Raukawa Hura
Born Dec 1893 - Died 10 Apr 1917
- Service number
- WWI 16/1339 AWMM
- Also known as
- —
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- Dec 1893 AWMM
- Date of birth
- —
- Place of birth
- WairoaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 October 2025 - Military record
- Birth notes
- Son of Hura TAKITAHI & Mereana HURAPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 October 2025 - Military record
- Son of Mrs. Mere Hura, of Ruataniwha, WairoaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 August 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/raukawa-hura
- Son of Hura TAKITAHI & Mereana HURA
- Address before enlistment
- Ohinepaka Station, TiniroaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 October 2025 - Military record
- Post war occupation
- —
- Next of kin
- Mrs Mere Hura (mother), Ruataniwha, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- SinglePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 October 2025 - Military record
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Somme AWMM
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/1339 AWMM
- Military service
- —
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
- Sling Camp on Salisbury Plain AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 16 Dec 1915 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 06 May 1916-21 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 52 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Private AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM 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
- Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of disease AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Last rank
- —
Biographical information
- "Raukawa Hura was attached to strength of the New Zealand Infantry at the New Zealand General Base Depot at Etaples until 27 September when he joined the Maori (Pioneer) Battalion on the Somme. The new advance on Flers with the aim of capturing factory Corner had begun on 25 September. The Pioneers were required to construct various advanced lines of communication trenches." (Church, p.125)
"During September the Pioneers worked on erecting barbwire entanglements, but on the 19, Raukawa was evacuated to hospital sick, suffering from conjunctivitis. His health did not improve so he was transferred to No.1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst. He was a patient for four months." (Church, p.125)
Next of Kin: Mrs M. Hura, Ruataniwha, Wairoa (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 10 Apr 1917 AWMM
Age 23 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
- —
- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of Disease AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard, Hampshire, England AWMM Plot A, Row 1, Grave 3 AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- Died of Sickness - MAORI CONTINGENT. (April 10th.) Hura Raukawa. 16/1339 Private (Mrs Mere Hura, Ruataniwha, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, mother).Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 June 2025 - FALLEN NEW ZEALANDERS - New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9634, 14 April 1917, Page 4
- Memorial name
- —
- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18051346
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130639.html
Further Reference - No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst
http://southernlife.org.uk/nzindex.htm
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/362574/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/362574
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
- Church, C. (2002). New Zealand graves at Brockenhurst : 93 New Zealand soldiers remembered from World War One. Hampshire, England: Author.
- 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: 26 - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- 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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