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Richard Heperi

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 38), Page: 40 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 38), Page: 40 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard AWMM
  • Surname
    Heperi AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 20623 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    15th June 1896 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 September 2024 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Hokianga Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 September 2024 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    • Son of Joe HEPERI of Okaihou, of Northland Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 September 2024 - Military Record
    • Son of Hohepa HEPER & Ripia or Raupia Hohaia PATUONE Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 September 2024 - https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KWRQ-38G/rihari-hohepa-heperi-1899-1977
  • Address before enlistment
    Rawene Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 September 2024 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Joe Heperi (father), Waihou, Hokianga, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single
    1929 Richard HEPERI married Margaret NEHO Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 September 2024 - Military Record & NZ BDM Marriage Records

Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Mill hand/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Member of the Maori Pioneer Battalion attached to the New Zealand Tunnelling Company.

      43 members of the NZ (Maori) Pioneers served with the New Zealand Tunnelling Company and assisted in the late 1916 early 1917 preparations of the Arras caverns for the Battle of Arras. AWMM
    • Private Richard Heperi, the great-great grandfather of All Black Tamaiti Williams. - REF: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/497179/rugby-world-cup-tamaiti-williams-discovers-wwi-relative-in-france Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 September 2024 - https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/497179/rugby-world-cup-tamaiti-williams-discovers-wwi-relative-in-france
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Death

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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Rihari Hohepa HEPERI(Richard HEPERI) died 22 June 1977 aged 78yrs in the Bay of Islands
    REF: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KWRQ-38G/rihari-hohepa-heperi-1899-1977
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 September 2024
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      38: 40 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 3: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
    • Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs. AWMM
    • Neill, J.C. (Ed.). (1922). The New Zealand Tunnelling Company, 1915-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs. AWMM
    • Annabell, N. Official History of the New Zealand Engineers during the Great War 1914–1919. Wanganui: Evans, Cobb & Sharpe, 1927. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
30 September 2024Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
03 September 2023Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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