Nati Te Ara

Forenames

Nati AWMM

Surname

Te Ara AWMM

Also known as

• Te Ara Natl AWMM
• Nati Te Ara AWMM

Service number

WWI 19744 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Birth

1896 Military personnel file

Place of birth

Tauraungakoau, East Coast

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 January 2025 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of Te Ara Araraakutu, of Te Araroa, East Cape.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 January 2025 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/nati-te-ara

Address before enlistment

Tauraungakoau, East Coast

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 January 2025 - Military Record

Next of kin

Te Ara Makutu (father), Te Araroa, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 January 2025 - Military Record

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 19744 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Jul 1917-16 Sep 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 88 AWMM Vessel was Athenic AWMM Private AWMM 19th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Asphyxiation due to complications from Tuberculosis AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Unknown AWMM Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Nati Te Ara was the son of Te Ara Araraakutu, of Te Araroa, East Cape, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mr Te Aramakutu, Te Araroa, E. C. (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

5 Apr 1919 AWMM

Age at death

22yrs

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 January 2025 - NZ BDM Death Records

Place of death

Died at Sea on the ship, SS Maheno

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 January 2025 - Military record

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery name

Buried at Sea

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 January 2025 - Military Record

Obituary

Reported died of sickness whilst en route to New Zealand—Te Ara, N. (Te A. Makutu, Te Araroa, f.).

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 January 2025 - ROLL OF HONOUR.
Press, Volume LV, Issue 16499, 16 April 1919, Page 8

Memorial name

• Wellington Provincial Memorial, Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7824655
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130779.html
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/644113/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/644113
  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

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  68: 16
• 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.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.