Corporal

Turi Wharepapa

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Te Awatea Wharepapa and Whareoaoa Hoani.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

There are no public contributions written for this casualty

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
20779
Name:
Turi Wharepapa
Rank: 
Corporal
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs Auatea Wharepapa (mother), Tokaanu, near Lake Taupo, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Tokaanu, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Railway employee
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
23 December 1917
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
24
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Maori Contingent
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
11 October 1916
Transport:
HMNZT 67
Vessel:
Tofua
Destination:
Plymouth, England

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
J. 3.
Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
Turi Wharepapa
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