Pekama KAA

Regimental number16/620
Date of birth7 November 1894
Place of birthWaiapu
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSheep work
AddressTuparoa
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, Panikena Kaa, Rangitukia via Gisborne
Rank on embarkation2nd Lieutenant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Maori Contingent
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 29 Waitemata on 18 September 1915
Final rankCaptain
Final unitNew Zealand Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 14 August 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialKandahar Farm Cemetery (Plot II, Row G, Grave No 10), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Panikena and Matewa Kaa, Rangitukia, Waiapu
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Promoted Sergeant, 1 August 1916.

Transferred to NZ Pioneer Bn, 1 September 1915.

Appointed Bn Grenade Officer, to discharge duties as such in addition to his other duties, 31 July 1916.

Promoted Lieutenant, 1 October 1916; Captain, 7 August 1917.

Killed in action, 14 August 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

No form B103 on file: very few details available.
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: /Second Maori
SourcesNew Zealand Archives (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805