PutuaKAINUKU60800 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Putua Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) KAINUKU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60800 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 07/08/1896 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 09/07/1964 Place of Death Tahiti, French Polynesia Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Uranie Cemetery, Tipaerui, Papeete, Taihiti, French Polynesia Next of Kin Teatuanui Kainuku Vaine (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10008630 Additional Information Employed by Miller and Paterson and living in Auckland at time of enlistment. Enlisted in Auckland 12 March 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked on SS Malta for New Zealand 14 December 1918. Discharged 7 March 1919 in Auckland. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References No known copyright restrictions Further Links N/A Previous Next

Cook Islands Online Cenotaph WWI Collect ion in alphabetical order of last name on enlistment If you are searching for a person, please use the "Search Cenotaph" button above by entering a name, a service number or an island name. If the name doesn't appear in "NAME" search, try searching for the name in "ALSO KNOWN AS". The names listed in the heading are the names recorded on enlistment. We have included information such as 'also known as' along with spelling variations. Naming conventions in the Cook Islands at the time of WWl were simple with people having one given name only. This was a problem for the European recruiters from New Zealand who wanted a first name and a surname on enlistment as per western standards. In many cases, soldiers used their given name followed by their father's first name. This can easily be interpreted to "A" (given name) son of "B" (father's given name). In a number of cases, the soldier had evidently been listed in records with the first and last names transposed i.e. father's given name followed by the soldier's given name. Private Kiro Luke ADAM 16/1007 New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion Picture 1.png IMG_2367.jpeg IMG_2373_edited.jpg IMG_2376.jpeg IMG_2355.jpeg IMG_2356 (1).jpeg 1/2 Read More Private Vaine Tutai AERENGA 60768 3rd Rarotongan Contingent 1/1 Read More Private Marearai AERENGAMATE 60696 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Picture 1.png Picture 2.png 1/1 Read More Private Makiteiaa AERERUA 84569 4th Rarotongan Contingent Picture 3.png Picture 4.png Picture 2.png Picture 1.png 1/1 Read More Private Apongi AH KEW 19233 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Picture 1.png Picture 2.png Picture 3.png 1/1 Read More Private Mologa AH MU 16/1405 4th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company AH MU_Moronae_ Mologa.jpg 1/1 Read More Private Solomon AH SIN 60750 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Picture 2.png Picture 1.png 1/1 Read More Private Akatea AIAIA 16/1183 New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Picture 2.png Picture 1.png Picture 3.png 1/1 Read More Private Atama AKEAU 60685 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Picture 1.png Picture 2.png 1/1 Read More Private Only one name recorded on enlistment AKI 19232 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Picture 1.png Picture 2.png Picture 3.png 1/1 Read More Lance Corporal John William ALO 84584 4th Rarotongan Contingent 1/0 Read More Private Teavae AMENE 19235 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Picture 1.png Picture 2.png 1/1 Read More 47

VaiKOROA84557 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Vai Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) KOROA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 84557 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 24 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 27/05/1955 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19550022 Headstone/Grave Location Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Koroa (Father), Mama (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19318661 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 12 June 1918 and discharged 7 December 1918 due to the signing of the Armistice that ended WWI. Date of death: 27/05/1955 (as per Cook Islands death register) 28/05/1955 (as per military headstone) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

GeofreyGELLING84514 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Geofrey Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) GELLING Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 84514 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Geoffrey GELLING Date of Birth 21 years of age on enlistment London Missionary Society Register records date of birth as 02/05/1897 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 08/06/1954 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19540027 Headstone/Grave Location Titikaveka, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Frank (father) of Manihiki, Cook Islands, Ngaevaeva Teina (mother) born Mangaia, Pati Cuthers (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10095961 Additional Information Enlisted 12 June 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918 due to the signing of the Armistice that ended WWI. Headstone cleaned and relettered September 2024. Headstone lists his battalion as "Maori Battalion' which is incorrect. It should be 'Rarotongan Contingent'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

KamateCUTHERS84581 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Kamate Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) CUTHERS Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 84581 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 28 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 10/04/1962 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1962/22997 Headstone/Grave Location Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Upokoina (mother), William (father), Tuainekore (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10774515 Additional Information Enlisted 12 June 1918 and discharged 7 December 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TPAKO5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) T Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) PAKO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Unknown Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Unknown Link to Online Service Record Additional Information No online war service record Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

