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KORUARUA, John
(Service number 16/968)

Aliases	Full name - Matiu Moera KORUARUA; later KAREHANA-KORUARUA
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	13 October 1894	Place of Birth	Leeston

Enlistment Information

Date	6 August 1915	Age	20 years 10 months
Address at Enlistment	Taumarunui
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience	North Otago C Company Sevior Cadets 10th Regiment
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs KAREHANA (mother), 55 Elizabeth Street, Timaru
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 10 inches. Weight 154 lbs. Chest measurement 35-38 inches.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	2nd Maori Contingent
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	A Company
Date	18 September 1918
Transport	Waitemata
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	14 June 1916	Reason	Medically unfit.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Enteric

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	24 May 1976	Age	79 years
Place of Death	Boronia, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause	Accidental fall
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Fern Tree Gully Cemetery, Victoria, Australia
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Koruarua was the son of Paraika and Hakara Koruarua, his mother later Mrs Karehana, of 55 Elizabeth Street, Timaru. On enlistment John was a labourer for the Public Works Department at Taumarunui. John Koruarua was one of the native boys who were presented with an illuminated address at a social function at the Arowhenua Pa in May 1920 (after the last man had returned).

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [17 February 2017]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5541 0065562) [24 February 2017]; North Otago Times, 24 December 1910, Timaru Herald, 15 December 1915, 17 & 31 January 1916, 25 May 1920, Auckland Star, 19 & 21 January 1916, Sun, 31 January 1916, Temuka Leader, 22 May 1920 (Papers Past) [17 & 18 February 2017]; SCRoll web submission, 25 April 2020

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