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Full Name: Private Herewini Aramakutu
Rank Last Held: Private
Forename(s): Herewini
Surname: Aramakutu
War: World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.: 16/87
First Known Rank: Private
Next of Kin: Mrs Anderson (sister), Omaio, Opotiki, New Zealand
Marital Status: Single
Enlistment Address: Omaio, New Zealand
Military District: Auckland
Body on Embarkation: 1st Maori Contingent
Embarkation Unit: B Company
Embarkation Date: 14 February 1915
Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand
Transport: HMNZT 20
Vessel: Warrimoo
Destination: Suez, Egypt
Page on Nominal Roll: 18
Campaigns: Gallipoli
Last Unit Served: Maori Contingent
Place of Death: Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of Death: 6 August 1915
Age at Death: 27
Year of Death: 1915
Cause of Death: Killed in action
Memorial Name: Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
Memorial Reference: 24
Biographical Notes:
  • Son of Hamiora and Kakahuwai Aramakutu, Te Araroa, East Coast
  • Killed in action 1am 7 August 1915 in night attack on Bauchop's Hill, during the August Offensive (Stowers).
Description of Image: Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915
Further References: 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
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