MITIKELE

Regimental number16/1087
OccupationSettler
Next of kinWife, Hegatagaloa, Hakupu, Niue Island
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Maori Contingent, Rarotongans, Attached B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from New Zealand on board SS Navua on 5 February 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of disease 16 May 1916
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialTel el Kebir War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Tuapa-Uhomutu Returned Soldiers Plaque, Niue Island.
Other details

War service: Egypt

Died of heatstroke following sentry duty in the midday sun.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 25, p. 4

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