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Rahau Waipapa

  • Service number
    WWI 16/777 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Maori Pioneers Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 January 2016 - Military record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Rahau AWMM
  • Surname
    Waipapa AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 16/777 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Anglican Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 January 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    3 January 1896 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    3 January 1896 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 January 2016 - Military record
  • Place of birth
    Waipiro Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 January 2016 - Military record
  • Birth notes
    son of Hone Waipapa of Waipiro Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 January 2016 - Research
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Waipiro Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss Kate Waipapa (sister), Waipiro Bay, 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 E F & Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 January 2016 - Military record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Maori Pioneers Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 January 2016 - Military record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/777 AWMM
  • Military service
    1915-1918 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 January 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 Unknown AWMM AWMM
    • 15 July 1915 at Takapuna Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 January 2016 - Military record
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Farmer for A B Williams Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 January 2016 - Military record
  • Age on enlistment
    19 1/2 yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 January 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
    Mar 1918 - reported wounded - not serious Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 January 2016 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14542, 1 March 1918, Page 5

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Newspaper Advert - Lost Soldier's Badge 16/777 - Finder kindly return to R Waipapa, National Hotel Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 January 2016 - Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 9, 10 July 1918, Page 1

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Waipiro Bay School's Roll of Honor Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 9 January 2016 - Research
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

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Sources

Sources

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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
17 October 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
09 January 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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