Mei Hana Karauria

Forenames

Mei Hana AWMM

Surname

Karauria AWMM

Also known as

Meihana Karauria AWMM

Service number

WWI 19860 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngā Iwi o Tākitimu, Tākitimu, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

19 Mar 1878 Public Source

Date of birth

19 Mar 1878

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Place of birth

Wairoa, HB., NZ

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Birth notes

Son of Piha and Make Karauria

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Address before enlistment

Wairoa, HB., NZ

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Next of kin

Piha Karauria (father), Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, 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, 20th Reinforcements
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Service number

WWI 19860 AWMM

Military service

1917-1918

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Medals and Awards

British War Medal
Victory Medal
Plaque & Scroll # 506889

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• 20 April 1917 at Narrow Neck
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Age on enlistment

35yrs

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Embarkation details

WW1 26 Jul 1917-24 Sep 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 90 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Private AWMM 20th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
  Appendicitis AWMM
• 25 July 1918 died of Appendicitis in the O.C. No 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital, France
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Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Mei Hana Karauria was the son of Piha and Make Karauria, of Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

Died of appendicitis

Next of Kin: Mr P. Karauria, Wairoa, Hawkes Bay (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

24 Jul 1918 AWMM
Age  32 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France AWMM I. O. 16. AWMM

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/R18055328
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/35420/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/35420
  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
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• HMNZT 90. Te karere : the message : H.M.N.Z.T. no. 90. [1917].
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  69: 38
• 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.