OscarMEREDITH16/1375 4th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank: Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Oscar Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) MEREDITH Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 16/1375 4th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also Known As Oscar Hammerell MEREDITH Date of Birth 25/09/1885 (as per war service record) Place of Birth Apia, Samoa Date of Death 1922 Place of Death Savaii, Samoa Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Mr Meredith (father), Apia, Samoa Mrs Nellie Meredith (wife) Aunchy Thomas Meredith (son) born 07/04/1920 Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12467517 Additional Information Enlisted on arrival in New Zealand. Brother of Frank Meredith 16/1376a and as he was of mixed race, he was directed to be trained at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp. Enlisted at Trentham 5 January 1916 and followed same deployment as Frank. When in France had numerous medical admissions for the treatment of bronchitis. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and posted to it on 15 February 1918. Admitted to 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, Moascar 22 March 1918 with bronchitis and medically boarded as unfit 4 May 1918. Invalided to New Zealand 11 July 1918 HMT Port Darwin. Discharged medically unfit 20 October 1918. Died in Savaii, Samoa 1922 from an accidental self-inflicted gun injury. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Newspaper article source: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SAMZ19220310.2.12 Further Links https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14546765 Previous Next

OnoTAAKI60743 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ono Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TAAKI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60743 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 28 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 03/12/1943 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19430062 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Patara (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9818109 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted sick to a field Ambulance between 3 and 5 October 1918 and admitted to the ships hospital on SS Malta for NZ 19 December 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

ParuaTEAPAI19320 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Parua Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TEAPAI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19320 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Teapai PARUA Teapai Ariki Date of Birth 1889 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 19/08/1943 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19430024 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Parua (father), Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10057742 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916. Disembarked from SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916 and posted to New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde. Training Regiment and Base Depot. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Admitted to 66th Clearing Casualty Station on 19 August 1917, then 24th Stationary Hospital, Kantara 21 August 1917 and then to 27th General Hospital Abbassia 23 August 1917. Returned to the Rarotongan Company 4 September 1917. On 11 October 1918 he was admitted to 76th Casualty Clearing Station and was evacuated to 27th General Hospital, Abbassia on 20 October 1918 before being transferred to the Aotea Convalescent Home between 10 October to 24 October 1918. Returned via SS Malta and arrived in New Zealand 29 January 1919. Discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga records name as 'T. PARUA'. Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as 'TEAPAI PARUA'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PaitaiREMUERA16/1218 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Paitai Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) REMUERA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 16/1218 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Remuera PAITI Remuera ITI Date of Birth 10/04/1895 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 26/03/1948 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19480206 Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (by the road in front of Edgewater Hotel) Next of Kin Paiti (father), Arorangi, Rarotonga. Pokotaa (mother), Ru Parau (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10643497 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 25 September 1915. Embarked for France at Egypt 9 April 1916 and served in the New Zealand Māori Pioneer Battalion until being transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 15 February 1918. After disembarkation from SS Malta in January 1919 he was sick with pneumonia and transferred from Somes Island to Trentham Camp Hospital New Zealand. Remained in New Zealand for treatment until 7 April 1919 and was discharged 5 May 1919. Date of death: 26/03/1948 (as per Cook Islands death register) 21/03/1948 (as per military headstone) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

RimaTEIPO5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Rima Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TEIPO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As T. TEIPO Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 24/08/1926 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19260399 Headstone/Grave Location Nikaupara, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Unknown Link to Online Service Record Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga. Arrived in Wellington on SS Moana 6 November 1918, five days before the signing of The Armistice which marked the end of WWI. No online war service record. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

RangiTANGITORU60681 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Rangi Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TANGITORU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60681 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 24/03/1963 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Cook Islands Christian Church, Oneroa, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tangitoru (father), Mangaia, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9797600 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and transferred to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

RimaSATARAKA84521 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Rima Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) SATARAKA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 84521 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Rima SADARAKA Date of Birth 01/01/1892 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 28/06/1951 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19510029 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Parei (father), Teetu Makea (mother) Aitutaki, Cook Islands, Reirei (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12131165 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga 12 June 1918 and enlisted 10 July 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Discharged 7 December 1918. Date of death: 28/06/1951 (as per Cook Islands death register) 29/06/1951 (as per military headstone) Military headstone incorrectly records surname as “SANDARAKA” Received a Royal Humane Society award 19 January 1914 for saving two men from drowning during a cyclone in Aitutaki 9 January 1914. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Newspaper article source: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ Further Links N/A Previous Next

