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Te Rimu Kara

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/936 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Rimu Kara AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 April 2016 - Military record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Te Rimu AWMM
  • Surname
    Kara AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Rimu Kara AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/936 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 April 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1888 Military Personnel File Muriwai, Auckland Province Military Personnel File
  • Date of birth
    1888 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 April 2016 - Miltiary Record
  • Place of birth
    Muriwai, Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 April 2016 - Miltiary Record
  • Birth notes
    son of Henri Kara Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 April 2016 - Miltiary Record
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Muriwai, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Hemi Kara, Muriwai Hotel, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 18 September 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian, Egyptian EF & Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 April 2016 - Military record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 April 2016 - Military record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/936 AWMM
  • Military service
    1915-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 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
    Labourer Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 April 2016 - Miltiary Record
  • Age on enlistment
    26yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 April 2016 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Taha Kara was the son of Hemi Kara and Marara Riki Kara, of Muriwai, Gisborne, New Zealand. Brother of Taha Kara 16/937, who died in the First World War. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    31 March 1943 Military Personnel File
    Napier, Hawkes Bay Military Personnel File
  • Date of death
    31 March 1943 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 April 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ Records
  • Age at death
    54yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 April 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ Records
  • Place of death
    Napier, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 April 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Moteo Cemetery, Moteo, Puketapu, Hawke's Bay AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R18055305
    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
      Page No: 382 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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09 April 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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