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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Paetaha Paora |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
Paetaha |
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| Surname: |
Paora |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
16/201 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Farmer |
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| Next of Kin: |
Paora Kohatu, Taupo, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Taupo, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Auckland |
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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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| Nominal Roll Number: |
Vol1 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
562 |
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| Campaigns: |
Gallipoli |
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| Last Unit Served: |
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion |
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| Place of Death: |
Malta |
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| Date of Death: |
4 February 1916 |
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| Year of Death: |
1916 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Died of disease |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta |
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| Grave Reference: |
C. VII. 6. |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Paetaha Paora was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kohatu Paora, of Taupo, Rotorua, New Zealand. |
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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. |
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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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| 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
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