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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Ramera Wairau |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
Ramera |
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| Surname: |
Wairau |
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| Also Known As: |
Ramera Wairau |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
16/779 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Next of Kin: |
Miss Wahatu Wairau (sister), Mahia, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Clive, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Wellington |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
2 Maori Contingent |
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| Embarkation Date: |
18 September 1915 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
HMNZT 29 |
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| Vessel: |
Waitemata |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt (26 October 1915) |
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
Vol1 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
748 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion |
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| Place of Death: |
United Kingdom to France |
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| Date of Death: |
30 October 1916 |
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| Age at Death: |
21 |
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| Year of Death: |
1916 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Died of disease |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Walton and Weybridge (Walton-on-Thames) Cemetery, Surrey, England |
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| Grave Reference: |
909. |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Son of Ra and Wahati Wairau, of Opoutama, Hawkes Bay.
- Brother of Paihau, of Opoutama, Hawkes Bay, and Ra, who died of disease on 11 December 1915, en route to Malta from Gallipoli.
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| Description of Image: |
Walton and Weybridge Cemetery, England, where 19 New Zealanders are buried. (Courtesy of Daphne Hobby, no date) |
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| Additional Information: |
No. 2 New Zealand General Hospital, Mount Felix, Walton. (see vertical files (Hospitals, Military), Armoury Information Centre, Auckland War Memorial Museum) |
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| Sources Used: |
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919 |
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