Romana Ratima

Forenames

Romana AWMM

Surname

Ratima AWMM

Also known as

Remana Ratima AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/94 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1892

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 April 2024 - Military Record

Place of birth

Whakatane, BOP

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 April 2024 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of the late Hauta Ratima & Wharekohuru Romana, of Poroporo, Whakatane.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 April 2024 - Military Record

Address before enlistment

• Unknown AWMM Whakatane, New Zealand AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM

Next of kin

• Wharekohuru Romana, Poroporo, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs Wharekohuru Romana (mother), Poroporo, Whakatane, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
• Pre 15 Nov 1916 AWMM Unknown Marital Status AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/94 AWMM

Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Unknown/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Unknown AWMM 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 Not known AWMM
• WW1 15 Nov 1916-29 Jan 1917 AWMM
  HMNZT 69 AWMM Vessel was RMS Tahiti AWMM Private AWMM 10th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

SuppNom: Ex Main Body. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20804271
  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: 603
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  45: 34
• 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. 4: Includes portrait
• 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.
• HMNZT 69 - The oilsheet -- At sea : Printed and published on the high seas for the Committee by Corpl. Jas. Perry. : 1916-17