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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Private Akuhata Paku |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
Akuhata |
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| Surname: |
Paku |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
16/28 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Corporal |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Painter |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs Whare Carroll, C/o Lady Carroll, Gisborne, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Gisborne, 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 (26 March 1915) |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
560 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Maori Contingent |
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| Place of Death: |
Gallipoli, Turkey |
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| Date of Death: |
21 August 1915 |
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| Year of Death: |
1915 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Memorial Name: |
Hill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Hill 60 Cemetery, Turkey |
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| Biographical Notes: |
- Son of Mrs. Heni Tamihana, of Wairoa, Napier.
- Private Paku was killed in action on 21 August 1915 in the first assault on Hill 60.
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| Description of Image: |
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 |
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| Further References: |
Military personnel file listed at Archives New Zealand. Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option. |
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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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