Robert DeanFRISBIEUS Army serial number: 1 006 445 Mus 2nd Cl. < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Robert Dean Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) FRISBIE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with US Army serial number: 1 006 445 Mus 2nd Cl. Also known as Date of Birth Different dates are recorded on various documents: 16/04/1895 16/04/1896 17/04/1896 Place of Birth Cleveland, Ohio, USA Date of Death 19/11/1948 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19480089 Headstone/Grave Location Cook Islands Christian Church, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Arthur Grazly Frisbie (father) Florence Elizabeth Johnston (mother) Ngatokorua (wife), died January 14, 1939) Children: Charles Mataa Frisbie Florence Johnny Frisbie William Hopkins Frisbie Elaine Metua Frisbie Ngatokorua Frisbie Link to Online Service Record Additional Information The headstone has been painted blue sometime between April and August 2024. No online war service record. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References No known copyright restrictions Further Links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dean_Frisbie https://www.pbshawaii.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/LSS_1018_Florence_Johnny_Frisbie_PT1_Web_Transcript.pdf https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE25192316 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 Page 1

Explore the Cook Islands' rich military history. Search records from WWI and WWII to uncover the stories of our brave soldiers. Lest We Forget their sacrifices and bravery. | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph Welcome to the Cook Islands Online Cenotaph Kia Orana. This website serves as a repository for the ongoing research our team has undertaken voluntarily since 2016. We are regularly adding further information, including service details and images from our vast collection. We have included in this online cenotaph service personnel who were living in the Cook Islands on enlistment, those who were posted to the Rarotongan Company/Contingents during WWI or had a connection to the Cook Islands through work or marriage. We have also included service personnel from any country who served during war or peacetime and are buried or memorialised in the Cook Islands. The Cook Islands Online Cenotaph WWI Content can be found here . Apart from our extensive WWI research, we have also researched WWII including Cook Islands Local Defence Force/Home Guard, Coastwatchers/Radio Operators and those who served overseas. We will be adding this information to the Online Cenotaph in due course, along with all deceased soldiers from the Cook Islands and those who were of Cook Islands descent and served in the Armed Forces in any conflict or during peacetime. 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". If you require any help or further information please send us a message via the Contact Us menu option above. We hope that this website will encourage all Cook Islanders to take ownership of our research, learn from it, be proud of it, and let it grow. We welcome feedback and corrections along with biographical information and photos to add to this website. Meitaki maata. Lest We Forget 🌺 February 1918. A Platoon of the 3rd Rarotongan Contingent at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand Photo with the permission of Marjorie Seddon & Keith Seddon Members of the World War Two Cook Islands Local Defence Force (Home Guard) between 1941 and 1945. Original image owned by Tere Mataroa Image colourised by Tepaeru Utia. The original colourised image showed the uniform in khaki colour. While the dress uniform was khaki, the day to day work wear/uniform was blue denim.

PakuTEARIKI19311 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Paku Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEARIKI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19311 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Teariki PAKU Paku Teariki KAOKORE Date of Birth 1896 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 01/03/1954 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19540029 Headstone/Grave Location Ngatiarua, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of Kin Ratapu (mother), Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11214095 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916 and disembarked 1916 ex SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916. Employed with the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Embarked on SS Malta for New Zealand 14th December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Rarotonga records name as 'T PAKU'. Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as 'TEARIKI PAKU'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MareAMOA60699 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Mare Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) AMOA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60699 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 16/06/1898 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 19/02/1945 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19450099 Headstone/Grave Location Muri, Ngatangiia, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Amoa (father), Rarotonga, Poro (mother), Rarotonga, Purumu (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10295088 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade Training Regiment and Base Depot at Ismailia, Egypt. Embarked for New Zealand per 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

ParuaTEAPAI19320 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Parua Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEAPAI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 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

