Rakapa AKENA

Regimental number16/598
Place of birthPort Awanui, East Cape
OccupationLabourer
AddressTolaga Bay
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinPatio Akena, Kahukura, Tokomaru Bay
Enlistment date28 June 1915
Rank on embarkationPrivate
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 rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of disease 16 June 1918
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialSt Nicholas' Churchyard (Plot A, Row 2, Grave No. 17), Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Patio and Mere Akena, Rangitukia, Tokomaru Bay
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Second Maori