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Mari Tauriri Panapa

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  • Service number
    WWI 16/1564 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Mari Taupiri AWMM
    • Murray AWMM
    • Mari Panapa AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 January 2017 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Portrait of Private Mari (Murray) Tauriri Panapa 16/1564. Date unkown. Image kindly provided by Carol Waikari-Panapa (September 2017). Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Private Mari (Murray) Tauriri Panapa 16/1564. Date unkown. Image kindly provided by Caro …

Identity

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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 January 1900 AWMM Hastings, Hawkes Bay AWMM
  • Date of birth
    16 January 1896 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 January 2017 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Hastings Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 January 2017 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Waipatu, Hastings AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    King Panapa (brother), Waipatu, Hastings, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 January 2017 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 January 2017 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 16/1564 AWMM
  • Military service
    1916-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 January 2017 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Narrow Neck Camp, Takapuna Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 January 2017 - Military Record
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Shearer AWMM
    • 26 April 1916 at Narrow Neck, Takapuna Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 January 2017 - Military Record
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    20yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 January 2017 - 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
    June 1917 gassed, admitted to hospital; Dec 1917 wounded twice GSWound Right thigh Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 January 2017 - Military Record

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    • Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 January 2017 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Married Waerea Waikari Karaitiana on 11 August 1927 at the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Hastings, Hawke's Bay. On marriage into the Roman Catholic faith, Mari adopted the name Hohepa (Joseph). He was the father of Anthony Waikari Panapa and the older brother of Private Pita Tauriri Panapa 817730 who served in the 28 Maori Battalion in the Second World War. Family source.

    Address on embarkation and the next of kin address are both spelt incorrectly as 'Waipata' in Military Personnel File. Birth date stated incorrectly on Military Personnel File as 16 January 1896, which was in fact his sister, Amiria (Milly) Panapa/Logan's date of birth. Name incorrectly spelt as Mari Taupiri Panapa in Nominal Rolls.

    Initially embarked iwth the 4th Maori Contingent. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    23 October 1980 Military Personnel File
  • Date of death
    25 October 1980 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 January 2017 - Hasatings Cemetery Records, Hastings
  • Age at death
    80yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 January 2017 - Hasatings Cemetery Records, Hastings
  • Place of death
    Hastings Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 January 2017 - Hasatings Cemetery Records, Hastings
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    • Hastings Cemetery, Hawke's Bay Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 January 2017 - Hasatings Cemetery Records, Hastings
    • Hastings Cemetery & Crematorium, Hawke's Bay Public - Carol Lorraine - Direct descendant - 12 September 2017 - Family Source
  • Grave reference
    Block RSA; Plot F 85; Ref: RSAF85_H Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 January 2017 - Hasatings Cemetery Records, Hastings
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  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • His younger brother, Pita Tauriri Panapa served in WWII with the 28 Maori Battalion. Nga mihi, Carol.
    Public - Carol - Direct descendant - 23 April 2017
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Sources

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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
12 September 2017Carol LorraineHastings, New ZealandDirect descendant
23 April 2017CarolHastings, Hawke's BayDirect descendant
02 January 2017Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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