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Cenotaph record

Reihana Karaka

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/632 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Karaha AWMM
    • Reihana Hanapi KARAKA Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 March 2016 - Death Record (BMDNZ Records); Military Record: Reihana KARAHA
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Reihana AWMM
  • Surname
    Karaka AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Karaha AWMM
    • Reihana Hanapi KARAKA Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 March 2016 - Death Record (BMDNZ Records); Military Record: Reihana KARAHA
  • Service number
    WWI 16/632 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 March 2016 - Miltiary record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1896 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1896 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Tikitiki Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
    • Kahukura (Tikitiki) Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss Atareta Mateterangi (sister), Kahukura, East Coast, 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
    Egyptian, Egyptian EF & Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/632 AWMM
  • Military service
    1915-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 March 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 AWMM
    • 12 June 1915 at Kahukura Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 March 2016 - Military record
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Labourer Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 March 2016 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    21yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 March 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
    May 1917 suffering from Mumps; July 1918 - Influenza, Oct 1918 invalided home Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 March 2016 - Military Record

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 March 2016 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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

Death

About death

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  • Death
    31 May 1929 Public Source
  • Date of death
    31 May 1929 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 March 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ Records
  • Age at death
    29yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 March 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ Records
  • Place of death
    Napier Hospital, Napier Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 4 March 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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

Roll of Honour

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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/R18055307
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 382 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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04 March 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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