Rikihana Etana

Forenames

Rikihana AWMM

Surname

Etana AWMM

Service number

WWI 19515 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

28th June 1896

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Place of birth

TE KAO, North Cape

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Birth notes

Son of ETANA HEKA

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Address before enlistment

TE KAO

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Post war occupation

• Secretary/Civilian AWMM
  Secretary and scribe of the Aupouri-Rarara-Ngapuhi Genealogical Committee AWMM
• Secretary of the Aupouri Trust Board AWMM

Next of kin

Etana Heka (father), Te Kao, North Auckland, 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 19515 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Gum digger/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 19 Jan 1917-27 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 75 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM 13th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Death

27 Dec 1968 AWMM
Age  71 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Te Ao Hou
  http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/journals/teaohou/index.html
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21001261
  Further Reference
• Obituary: Te Ao Hou No. 66 March 1969 URL:
  http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/journals/teaohou/issue/Mao66TeA/c1.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

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  52: 37
• Te Ao Hou
• 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.
• Waitemata wobbler : N.Z. Exped. Forces, XXI Reinforcement. De La Mare, Frederick Archibald, 1877-, editor. Rowland, A.E.M. (Albert Edward MacKay), editor. Harris, E.W. (Edwin Walter), editor. -- [On board ship] : [Magazine Committee] Printed by Cape Times Ltd. : [1917].