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KOTUA, William Koraka
(Service number 16/647)

Aliases	aka HOPKINSON William Koraka
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	3 August 1894	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date	13 November 1914	Age	20 years 3 months
Address at Enlistment	Kaiapoi
Occupation	Labourer (for Tom Eden, Tuahiwi)
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Mattier (Martha) KOTUA (mother), Tuahiwi
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 9 inches. Weight 10 stone. Chest measurement 32-35 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes fair. Hair fair. Sight, hearing, colour vision all normal. Limbs well formed. Full perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart lungs normal. Teeth good. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily mental health. No slight defects.

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 1915
Transport	Waitemata
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	National Reserve

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian; Egyptian Expeditionary Force; Western European
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
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	23 July 1919	Reason	On termination of period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	31 August 1970	Age
Place of Death	Tuahiwi, Canterbury
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William Koraka Kotua, also known as William Koraka Hopkinson, was born on 3 August 1894 at Temuka.

Sources

NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5922 0065571) [03 March 2017];

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