Robert Ngapo

Forenames

Robert AWMM

Surname

Ngapo AWMM

Also known as

Nehe Rapata Waha Waha MGAPO

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Service number

WWI 20776 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

20 Feb 1892 Public Source

Date of birth

20 Feb 1892

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Place of birth

Kennedy Bay's, Coromandel

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Birth notes

• Son of Hohepa NGAPO of Kennedy Bay
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 August 2025 - Military Record
• son
  Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 7 March 2016 - Military Record

Address before enlistment

Kennedy's Bay, Coromandel

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Next of kin

WW1 Hohepa Ngapo (father), Kennedy's Bay, Coromandel, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion 18th Reinforcements
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Service number

WWI 20776 AWMM

Military service

1916-1919

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Medals and Awards

• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• Military Medal (MM) AWMM
  London Gazette 28 January 1918, p1406, Rec No 1624 AWMM
• British War Medal
  Victory Medal
  (MM) The Military Medal: Nov 1917 awarded for acts of Gallantry in the Field
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Military training

6th Hauraki

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Enlistment

• WW1 04 Jul 1916 AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
• 10 July 1916 at Narrow Neck
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Age on enlistment

24yrs 3mths

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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

June 1917 Wounded GSW to buttock

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Last rank

• 21 Jul 1919 AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
• Lance Corporal
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Death

1921 Births, Deaths and Marriages

Date of death

• 1934
  Public - Lesley Eve - Other relative - 10 October 2024 - Death cert.
  My grandmother remembered him
• 28th October 1921
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 June 2024 - THAMES STAR, VOLUME LVII, ISSUE 14797, 29 OCTOBER 1921, PAGE 4

Age at death

• 42
  Public - Lesley Eve - Other relative - 10 October 2024 - My Nan remembered him
• 38yrs
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 June 2024 - THAMES STAR, VOLUME LVII, ISSUE 14797, 29 OCTOBER 1921, PAGE 4

Place of death

• Kennedy Bay
  Public - Lesley Eve - Other relative - 10 October 2024 - Family papers
• Thames
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 June 2024 - THAMES STAR, VOLUME LVII, ISSUE 14797, 29 OCTOBER 1921, PAGE 4

Cemetery name

Kowhai Urupa in Kennedy Bay

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Obituary

• Rarotonga service men with similar name. .
  
  Our Robert Ngapo (full name Ropata Wahawaha Ngapo)..
  Public - Lesley Eve - Other relative - 10 October 2024 - Military record, family papers
• A RETURNED SOLDIER. The late Private R. NGAPO. who died at the local hospital, joined the forces at Rarotonga and sailed with the main body of Pioneers. He saw considerable service at the front
  
  HAUR4KI RETURNED SOLIDERS'.ASSOCIATION.
  All Returned Soldiers are requested to parade at the Drill Hall, Mackay Street, at 2 p.m. to-morrow (Sunday), to attend the funeral of the late Comrade, Private R. Ngapo, leaving Hospital at 2.45 p.m. for Shortland Cemetery. Uniforms to be worn where possible.
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 June 2024 - THAMES STAR, VOLUME LVII, ISSUE 14797, 29 OCTOBER 1921, PAGE 4

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21380293
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130947.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

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• 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.
• 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.