Horopapera Karauti

Forenames

Horopapera AWMM

Surname

Karauti AWMM

Also known as

• Hori AWMM
• Horopapera Karauti
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• George Hori Karauti
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Service number

WWI 16/1308 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Raukawa ki Te Tonga, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngā Iwi o Tainui, Tainui, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

29 Nov 1879 Public Source

Date of birth

• correction: 29 November 1879
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• 29 Nov 1978
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Place of birth

Rangitikei, NZ

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Address before enlistment

Ohau, Manawatu Line, Rangitikei, NZ

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Next of kin

Mrs Wiripini Waiwera Karauti (wife), Ohau, Manawatu Line, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Married/WWI AWMM
• 1915 marrried Wiripine O'Brien at Otaki
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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 4th NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion
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Service number

WWI 16/1308 AWMM

Military service

1915-1919

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Medals and Awards

• Croix de Guerre 1914-1918 (Belgian) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• British War Medal
  Victory Medal
  Croix de guerre Medal- awarded in Feb 1919 by H.M. the King of Belgium for acts of Bravery on the Battlefield
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Military training

Otaki Mounted Rifles

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
• 23 Oct 1915 entered camp
  6 Nov 1915 at Takapuna
  1919: NZ Officer Reserves, Wgn West Coast Rgt
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Age on enlistment

Abt. 37yrs

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Embarkation details

WW1 06 May 1916-21 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 52 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Last rank

Lieutenant

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Death

23 Feb 1932 Public Source

Date of death

23 Feb 1932

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Age at death

53yrs

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Place of death

Palmerston North Hospital

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Death notes

Horo Karauti died 23 Feb 1932 in the Palmerston North Hospital aged 53yrs

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Cemetery name

Kuku Māori Cemetery Also known as Te Rau O Te Aroha Urupā Ohau, Horowhenua District , Manawatū-Whang

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Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 February 1932, Page 4

Obituary

OBITUARY.
LIEUTENANT HORO KARAUTI. The death occurred in the Palmerston North Hospital this week of an esteemed Native of Levin district, who was a member of the original Maori Contingent in the Great War, Lieutentant Horo Karauti, of Ohau. He was born about 53 .vears ago, and in his prime was a very alert and intelligent member of his race. He saw active service to the end of the War, and his decorations included the Croix de Guerre. He was a well educated man, an ex-student of the Otaki Maori College. For some years, after his return to the Dominion, he acted as judge for the Otaki Maori Racing Club, a duty which he had eventually to relinquish owing to failing eyesight. His health was badly affected by his experiences at the Front, an about five ago he became a patient in the hospital.

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Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18055334
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130977.html
  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

• HMNZT 52.The bugle call of the 12th NZ Reinforcements : being the souvenir number of The Mokoia chronicle.(1916). On board ship: Published on board H.M.N.Z. Transport no. 52 "S.S. Mokoia".
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  31: 25
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Iwi, Hapū, Rohe and additional whakapapa information kindly provided from “Ngāti Raukawa and 20th century wars. Ngā Pakanga o Te Ao. Participation, Price, and Post-War Experience.” Research conducted by Te Kenehi Teira and Heeni Collins (2022). Report commissioned by Crown Forestry Rental Trust, Wellington (Wai 2200 Porirua ki Manawatu Inquiry).
• 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.