IotevaNGAVAARUA19242 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ioteva Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NGAVAARUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19242 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Ioteva NGAVARUA Ngavaarua IOTEVA Date of Birth 1888 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 23/10/1930 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19300204 Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Taa (mother), Ngavaarua / Ngavarua (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18781576 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916. Arrived in Egypt 27 December 1916 and transferred to New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade, El Arish on 12 March 1917. Marched out to Kantara 7 April 1917. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 23 August 1918. On 4 March 1918 he received an accidental bayonet wound to the head from a comrade. An investigation attached no blame to anyone. Taken to 45th Stationary Hospital and then via the 6th Hospital Train to the 24th Stationary Hospital. From there he was admitted to the New Zealand Aotea Convalescent Home. In October 1917 he strained his back carrying an 8-inch shell at Belah and developed a medical condition that plagued him until discharge as he was declared “no longer fit for military duties as a result of injury”. Returned as an invalid on SS Malta and was discharged 20 March 1919. 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 Recorded (as per enlistment record) TOTO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 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

BanabaTIPE60653 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Commonwealth War Grave (announced October 2019) < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Banaba Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TIPE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60653 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Commonwealth War Grave (announced October 2019) Also known as Date of Birth 28 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 02/08/1920 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19200135 Headstone/Grave Location On a hill above Amuri, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Mii Banaba Tipe, (wife), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10327125 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp New Zealand. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Admitted to a Field Ambulance 11th of October 1918 and from Haifa sailed by Hospital Ship Assaye to Alexandra. There he disembarked on 18 October 1918 and was admitted to 21st General Hospital until 9 November 1918 and discharged to duty 14 November 1918. Embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. On discharge was unfit due to illness contracted on active service due to tuberculosis of the lung. Died 2 August 1920 in Aitutaki of tuberculosis. Commonwealth War Grave (announced October 2019): https://i.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/116716348/forgotten-wwi-war-dead-honoured-100-years-on “On Friday, on the basis of research done by Cate Walker, Howard Weddell, Paula Paniani and Bobby Nicholas, the names of six Cook Islands soldiers were added to the New Zealand and Commonwealth War Graves Commission's official rolls of honour.” https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/75463735/banaba-tipe/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

NaeroKIRI KIRI19253  2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Naero Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KIRI KIRI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19253 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Naero KIRIKIRI Kirikiri NAERO Date of Birth 1896 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands as confirmed by descendant Pati Tutaka Kaiaruna (aka Mama Naero) April 2025 Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Buried on the road to the Ana Takitaki Cave in Areora in a burial ground that is inaccessible Next of Kin Mrs Naero (mother), Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10890948 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 in Rarotonga and embarked for Egypt on 16 November 1916 to arrive in Suez on 27 December 1916. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 31 July 1917 and detached to 97th Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery, between 11 October 1917 and 9 November 1917. Admitted to 129th Field Ambulance with measles on 25 August 1918 and then to 48th Stationary Hospital, Kantara 23 September 1918. Transferred to Aotea Convalescent Home between 2 October 1918 and 10 October 1918 before embarking for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board records name as 'K. NAERO'. Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as “KIRIKIRI NAERO” Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Frank WilliamTARARO16/1228 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Frank William Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TARARO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1228 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 25/02/1892 Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 05/08/1973 Place of Death Mauke, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MAUK19730007 Headstone/Grave Location Rangituarua, Kimiangatau, Mauke, Cook Islands Next of Kin Noovao (father), Mauke, Cook Islands, Raetea Ngakoe (mother), Teaurava (1st wife), Lina Amupoe (2nd wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24693340 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 21 October 1915. Disembarked at Suez 15 March 1916 ex. SS. Navarua. Embarked for France at Port Said 9 April 1916. Sent to hospital 23 October 1916, New Zealand Field Ambulance and admitted to Clearing Station 29 October 1916. Developed a painful swelling (upper left arm) and was admitted to Number 14 General Hospital, Boulogne 3 November 1916 and then transferred to England aboard HS Dennis 8 November 1916 and admitted to 2nd NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames. Diagnosed with sarcoma of humerus and his arm was amputated at the shoulder on 14 November 1916. Embarked on 4 June 1917 on the NZ Hospital Ship Marama and on return to New Zealand was admitted to the Devonport Convalescent Home, Auckland. He was discharged 5 October 1917 on account of his medical condition. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

