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Whiti Eruera

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 217 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 217 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 March 1893 AWMM Raukokere, Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    Son of Harawera Eruera, of Raukokore Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 February 2016 - http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/whiti-eruera
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 28 June 1915 AWMM Raukokore, Thames, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    E. Harawira (father), Raukokore, via Opotiki, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 18 September 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Messines AWMM
    • Egyptian, Egyptian EF & Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 2nd NZ Maori Contingent Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    • WWI 16/580 AWMM
    • WWI 16/580A AWMM
  • Military service
    1915-1917 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 February 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
    WW1 28 June 1915 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Bushman/Civilian AWMM
    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 9 1/4 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      13 stone AWMM
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Arrived Suez on 26 October 1915

    Whiti Eruera was the son of Harawera Eruera also known as Eruera Harawera, of Raukokore, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand.

    New Zealand at the Front (a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division) 1917 issue, page141. Archives New Zealand record number as 16/580A AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 June 1917 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Opotiki War Memorial Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 February 2016 - Research
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM
    • St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
28 December 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
11 October 2022Lorraine Mona GisborneResearcher
07 February 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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