Fred Ngapo

Forenames

Fred AWMM

Surname

Ngapo AWMM

Also known as

Frederick AWMM

Service number

• 19550 AWMM
• WWII 2/6206 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

27 Jul 1896 AWMM

Place of birth

Coromandel

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Birth notes

Son of Maaka NGAPO

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Address before enlistment

Kennedy's Bay, Coromandel

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Next of kin

Maaka Ngapo (father), Kennedy's Bay, via Coromandel, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Simgle

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War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• 19550 AWMM
• WWII 2/6206 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Feb 1917-02 May 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 76 AWMM Vessel was Aparima AWMM Private AWMM 14th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW2 Lieutenant/Military AWMM

Death

28 Aug 1943 AWMM

Age at death

47yrs

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Cause of death

Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery name

Buffalo Cemetery, Thames

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Obituary

LAID TO REST

MR FREDERICK NGAPO CHURCH AND THE GRAVESIDE
The funeral of the late Mr Frederick Ngapo took place at Buffalo Cemetery on Tuesday, August 31. A short service conducted by the Rev. E. T. Leef, was held in the Anglican Church, a large gathering of friends and relatives being present, testifying to the respect in which Mr Ngapo was held in the community. A guard of honour, of members of the W.W.S.A. and the Home Guard was formed outside the church, members of Lt. Ngapo’s own platoon being the Pall bearers. The coffin was draped with the N.Z. ensign and there was a large number of beautiful wreaths.
A short service in the Maori language was held at the graveside and the “Last 'Post” was sounded by Bandsman Ron Davies.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 2 October 2025 - Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 32310, 8 September 1943, Page 6

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21380291
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24185729
  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.
  55: 38
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Cooke, P. (2018). Roll of New Zealand’s Second World War Dead. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group.; Peter Cooke; 2018.
  p.328
• 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 76 - The moa : the journal of the Twenty Seconds on troopship "Aparima" (No. 76). Drew, H.T.B. (Henry Thomas Bertie), editor. Digby, H.W.L. (Henry William Lockyer), editor. -- At sea : Twenty-Second Reinforcements : [1917