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Cenotaph record

James Raikete

  • Service number
    WWI 19743 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Hata Te Riaki AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • 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

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James AWMM
  • Surname
    Raikete AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Hata Te Riaki AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 19743 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    21st July 1895 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 December 2024 - Military record
  • Place of birth
    Opotiki Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 December 2024 - Military record
  • Birth notes
    Son of Hata RAIKETE of Opotiki Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 December 2024 - Military record
  • Address before enlistment
    Waiapu, East Coast Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 December 2024 - Military record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Arapera Raikete (wife), Tongoio, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Married - Widower Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 December 2024 - Military record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 19743 AWMM
  • Military service
  • 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 Labourer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

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  • Hata RAIKETE died 18th January 1922 at Omarumutu
    REF: Military Record
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 December 2024
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  • I have found you through your wife Anapera Anaru of Tangoio. You enlisted under Te Riaki! Your full name is Hata Te Riaki which is your father's name also. Your name R Hata is on the Opotiki Cenotaph. We remember.
    Public - Sonia Elizabeth - Researcher - 17 July 2015
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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/R20803844
    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

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
28 December 2024Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
17 July 2015Sonia ElizabethOpotiki New ZealandResearcher

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