Henry Korako

Title

Private

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Forenames

Henry AWMM

Surname

Korako AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1477 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

• 16 Aug 1896 AWMM
• 16 Aug 1896 Public Source

Date of birth

16 Aug 1896

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Place of birth

Tauhiwi, Kaiapoi

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Birth notes

Son of Tutehounuku Korako, of Tuahiwi, Kaiapoi

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Address before enlistment

Tauhiwi

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Next of kin

WW1 Miss Ema Korako (sister), Tuahiwi, Kaiapoi, 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
• 4th NZ Maori Contingent
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Service number

WWI 16/1477 AWMM

Military service

1916-1917

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Enlistment

• WW1 Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• 2 Mar 1916 at Narrow Neck Camp, Takapuna
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Age on enlistment

20yrs

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Embarkation details

WW1 26 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 56 or HMNZT 57 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 4th Reinforcements, No. 2 Platoon AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Henry Korako was the son of Tutehounuku Korako, of Tuahiwi, Kaiapoi, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mrs E. Korako, Tuahiwi, Kaiapoi (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

19 Jun 1917 AWMM

Age at death

21 years

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Place of death

Belgium

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Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Berks Cemetery Extension, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM III. A. 34. AWMM

Obituary

Private Henare Korako (killed) was the only son of Tutehounuku Koraka, of Tuahiwi. His sisters, Tipu and Ema Korako, reside at Tuahiwi. His cousins, Whar Pohio, Oco, and S. Kuku, of Port Levy, are still on active service. He was educated at the local school. He is the third member of the great Te Rangiamoa tribe to be killed in the present war.

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Memorial name

St Mary's Church's, Tikitiki War Memorial
Tuahiwi War Memorial

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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/R18058143
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130558.html
  Further Reference
• SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour)
  https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=1745
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/106941/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/106941
  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

• 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.
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• 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.