New Zealand AWMM
    • Working for Wairoa Northern Timber Company Public - Mark - Other relative - 1 March 2020 - Military File
    • Tatarariki, Wairoa, Kaipara District, Northland, New Zealand Public - Mark - Other relative - 1 March 2020 - Military File
  • Post war occupation
    Labourer Public - Mark - Other relative - 1 March 2020 - Electoral Roles
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    J.W. Smith (father), Rangiahua, via Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Malta, Gallipoli, Western Front (France) Public - Mark - Other relative - 1 March 2020 - Military File
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Maori 1st Contingent, Company A, Platoon 1 Public - Mark - Other relative - 1 March 2020 - Military File
  • Service number
    WWI 16/471 AWMM
  • Military service
    • 1914-1919 Public - Mark - Other relative - 1 March 2020 - Military File
    • 4 years and 52 days Public - Mark - Other relative - 1 March 2020 - Military File
    • 4 years and 52 days overseas. 4 years and 192 days in total Public - Mark - Other relative - 1 March 2020 - Military File
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
    Egypt, Malta, Gallipoli, France. Transfered to England 22.9.15 Southmead, Bristol due to illness Public - Mark - Other relative - 1 March 2020 - Military File

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Avondale, Auckland NZ. 1914 Public - Mark - Other relative - 1 March 2020 - Military File
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Mill hand/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    21 Public - Mark - Other relative - 1 March 2020 - Military File

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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

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Sources

Sources

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07 March 2020MarkAucklandOther relative
01 March 2020MarkAucklandOther relative
01 March 2020MarkAucklandOther relative

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