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Rutene Karaitiana

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/630 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Karaitiana Rutene AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Rutene AWMM
  • Surname
    Karaitiana AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Karaitiana Rutene AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/630 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
    Iwi Māori AWMM
  • Hapū
    Te Māhurehure (Ngāi Tūhoe) AWMM
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 November 1889 AWMM Wairoa, Hawkes Bay AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW1 Pre 18 September 1915 AWMM Muriwai, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW1 Petane, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW1 Rangi Karaitiana (brother), Hastings, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW1 Rangi Karaitiana (brother), Petane, Hawke's Bay, 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
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/630 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 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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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Name transposed in Nominal Roll entry for 2nd Embarkation.

    One of the 50 Tūhoe soldiers who fought in WW1. Ngāi Te Kapo, Te Mahurehure. Pvt. World War 1, 1914-1918, sn.16/630, 2ndMāori Contingent, embarked in Wellington 18-Sep-1915 for Suez Egypt. Next of kin - Rangi Karaitiana (brother) Turinga North Wairoa; Labourer, b. 09-Nov-1889 Wairoa, aged 26 when he enlisted in 1915, dcd 1945 age 58Y (Charles Timutimu Research Project). AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    1945 AWMM
    Age 58 AWMM
  • 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

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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/R18055311
    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
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      637 AWMM
    • Research for this record was kindly provided by the Nga Wahi Pakanga I Karipori Charles Timutimu Research (August 2014). This project focused on the men of the Te Urewera area who fought in the 1st World War 1914 - 1918. AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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