Corporal Henry Arapata Kote BURNS Service No. 2/25

Samoan Advance Born: Died: Party, 18 January 1894 18 November 1946, aged 52 Field Artillery, Enlisted: 8 August 1914, Occupation: Cadet 5th Reinforcements, aged 20 No.6 Howitzer Battery Height/Weight: 5ft 6in, 140lbs

ith Māori heritage on both his parents’ He was single and had worked for the strengthened his ties to by W sides, Henry Burns is the only soldier Department of Education in Wellington marrying local woman, Pani Te Waru Taiaroa of clear Māori descent on the Department of as a cadet since he was 17. He lived at 45 in 1925. The couple had a daughter – Pani Education’s honours board. Majoribanks Street in Mt Victoria. Patricha Burns Tako. Henry was an man through and As a gunner for the Samoa Expeditionary Henry died in 1946 aged just 52 and is buried through. He was one of the nine children Force, he sailed to Apia to annexe Samoa from in Portobello Cemetery near Dunedin. of Richard and Sylvy Burns, farmers, near Germany. Following his return from Samoa, Portobello. Henry’s home marae seems Henry was sent to Gallipoli in 1915 resulting in to have been Otakou where the Treaty of him being awarded the Gallipoli Medallion. Pictured: The memorial window at Otakou Marae on the Waitangi was signed in 1840 by Te Matenga Still more action was to come for Henry with with Henry Burns’ name beside it. Taiaroa and Hori Kerei Taiaroa. A couple of service at the front in Egypt in 1915-16 and in Henry’s siblings are noted as being confirmed Sources: France in 1916-1918. Acts of gallantry in the at the Otakou Marae church (pictured above) Photo credit: Memorial panel at Tamatea, Otakou Marae field saw Henry awarded the Military Medal Archives New Zealand and it was at Otakou that Henry died in 1946. on 30 September 1918. Births, Deaths and Marriages Online Twenty year old Henry joined the army just findagrave.com Henry returned to the Department of days after war was declared on Germany. Education after the war and further