Paki Whetu Para

Title

Private

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Forenames

Paki Whetu AWMM

Surname

Para AWMM

Also known as

Parae AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/346 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Anglican

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Birth

25 Feb 1894 Public Source

Date of birth

25 Feb 1894

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Birth notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Whetu Para, of Okaihau, Northland

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Kaikohe, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Whetu Para, Kaikohe, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian - Gallipoli

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 1st NZ Maori Contingent
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Service number

WWI 16/346 AWMM

Military service

1914-1916

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Enlistment

• WW1 Bushman/Civilian AWMM
• 13 Nov 1914 at Avondale Military Camp, Auckland
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Age on enlistment

20yrs

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Embarkation details

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

Medical notes

• Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
• Feb 1916 from hronchurch Hospital he was invalided Home & admitted to Cambridge Hospital Apr 1916
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Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

• Son of Mr and Mrs Whetu Para of Okaihau, Northland, New Zealand.
  
  Next of Kin: Mr W. Para, Okaihau, Bay of Islands (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
• Hornchurch Hospital Report -Feb 1916 - whilst working a machine gun he was shot thro the thigh just below the Art - sup spire. An attempt was made to remove the bullet but failed and the bullet is still lying deep to the ... muscle
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Death

9 May 1916 AWMM

Age at death

23yrs

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Place of death

Kaikohe, NZ

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Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

urupa, Kaikohe Maori Cemetery, Kaikohe, New Zealand AWMM Burials in a churchyard, 2 km west of Kaikohe towards Taheke and Opononi AWMM

Cemetery name

Kaikohe Church Yard, Kaikohe

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Obituary

Died of wounds, Alay 9—-Private PARA Paki Whetu (next of kin, Whetu Para, of Kaikohe, North Auckland)

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LYTTELTON TIMES, VOLUME CXVII, ISSUE 17167, 13 MAY 1916, PAGE 10

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• St John the Baptist Anglican Church, Waimate North, Northland AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21383728
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130705.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643151/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643151
  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. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 562
• 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.