Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database

Full Name

Private John Hakaraia

Rank Last Held

Private

Forename(s)

John

Surname

Hakaraia

War

World War I, 1914-1918

Serial No.

16/1558

First Known Rank

Private

Occupation before Enlistment

Farmer

Next of Kin

George Hakaraia (father), Rawhiti, Russell, New Zealand

Body on Embarkation

Maori Contingent

Embarkation Unit

5th Reinforcements

Embarkation Date

26 July 1916

Place of Embarkation

Wellington, New Zealand

Transport

Vessel

Waitemata or Ulimaroa

Destination

Devonport, England

Nominal Roll Number

Page on Nominal Roll

Last Unit Served

Pioneer Battalion

Place of Death

Belgium

Date of Death

14 November 1917

Year of Death

1917

Cause of Death

Died of disease

Memorial Name

Ayun Kara Memorial (destroyed), Palestine

Description of Image

Ayun Kara Memorial (since destroyed) from Powles, C.G. (1922). p. 264

Further References

NZETC topic page for John Hakaraia. URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130611.html
Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
Ayun Kara Memorial (since destroyed) erected at the site of the original burials to remember those who died 14 November 1917 from Powles, C.G. (1922), p. 264
New Zealand Mounted Rifles website. Ayun Kara. URL: http://www.nzmr.org/ayunkara.htm

Sources Used

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917
Powles, C.G. (1922). The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe and Tombs. Digitised copy on NZETC site. URL: http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-Sina.html