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HOPA, Tane
(Service number 20668)

Aliases	Dan. Hare Tane Tiki HOPA-PAURA (name in death registration)
First Rank	Sergeant	Last Rank	Sapper

Birth

Date	11/06/1895	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date	24 May 1916	Age	19 years 10 months
Address at Enlistment	Tuahiwi, Kaiapoi
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience	Railway Engineers
Marital Status	Single. Married Clarice THOMAS, on 17 February 1919 at Pontypridd, South Wales.
Next of Kin	Mrs O. L. COSGROVE (mother), Tuahiwi, Kaiapoi. Later Mrs C. HOPA (wife), 31 High St, Treorchy(?), S. Wales, & 9 Kenton St, Russell Sq, (London).
Religion	Anglican
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 10 inches. Weight 173 lbs. Chest measurement 34-38 inches. Complexion dark. Eyes dark brown. Hair black. Eyes both 6/6. Hearing, colour vision, heart and lungs all normal. Limbs and chest well formed. Full movement of joints. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily and mental health. No slight defects. No fits.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Maori Contingent
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	7th Reinforcements
Date	19 August 1916
Transport	Aparima
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	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 November 1919	Reason	Termination of period of engagement

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

20 December 1916 he was admitted to the New Zealand General Hospital at Codford with slight piles.

Post-war Occupations

Clerk

Death

Date	19 February 1953	Age	57 years
Place of Death	Wellington
Cause	Sickness
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Karori Cemetery, Wellington
Memorial Reference	Section CH ENG2, PPlot 120 N
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Tane HOPA was born in Temuka on 11 June 1895 or 11 July 1896 and was the son of Emma Lea COSGROVE (COSSGROVE) formerly HOPA. His mother married Osbert Lamond COSSGROVE in 1914 and thereafter lived at Tuahiwi in the Waimakariri District. His brother Murphy HOPA also served in WWI and died in 1921 in New Zealand as a result of his war service. Tane enlisted in the Kaiapoi district in May 1916, one of the 43 fit men of 76 enlistments in the Kaiapoi Group in mid May 1916. Tane gave 3 years and 186 days of service from 1916 (enlisting on 24 May 1916 at Narrow Neck Camp) until 1919, most of that in Western Europe. He returned to New Zealand per "Ionic", embarking on 8 September 1919 at Plymouth. In January 1918 he reverted to ranks as a punishment for Neglect of Duty. In August 1917 he had been appointed Temporary Corporal. Tane (Dan) married Clarice THOMAS in 1919 in Wales, before returning to New Zealand and being discharged. He died in 1953 in Wellington, of Porirua. He had a fine baritone voice and was a well-known and popular entertainer in Wellington. .

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [27 June 2014]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5541 0056477) [27 June 2014]; Te Ao Hou (The New World) - The Maori Affairs Department, Autumn 1953; Wellington City Council Cemeteries Burials (Karori Cemetery) [28 June 2014]; Press, 27 May 1916, 25 September 1919, Evening Post, 12 December 1939, (Papers Past) [27 June 2014; 26 September 2015; 20 October 2015]; (http://teaohou.natlib.govt.nz/journals/teaohou/issue/Mao04TeA/full.html) [28 June 2014]

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