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Karaitiana Te Ohaere

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/1482A AWMM
  • Also known as
    Karaitiana Te O Haere AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion, 4th Reinforcements Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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"Home Sweet Home" drawing by Karaitiana Te Ohaere. Swarbrick, Margaret. Miscellaneous papers, 1914 - 1947. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-1468. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

"Home Sweet Home" drawing by Karaitiana Te Ohaere. Swarbrick, Margaret. Miscellaneous papers, 1914 - …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Karaitiana AWMM
  • Surname
    Te Ohaere AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Karaitiana Te O Haere AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16/1482A AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 April 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    21 May 1895 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    21 May 1895 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Tokomaru Bay, East Coast, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of Hana Te Ohaere (mother) Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Tokomaru Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Hana te Ohaere (mother), Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    single
    1926 married Materoa Ngati Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 April 2016 - Military Record & Research

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion, 4th Reinforcements Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/1482A AWMM
  • Military service
    1916-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 April 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
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Labourer at Tokomaru Bay Freezing Works Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 April 2016 - Military Record
  • Age on enlistment
    20yrs 9mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 April 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
    Aug 1917 GSW to right eye Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 April 2016 - Military Record

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 April 2016 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Serial Number is recorded as 16/1482 on Nominal roll, 16/1482A in other references. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    26 June 1954 Public Source
  • Date of death
    26 June 1954 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 April 2016 - Tokomaru Bay/Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    57yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 April 2016 - Tokomaru Bay/Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
    Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 April 2016 - Tokomaru Bay/Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Tokomaru Bay Cemetery Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 April 2016 - Tokomaru Bay/Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Block TKH: Plot 103; Warrant 61 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 April 2016 - Tokomaru Bay/Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

Remember Karaitiana Te Ohaere by laying a poppy.

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  • Kia Ora Karaitiana.... You wrote to my great grand aunty Sybil Mary Lee during WW1 and the beautiful postcards are now kept in the collection at Te Papa. This tribute is in memory of a young man and his battalion that gave up their youthful innocence to fight in a war that were to forever change your lives and that have ultimately ensured that we live ours in freedom. My family did not know you or yours but Sybil knew yours and she obviously provided a safe haven for so many young maori men that came from Tokomaru Bay. The Lee Family Oops left tribute for your 'son' rather than you
    Public - Bridget - Researcher - 16 February 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R7824893
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      34: 40 AWMM
    • Swarbrick, Margaret. Miscellaneous papers, 1914 - 1947. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-1468. AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
22 April 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher
16 February 2015BridgetNew Zealand - AotearoaResearcher

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