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Cenotaph record

Apa Mua

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  • Service number
    WWI 19725 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Apawhitia MUA Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 February 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Reinforcements Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 68), Page: 16 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 68), Page: 16 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Forenames
    Apa AWMM
  • Surname
    Mua AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Apawhitia MUA Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 February 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery Record
  • Service number
    WWI 19725 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion
    Church of England Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 February 2016 - Military Record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    16 January 1891 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    16 January 1891 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 February 2016 - Military record
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    son of Te Pari & Harata Mua Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 February 2016 - Military record
  • Address before enlistment
    Hobson St, Auckland Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 February 2016 - Military record
  • Post war occupation
    Shearer Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 February 2016 - Military record
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Pari Mua (father), Tokomaru Bay, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    married (Divorced)
    father of 2 children Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 February 2016 - Military record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western European Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion Reinforcements Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 19725 AWMM
  • Military service
    1917-1919 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 February 2016 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW1 Unknown AWMM Shearer/Civilian AWMM
    • 21 March 1917 at Auckland Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 February 2016 - Military record
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    26yrs 2mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 February 2016 - Military record

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 April 2016 - Military Record

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • brother to Private Peta Mua # 16/814 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 April 2016 - Research

Death

About death

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  • Death
    19 March 1975 Public Source
  • Date of death
    19 March 1975 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 February 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery records
  • Age at death
    82yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 February 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery records
  • Place of death
    Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 February 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 February 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery records
  • Grave reference
    Block RSA; Plot 717; Warrant # 14015 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 29 February 2016 - Gisborne Cemetery records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21378210
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      68: 16 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
10 October 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
11 April 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher
29 February 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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