Raika Whakarongatai MURRAY

Regimental number20846
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Wikitoria Tengahue, Kopu, Thames
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Maori Contingent, 10th Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 15 November 1916
Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 16 November 1916.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitNew Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 31 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialRamparts Cemetery (Row B, Grave No 33), Lille Gate, Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Wikitoria Te Ngahue and S. Murray
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 34