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Full Name
Private Reihana Paora
Rank Last Held
Private
Forename(s)
Reihana
Surname
Paora
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
16/527
Gender
Male
First Known Rank
Private
Occupation before Enlistment
Ironworker
Next of Kin
Poheri Te Warutu, Mangapehi, New Zealand
Marital Status
Single
Enlistment Address
Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand
Military District
Wellington
Body on Embarkation
1st Maori Contingent
Embarkation Unit
A Company
Embarkation Date
14 February 1915
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
HMNZT 20
Vessel
Warrimoo
Destination
Suez, Egypt
Nominal Roll Number
Vol1
Page on Nominal Roll
562
Last Unit Served
Pioneer Battalion
Date of Death
3 July 1919
Year of Death
1919
Cause of Death
Died after discharge from the NZEF from wounds inflicted or disease contracted while on active service
Cemetery Name
Mangapehi Maori Cemetery, Waitomo, New Zealand
Biographical Notes
Son of Hero and Powkiripowkire Paora of Mangapehi
Further References
Military personnel file listed at Archives New Zealand. Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
Sources Used
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org