VAKATAMA

Regimental number16/1181
Date of birth1896
Place of birthMaketu, Niue Island
ReligionProtestant
Marital statusMarried
Height5' 5"
Weight135 lbs
Next of kinWife, Tiahi, Makefu, Niue Island
Previous military serviceNil
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
Discharge date27 October 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked, 4 February 1916; disembarked Suez, 15 March 1916.

Admitted to hospital, Cairo, 31 March 1916 (gastro enteritis); transferred to E C Hospital, Zeitoun, 23 April 1916.

Discharged to duty, 10 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria on HT 'Ivernia' for Marseilles, France, 20 May 1916.

Attached to NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 3 June 1916.

Marched out of NZ Base Depot for England, 4 June 1916; marched in to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board SS 'Arawa', 14 July 1916; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active service), 27 October 1916.

Total war service 1 year 28 days (of which 213 days were abroad).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 25, p. 4
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805