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• Name WAKARUA
• Initials H
• First name HEREWINI
• Place of birth Waitotara
• Country New Zealand
• Last residence Waitotara
• Family Son of Iwiora Tamaipara and Te Ata Whiro, of Waitotara, New Zealand
• Profession Farmer

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 27 September 1914, Waitotara, Wellington
• Service number 16/382
• Rank Company Serjeant Major (Warrant Officer Class 2)
• Regiment and unit New Zealand Pioneer Bn.
• Division - Brigade Pioneers
• Army - Corps - Division New Zealand Division
• National force N.Z.E.F.
• Attached or transferred from Maori Bn.
• Other data related to military career Embarkation 14 February 1915, Wellington; to France 9 April 1916; appointed L.Sergt. March 1917; promoted Sergeant 1 April 1917; promoted Coy Sergeant Major 11 November 1917

Death

• Wounded 3 January
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds thigh and neck in n°2 Can CCS
• Date of death 13 January 1918
• Died at the age of 25
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXVI - CC - 4

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