NgametuaTUIKAA19285 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ngametua Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TUIKAA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19285 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Ramateaunga Date of Birth 18/05/1895 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 28/06/1930 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19300058 Headstone/Grave Location Ivirua, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Vairau (mother), Tuikaa (father), Ungaia (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12319086 Additional Information Enlisted at Rarotonga 1 July 1918. Disembarked at Suez 27 December 1918. Significant time spent in hospitals due to sickness. Served in the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Sick on SS Malta during the return voyage to New Zealand and was off-loaded for medical treatment and quarantine at Fremantle, Western Australia in January 1919. Returned to New Zealand via Melbourne and Sydney and discharged 9 July 1919. When our team revisited Mangaia in April 2023 to film the CITV documentary series ”Finding our way back . . . to Mangaia”, we were pleased to see that the gravesite and headstone had been fully refurbished and beautified since our previous visit in October 2018. Could be the brother of Private Tuakanaiti TUIKAA 60741 (same father in death records). Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

JohnCOULL22541 11th & 17th Maori Reinforcements 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) John Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) COULL Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 22541 11th & 17th Maori Reinforcements 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 01/03/1884 Place of Birth Aberdeen, Scotland Date of Death 20/5/1963 Place of Death Whanganui, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1963/42166 Headstone/Grave Location Aramoho Cemetery, Whanganui, New Zealand Next of Kin George Coull (father), Saint John's Hill, Wanganui, New Zealand Mrs Elizabeth Mary Coull (wife), Auckland Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12391069 Additional Information Enlisted at Trentham Camp 26 October 1915. Posted as 2nd Lieutenant to Narrow Neck Military Training Camp 24 July 1916 with Bush and Fromm and selected as a Reinforcement Officer for the 2nd Rarotongan Contingent 1 November 1916. Disembarked Egypt 27 December 1916 and posted to Rarotongan Company 28 December 1916 as a Platoon Commander. Tried by General Court Martial in Egypt September 1917 for drunkenness and found not guilty. He was the subject of an adverse report from Captain Bush and General Chaytor on his character and behaviour and he was returned to New Zealand on 25 October 1917. Discharged 9 January 1918 "service not required". Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Headstone image source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/236771754/john-coull Further Links https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10060215 Previous Next

MarounaTAUA60665 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Marouna Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TAUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60665 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 23/12/1966 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19660001 Headstone/Grave Location Grave location: Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Headstone location: RSA Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Next of Kin Taua (father), Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19447509 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Camp 12 March 1918, disembarked in Suez 4 August 1918 and was posted to the Training Regiment. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. In April 2019, our volunteers restored the undelivered headstone which is currently located at the RSA, Nikao, Rarotonga, and ready to be installed on the grave Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

KaitaraTOTO19256 2nd & 3rd Rarotongan Contingents < Back Highest Rank: Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Kaitara Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TOTO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19256 2nd & 3rd Rarotongan Contingents Also Known As Kaitara TOTOU Date of Birth 1895 Place of Birth Manihiki, Cook Islands Date of Death 07/03/1970 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19510121 Headstone/Grave Location Panama Catholic Cemetery, Panama, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Toto (father), Hakirere Enoka (mother), Laita (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12353168 Additional Information Enlisted into the 2nd Rarotongan Contingent 1 July 1916 at Rarotonga and discharged for medical reasons after 94 days of service. Re-enlisted 2 March 1918 into the 3rd Rarotongan Contingent. Disembarked ex. SS Port Lyttleton at Suez 4 August 1918. Was in a detachment of the Rarotongan Company in Beirut at the end of the war in November 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Date of death: 07/03/1970 (as per Cook Islands death register) 06/03/1970 (as per military headstone) Rank of 'Private' on headstone. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

AruakeTUAINE60762 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Aruake Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TUAINE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60762 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 28 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 18/01/1920 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19200258 Headstone/Grave Location Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Opuhu (mother), Nineve (father), Mata (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21345409 Additional Information Arrived in Wellington from Rarotonga on the 25 February 1918, then proceeded by train to Auckland arriving on 27 February 1918. Sailed from Wellington on 13 June 1918 to Sydney with the 30th Maori Reinforcements. They spent a week in Sydney and participated in a patriotic parade before embarking on a vessel with other Australian troops before finally arriving in Egypt on 4 August 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919 after serving with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force for one year and 33 days. Pte Tuaine, along with other Cook Islanders embarked on the vessel SS Paloona bound for Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Died 18 January 1920 at the age of 28 years in Avarua, Rarotonga. As he was from the outer island of Aitutaki, Pte Tuaine was unable to be returned home to Aitutaki to be buried on his own family land, so he was buried in the Government Registered Crown Land Nikao Cemetery opposite the international airport in Rarotonga. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next