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TAIPANA, Robert Taare (Charles)
(Service number 16/990)

Aliases	Robert Taare or Robert Charles TAIPANA. Enlisted as Charles.
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Lance Corporal

Birth

Date	23/03/1893	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date	18 June 1915	Age	22 years 2 months
Address at Enlistment	Tuatapere Maori Pah, Temuka
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Hana TAIPANA (mother), Maori Pah, Temuka
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 11 inches. Weight 182 lbs. Chest measurement 34½-37 inches. Complexion dark. Eyes brown. Hair black. Sight & hearing both good. Colour vision correct. 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
Date	18 September 1915
Transport	Waitemata
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Maori Pioneer Battalion

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	7 May 1919	Reason	On the termination of his period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	28 June 1967	Age	74 years
Place of Death	Hopkinsons Road, Arowhenua, Temuka (residence)
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 29 June 1967
Memorial or Cemetery	Holy Trinity Maori Cemetery, Arowhenua
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Charles Taipana was the son of Hape and Hana (née Fowler) Taipana of Tuatapere Maori Pa, Temuka.Stalwart of the Arowhenua Runanga.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Musem Cenotaph Database [03 August 2014]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK18805 W5922 0111599) [23 March 2017]; Timaru Herald, 26 May 1916, 5 May 1919, Otago Daily Times, 24 July 1916, 9 September 1916, Temuka Leader, 6 January 1917, 29 March 1919, 3 May 1919, 24 July 1919, 10 February 1921, 20 May 1924, 29 July 1926, 8 March 1932, Sun, 29 March 1919, Press, 14 April 1919, 5 May 1919, 4 September 1926, 11 October 1926 (Papers Past) [13 & 17 February 2017]; Timaru Herald, 29 & 30 June 1967 (Timaru district Library) [17 February 2017]

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