Pahia Ropata

Born 9th April 1886

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 February 2025 - Military Record

- Died 6 Aug 1915

Service number: WWI 16/199 AWMM
Also known as: Pahia Ropata AWMM
Armed force / branch: Army AWMM
Last rank: WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM
War: World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

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Private Pahia Ropata, Maori Contingent, killed in action. Taken from the supplement to the Auckland Weekly News 23 December 1915 p040. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19151223-40-39. Image has no known copyright restrictions. No Known Copyright Restrictions

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External links: Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20807658
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New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130744.html
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A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/680354/-
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/680354
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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
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References: New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 629
New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 1: Includes portrait
Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
Iwi, Hapū, Rohe and additional whakapapa information kindly provided from “Ngāti Raukawa and 20th century wars. Ngā Pakanga o Te Ao. Participation, Price, and Post-War Experience.” Research conducted by Te Kenehi Teira and Heeni Collins (2022). Report commissioned by Crown Forestry Rental Trust, Wellington (Wai 2200 Porirua ki Manawatu Inquiry).
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.
Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.

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