Wiremu Karati

Forenames

Wiremu AWMM

Surname

Karati AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/453 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

1891 Public Source

Date of birth

1891

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Place of birth

Tairua, Coromandel

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Post war occupation

At Te Reinga, HB

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Next of kin

Hone Karati (stepbrother), Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Egyptian - Gallipoli, Egyptian EF & Western European

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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• 1st NZ Maori Contingent > AIB > NZ Maori Pioneer Btn
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Service number

WWI 16/453 AWMM

Military service

1914-1919

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal

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Enlistment

• WW1 Shearer/Civilian AWMM
• 12 Nov 1914 at Avondale
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Age on enlistment

23yrs

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Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM A Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Hospitalised at No. 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England. [date and circumstances of admission unknown] AWMM
• Mar 1914-1917 Hospitalised for Mumps/Bronchitis X 4; Aug 1916 wounded jaw;
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Last rank

• WW1 New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM
• Private
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The Auckland Museum Library manuscripts collection holds the personal papers of ex-Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) nurse Margaret Swarbrick which includes a sketch by and photograph of Private Karati contained within (MS 1468, Folders 2 and 3). AWMM

Death

28 Dec 1933 Public Source

Date of death

28 Dec 1933

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Age at death

43yrs

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Place of death

Gisborne, NZ

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Cause of death

Acute tuberculosis

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Death notes

NZEF, 16/453 Pte WIREMU KARATI, Maori Pioneer Battn, died 28 December 1933 aged 43.

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Cemetery name

Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne

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Grave reference

Block S; Plot 64; Warrant # 2563

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Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18055325
  Further Reference
• Website: No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst
  http://southernlife.org.uk/nzindex.htm
  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

• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 382
• Swarbrick, Margaret. Miscellaneous papers, 1914 - 1947. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-1468.
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.