James Rahipere

Forenames

James AWMM

Surname

Rahipere AWMM

Service number

WWI 20792 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

18th May 1893

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 July 2024 - Military record

Place of birth

Tauranga

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 July 2024 - Military record

Birth notes

Som of Mrs Tipare Ngaipene of Hikutaia, Thames

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 July 2024 - Military record

Address before enlistment

Omauawa Falls, Tauranga

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 17 August 2025 - Military Record

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs Tipare Ngaripini (mother), Hikutaia, via Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 July 2024 - Military record

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 20792 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Bushman/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

Other, WWI AWMM
Nature of injury: G.S.W. Lt. hand Pension: 7/6 Percent: [Not stated] Source: New Zealand. Army (c.1920). A further list of the names of ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM

Related objects

External links

• 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
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R20803837
  Further Reference

References

• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  43: 36
• New Zealand. Army (c.1920). A further list of the names of ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% : compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent war pensions; and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) discharged hospital patients; assessed as suffering permanent disability, and who are whilst in hospital, receiving full pensions. New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services.
• 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.
• HMNZT 67. Long Trail. (1916). On board ship:Published by the Right Wing of the 18th Reinforcements.