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NOPERA, Raha
(Service number 16/192)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	21/03/1883	Place of Birth	Nelson

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Temuka
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mohi NOPERA, Temuka, Timaru, South Island
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	1st Maori Contingent
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	A Company
Date	14 February 1915
Transport	Warrimoo
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Death

Date	*September 1941	Age
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	(Porirua Maori Cemetery)
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Raha Nopera was residing at Temuka and working for mr Connell at Washdyke when he enlisted. He returned to new Zealand by the Westmorland in early April 1919. R. Nopera 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]; Otago Daily Times, 18 August 1915, Evening Post, 30 September 1915, 17 September 1941, Sun, 29 March 1919, Temuka Leader, 1 April 1919 (Papers Past) [18 & 19 February 2017]

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