Piripi Waara
Born 1891 (actually 1893 by death age)
Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Military Record
- Died 5 Apr 1918 - Service number
- WWI 16/52 AWMM
- Also known as
- Piri-pi Waara AWMM
- Waaka AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Military record
- Last rank
- —
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
- PrivatePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Military Record
- Forenames
- Piripi AWMM
- Surname
- Waara AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Piri-pi Waara AWMM
- Waaka AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/52 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Religion
- Church of EnglandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Military Record
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Date of birth
- 1891 (actually 1893 by death age)Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Military Record
- Place of birth
- Tokomaru BayPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Military Record
- Birth notes
- son of Tamara Waara of Te AraroaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Military Record
- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Cape Runaway, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
- Shepherd at J Paterson's Taihimata station, Tolaga BayPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Military Record & Research
- Next of kin
- Tanara Waara, Te Araroa, New Zealand AWMM
- Tamara Waara of Te Araroa
Wife: Noema Waara nee' Pahina of Tokomaru BayPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Military Record
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Egyptian - Gallipoli; Egyptian EF & Western EuropeanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Military record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Military record
- Service number
- WWI 16/52 AWMM
- Military service
- 1914-1917Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Military record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- 1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory MedalsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Military Record
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- 10 Oct 1914 at WhakatanePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Military record
- Age on enlistment
- 23yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Military record
- Occupation before enlistment
- labourer for George Kirk of RaukokerePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Military Record
Embarkations
- 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
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- suffering from Phthisis transported home NZ to Cambridge Hospital by Sept 1917Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Military Record
Last known rank
- Last rank
- PrivatePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Military Record
- Last rank
- —
Biographical information
- Listed as Piripia Waaka on WWI Hall of Memories
Next of Kin: Mrs N. Waaka, Tokomaru Bay, E. C. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM - Piripi Waara's Military Record reports that Piripi death was from Drowning at Tolaga Bay 5 April 1918 - these are the following reports found:-
April 1918 - The Gisborne police have been advised that a young Maori man, named Te Piripi Wharu, (aka Waara) aged 25 years, married, is missing, and is supposed to have been drowned. He was returning home to Mangatuna from Tolaga Bay on horseback. He was seen riding towards the ford, about a mile away. That was the last seen of him. His horse and saddle were found, but no trace of the missing man could be discovered.
The body of the native Piripi Waru (aka Waara), who was drowned at Mangatokerau crossing on the 15th inst. has been recovered, and the district Coroner (Mr. W. A. Barton, SM.,) has issued instruction for an inquest, to he held. The deceased was a married man, and was employed on Taihimata station, Tolaga BayPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Otago Daily Times, 15 April 1918 & Poverty Bay Herald, 27 April 1918
- Listed as Piripia Waaka on WWI Hall of Memories
About death
- Death
- 5 Apr 1918 Public Source
- Date of death
- 5 April 1918Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Military Record
- Age at death
- 25yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Newspaper Report
- Place of death
- Tolaga BayPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Military Record
- Cause of death
- Accidental drowning while crossing river at Tolaga BayPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - Military Record
- Death notes
- Coroners inquests - Case files - Auckland - Piripi Waara [Use copy MICRO U 5493] dated 1918Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 15 February 2016 - NZ Archives Record
- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22020945
Further Reference - 'Tikitiki church war memorial ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/tikitiki-church-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-Oct-2014
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tikitiki-church-war-memorial
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
- Military personnel file
- 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.
Page No: 747 - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
- 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.
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