Paki Conrad

Forenames

Paki AWMM

Surname

Conrad AWMM

Also known as

• Conred AWMM
• Paki Conred AWMM

Service number

WWI 20787 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

26 Sept 1892 AWMM

Place of birth

Awanui

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Birth notes

Son of Mr. and Mrs. Rapine Conrad, of Awanui North

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Next of kin

WW1 Mrs Ripine Conred (mother), Awanui North, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 20787 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Gum digger/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 11 Oct 1916-28 Dec 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 67 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Private AWMM 9th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Syphilis & Phthisis pulmonalis (Tuberculosis) AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Paki Conrad was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rapine Conrad, of Awanui North, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr J. Conrad, Te Kao, Nth Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

6 Dec 1918 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England AWMM II. F. 3. AWMM

Obituary

Pte Paki Conrad who was born on 26 September 1892 at Awanui. His surname was originally spelt Kanara. He was a self employed Gum Digger living in Awanui and single. He attested into the Maori Reinforcements at Narrow Neck Camp but on 17 July 1916. He left NZ on 14 October 1916 and arrived in the UK at Devonport on 29 December. He had a number of hospital admissions in the UK before leaving for France on 23 September 1917 arriving at Etaples on 26 September. He went to hospital sick on 24 March 1918 and passed through several establishments before being admitted to Walton on Thames hospital on 8 August suffering from lymphe sarcoma, chest. His diagnosis was changed to fibrous sarcoma, chest , on 22 August and TB on 9 September. He too was due to be evacuated to NZ but died on 6 December 1918 of syphilis, phthisis and pulmonalis. He was buried on 10 December at Brookwood Military Cemetery at the same time as William Raroa and alongside him.

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Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21896730
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/399616/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/399616
  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

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  43: 36
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• 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. 5: Includes portrait
• 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. 5: Includes portrait
• 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.
• HMNZT 67. Long Trail. (1916). On board ship:Published by the Right Wing of the 18th Reinforcements.