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Final rank:

Private

First name/s

No first name on enlistment

Last name

VAVIA

Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps

16/1203
New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent

Also known as

Vavia WILLIAMS

Date of birth

09/08/1895

Place of birth

Mauke, Cook Islands

Date of death

1/10/1916

Place of death

Somme, France

Death registration number

NZ1918/60090

Headstone/grave location

Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, France

Next of kin

Williams (father), Makatea, Mauke, Cook Islands

Additional information

Enlisted 27 September 1915 in Rarotonga. Left New Zealand for Egypt 5 February 1916. Disembarked at Suez 15 March 1916. Embarked for France at Port Said 9 April 1916. Admitted to 7th General Hospital 31 May 1916. Discharged to unit 13 June 1916. Rejoined from hospital "In the Field" 15 June 1916. WIA (Wounded in Action) 'In the Field' France 1 October 1916. Died of wounds 1 October 1916. Buried at Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Somme, France.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/557256/vavia/

Images and documents (click on images to enlarge)

Image credits and references

Headstone image source: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/vavia

Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Further links

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