Aperahema Reupena
Born 1881 - Died 5 Feb 1955
- Service number
- WWI 16/1284 AWMM
- WWI 16/1284A AWMM
- Also known as
- Aperahema Rupene AWMM
- Aperahama AWMM
- Aperahama Rupene AWMM
- Aperahama Rupene TUOROPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 April 2016 - AUckland Weekly News
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 3rd NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 April 2016 - Military Record
- Last rank
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- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Aperahema AWMM
- Surname
- Reupena AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Aperahema Rupene AWMM
- Aperahama AWMM
- Aperahama Rupene AWMM
- Aperahama Rupene TUOROPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 April 2016 - AUckland Weekly News
- Service number
- WWI 16/1284 AWMM
- WWI 16/1284A AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Religion
- Church of EnglandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 April 2016 - Military Record
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 1881 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 1881Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 April 2016 - Military Record
- Place of birth
- Waimamaku, Hokianga, NorthlandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 April 2016 - Military Record
- Birth notes
- son of Reupena TUORO and Apihaka TuwharePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 April 2016 - Military Record & Research
- Address before enlistment
- HokiangaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 April 2016 - Military Record
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs E.M. Reuben (wife), Pipiriki, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- 1913 married Ethel Maud Merrie
father of 2 childrenPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 April 2016 - Military Record
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- EgyptianPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 April 2016 - Military Record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- 3rd NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 April 2016 - Military Record
- Service number
- WWI 16/1284 AWMM
- WWI 16/1284A AWMM
- Military service
- 1915-1916Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 April 2016 - Military Record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- British War Medal
Victory MedalPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 April 2016 - Military Record
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- 8 Sep 1915 at HelensvillePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 April 2016 - Military Record
- Age on enlistment
- 34yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 April 2016 - Military Record
- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 05 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 42 or HMNZT 43 or HMNZT 44 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM A Company AWMM 3rd Maori Contingent AWMM - Boarded HMNZTS 44 Navua on the 04/02/1916 Queens wharf Auckland, left the wharf at 6pm, steamed from harbour after midnight on 05/02/1916Public - wayne - Other Relative - 10 May 2015 - Personal Diary of Aperahama Reupena
- WW1 05 Feb 1916 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
- Mar 1916 Hospitalised due to sickness - Phthysis, Aug 1916 Invalided HomePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 April 2016 - Military Record
Last known rank
- Last rank
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- Last rank
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Biographical information
- Serial Number appears as 16/1284 in Nominal Rolls, as 16/1284A in Archives New Zealand. Listed by Archives new Zealand as RUPENE, Aperahama - [a.k.a. REUPENA, Aperahama] - WW1 16/1284a - Army AWMM
About death
- Death
- 5 Feb 1955 Public Source
- Date of death
- 5 Feb 1955Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 April 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ Records
- Age at death
- 76yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 April 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ Records
- Place of death
- Waiotemarama, NorthlandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 April 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ Records
- Cause of death
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- Death notes
- Aperahama Reupena Tuoro died 5 Feb 1955 at Waiotemarama, Northland aged 76yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 17 April 2016 - Military Record & BMD NZ Records
- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- OFF TO THE FRONT
a Native settler named Aperahama Reuben, of Woodhill, has offered himself for service at the front, and has been accepted. He joined No. 1 Native Company in Auckland when the Boer War broke out, and enrolled for the Sixth Contingent, but was rejected on account of the colour line. Later he was accepted in the Eighth Contingent, and after five weeks in camp was given a Sergeant's rank for breaking in horses, but, with five other Natives, was again rejected. Nothing daunted he joined (the Ninth, but with similar results. Returning to Hokiana, he applied for a transfer to the Hokianga Mounted Rifles. He is now married with two children, but is just as eager to serve his country, and hopes others will join him in showing their loyaltyPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 15 December 2024 - Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 23 September 1915, Page 2 - Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Waiotemarama Memorial, Hokianga, Northland AWMM
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20808556
Further Reference - Other military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7881152
Further Reference - Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Waiotemarama War Memorial (also known as Waimamaku War Memorial).
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/waimamaku-first-world-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
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
25: 1 - 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.
p.474 - 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.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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