NooitiTAIANU60763 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Nooiti Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TAIANU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60763 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Taianu NOOITI Date of Birth 26 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 05/06/1938 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19380012 Headstone/Grave Location Cook Islands Christian Church, Tamarua, Mangaia, Cook Islands. Headstone memorial only. Burial location unknown. Next of Kin Nekeneke Taianu (wife), Tutakimoa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Father from Society Islands (French Polynesia), mother from Mangaia, Cook Islands. Two children on enlistment. Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE17145294 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918 and disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. The Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as 'T. Nooiti'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TaikiTAKAKE19313 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Taiki Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TAKAKE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19313 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Takake TAIKI Date of Birth 07/1885 Place of Birth Mitiaro, Cook Islands Date of Death 15/07/1946 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19460323 Headstone/Grave Location Cemetery next to the Latter-day Saints Church, Avarua/Avatiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Taiki Henry (father), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9792327 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916. Disembarked at Suez 27 December 1916 and posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 20 March 1917. Admitted to 66th Casualty Clearing Station on 19 August 1917 with appendicitis, then to 24th Stationary Hospital with colitis on 23 August 1917. Transferred and admitted to various Stationary Hospitals 25 August 1917 to 28 September 1917. From 12 to 18 October 1917 was a patient of the Aotea Convalescent Home before returning to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Diagnosed with 'mental derangement' (acute mania) towards the end of the war. Returned as an invalid on SS Malta. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

UriNIKOIA60642 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Uri Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NIKOIA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60642 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 21 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Nikoia (father), Taruru (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19811841 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Granted LWP (Leave Without Pay) 20 April 1918 after being found to be medically unfit for active service. Not on Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga. Possibly buried in Rarotonga. Headstone and grave to be confirmed by family. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

RuaitiNGAUITI60731 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ruaiti Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NGAUITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60731 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Materuaiti NGAUITI Date of Birth About 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 01/11/1928 (as per headstone inscription) Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Attested at Rarotonga 4 February 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Embarked SS Manuka to Sydney 16 June 1918 and disembarked at Sydney 18 June 1918. Embarked SS Port Lyttleton at Sydney 24 June 1916. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and marched in and posted to Training Regiment at Ismailia. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted to hospital 24 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918. Admitted to Ship's Hospital at Sea 22 January 1919. Discharged 20 March 1919. Military headstone located at Cook Islands Christian Church, Ivirua, Mangaia, Cook Islands. Burial location unknown. Next of Kin Taratangi Ngauiti (wife), Titikaveka, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18781510 Additional Information We have found another document that records the date of death as 22/12/1928 Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PaiTEIPO84543 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Pai Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEIPO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84543 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 01/09/1899 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 10/02/1919 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1919/675 Headstone/Grave Location Devonport (O’Neill’s Point) Cemetery, Bayswater, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Ngapuna (mother), Teipo (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10174956 Additional Information Enlisted 12 June 1918 in Rarotonga and discharged 7 December 1918. Not listed on Atiu cenotaph April 2019. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/642940/pai-teipo/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/642940/pai-teipo/ Further Links N/A Previous Next

PuipuiMAKA84527 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Puipui Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MAKA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84527 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 25 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 19/03/1956 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19560024 Headstone/Grave Location Areora, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of Kin Maka (father) and Tikiata (mother), Tikiata Aukino (sister) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20678391 Additional Information Attested 12 June 1918 in Rarotonga and enlisted 10 July 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Discharged 7 December 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

ManuKORIA19248  2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Manu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KORIA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19248 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 1892 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 06/01/1951 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19510117 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Miss Manu (sister), Tamuera (father), Katara (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10302549 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 in Rarotonga, disembarked from SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916 and posted to New Zealand Training Units and Depots at Moascar. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Injured his left knee in an accident 18 April 1918. Diagnosed at 27th General Hospital Abbassia with parasitic disease and medically downgraded. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Wiltshire on 29 August 1918. Discharged 1 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour records his name as 'K. MANU'. Date of death: 06/01/1951 (as per Cook Islands death register) 07/01/1951 (as per military headstone) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next