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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Ra Wairau |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
Ra |
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| Surname: |
Wairau |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
16/53 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Next of Kin: |
Miss Wahati Wairau (sister), Mahia, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Muriwai, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Wellington |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
1st Maori Contingent |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
B Company |
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| Embarkation Date: |
14 February 1915 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
HMNZT 20 |
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| Vessel: |
Warrimoo |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
748 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
New Zealand Maori Contingent |
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| Place of Death: |
Malta to Gallipoli |
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| Date of Death: |
11 September 1915 |
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| Year of Death: |
1915 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Died of wounds |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta |
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| Grave Reference: |
B.X.4. |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Son of Ra and Wahati Wairau, of Opoutama, Hawkes Bay.
- Brother of Paihau, of Opoutama, Hawkes Bay, and Raniera, who died of disease on 30 October 1916, en route to England from France.
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| Additional Information: |
From the spring of 1915, the hospitals and convalescent depots established on the islands of Malta and Gozo dealt with over 135,000 sick and wounded, chiefly from the campaigns in Gallipoli and Salonika, although increased submarine activity in the Mediterranean meant that fewer hospital ships were sent to the island from May 1917. |
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| NZETC: |
New Zealand Electronic Text Centre topic page |
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| Further References: |
A photograph of his grave, at Pieta Military Cemetery appears in the Auckland Weekly News (28 September 1916, p. 35) under the name 'Wairan'. |
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| Sources Used: |
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919 |
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