Paetaha Paora

Forenames

Paetaha AWMM

Surname

Paora AWMM

Also known as

Pae-taha Paora AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/201 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

28th June 1891

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Place of birth

Haroto, Taupo

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Birth notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Kohatu Paora, of Taupo

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Address before enlistment

WW1 Taupo, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Paora Kohatu, Taupo, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/201 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM B Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of disease AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Paetaha Paora was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kohatu Paora, of Taupo, Rotorua, New Zealand.

From the spring of 1915, the hospitals and convalescent depots established on the islands of Malta and Gozo dealt with over 135,000 sick and wounded, chiefly from the campaigns in Gallipoli and Salonika.

Next of Kin: Mr K. Paora, Taupo (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

4 Feb 1916 AWMM

Age at death

abt. 25yrs

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Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta AWMM C. VII. 6. AWMM

Obituary

DIED OF DISEASE - MAORI CONTINGENT.
Paora Paetaha, 16/201 Private (Paora Kohatu, Taupo, Rotorua) ; died of phthisis, February 4th, 1916

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NEW ZEALAND TIMES, VOLUME XLI, ISSUE 9268, 8 FEBRUARY 1916, PAGE 6

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/R21383703
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130703.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/115687/-
  Further Reference
• User submission, Tweet from @jamesinealing posted 14 March 2020
  http://twitter.com/jamesinealing/statuses/1238843455100641284
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/115687
  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

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 562
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• 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.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.