Ramera WAIRAU

Regimental number16/779
Date of birthJuly 1895
Place of birthMaki, Hawke's Bay
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationFarm hand
AddressClive
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 5.75"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinSister, Miss Wahatu Wairau, Mahia, Hawke's Bay
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date1 July 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 Pioneer Battalion
FateDied of disease 30 October 1916
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialWalton and Weybridge Cemetery (Screen Wall. 909), Walton-on-Thames, England
Miscellaneous information from
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Parents: Ra and Wahati Wairau,Opoutama, Hawke's Bay
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked, 18 September 1915; disembarked Suez, 26 October 1915.

Posted toOtago Infantry Bn, Moascar, 20 January 1916.

Embarked Port Said, Egypt, with a pioneer unit and proceeded overseas to France, 9 April 1916.

Admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, and transferred to NZ Divisional Rest Station, 24 June 1916 (enteritis); discharged to duty, 27 June 1916.

Admitted to No 50 Casualty Clearing Station, 19 August 1916 (influenza); transferred to No 32 Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, 21 August 1916; embarked for England, 13 September 1916.

Died, No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 30 October 1916 (tuberculous and pleurisy).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: /Second Maori
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805