Reihana Karaka

Forenames

Reihana AWMM

Surname

Karaka AWMM

Also known as

• Karaha AWMM
• Reihana Hanapi KARAHA
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• Reihana Hanapi KARAKA
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Service number

WWI 16/632 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

1896 Public Source

Date of birth

1896

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Place of birth

Tikitiki

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Address before enlistment

• Unknown AWMM Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
• Kahukura (Tikitiki)
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Next of kin

Miss Atareta Mateterangi (sister), Kahukura, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian, Egyptian EF & Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion
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Service number

WWI 16/632 AWMM

Military service

1915-1919

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal

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Enlistment

• WW1
• 12 June 1915 at Kahukura
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Age on enlistment

21yrs

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Occupation before enlistment

Labourer

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Embarkation details

WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM B Company AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

May 1917 suffering from Mumps; July 1918 - Influenza, Oct 1918 invalided home

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Last rank

Private

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Surname appears as Karaka in Nominal Rolls, as Karaha in Archives New Zealand

Next of Kin: Miss A Mateterangi, Kakura (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

31 May 1929 Public Source

Date of death

31 May 1929

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Age at death

29yrs

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Place of death

Napier Hospital, Napier

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Death notes

Reihana Hanapi KARAKA died 31 May 1929 at the Napier Hospital aged 29yrs

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Cemetery name

Moteo Urupa, Hastings

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Grave reference

Block B, Row 6, Plot 1

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Obituary

Reihana Hanapi KARAHA is buried in the Moteo Cemetery, Hastings

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Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18055307
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  Further Reference

References

• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 382
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.