Rota Waipara
Born 1894 - Died 24 Jan 1959
- Service number
- WWI 16/51 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 1st NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 July 2015 - Military Record
- Last rank
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- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
- 2nd LieutenantPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 July 2015 - Military Records
- Forenames
- Rota AWMM
- Surname
- Waipara AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 16/51 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Religion
- Church of EnglandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 July 2015 - Military Records
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 1894 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 1894Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 July 2015 - Military Record
- Place of birth
- Waiapu, East Coast, NZPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 July 2015 - Military Record
- Birth notes
- son of Rota Waipara (snr) of GisbornePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 July 2015 - Military Record
- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Rota Waipara (father), Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
- Husband of Wairakau (Blossom) WaiparaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 March 2025 - https://www.geni.com/people/Rota-Waipara/6000000021109752096
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Gallipoli & Western Front in France and BelgiumPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 July 2015 - Military Record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 1st NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 July 2015 - Military Record
- Service number
- WWI 16/51 AWMM
- Military service
- 1915-1919Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 July 2015 - Military Record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
- Private and promoted through to 2nd LieutenantPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 July 2015 - Military Record
Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- 1914 at WellingtonPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 July 2015 - Military Record
- Age on enlistment
- 20 yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 July 2015 - Military Record
- Occupation before enlistment
- Blacksmith in GisbornePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 July 2015 - 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
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
1916 Fulham Military Hospital AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- 2nd LieutenantPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 July 2015 - Military Record
- Last rank
- —
Biographical information
- Reported as discharged from Fulham Military Hospital in the New Zealand War Contingent Association hospital report published in the Chronicles of the NZEF (August (2) p. 44) AWMM
- Contributed by: Jackie, on 2008-11-07
My grandfather was born in a small Maori community on the east coast of the north island of New Zealand in 1896. His name was Rota Waipara and he was the last in a long line of generations of Maori warriors. He joined the New Zealand Army in 1914 as a private. He fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front in France and Belgium and worked his way through the ranks to 2nd Lieutenant.Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 July 2015 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/remembrance/wall/record/9025
About death
- Death
- 24 Jan 1959 Public Source
- Date of death
- 24 Jan 1959Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 July 2015 - Military Record & Research
- Age at death
- 65 yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 July 2015 - Military Record & Research
- Place of death
- Manutuke, GisbornePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 July 2015 - Military Record & Research
- Cause of death
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- Death notes
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- 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
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Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22021125
Further Reference - Dr Christopher Pugsley. Corporal William George Lowther: ‘the least visited Kiwi on the peninsula’. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 1 September 2020.
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/lowther
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
- 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: 748 - 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.
- 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. 5: Includes portrait - 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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