HarryNGATAUA84583 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Harry Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) NGATAUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 84583 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Henry NGATAUA Ngataua AUMAREVA Date of Birth 20/08/1886 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 14/12/1965 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19650027 Headstone/Grave Location Ureia, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Elizabeth Ngataua (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18781682 Additional Information Enlisted 2 July 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918. Date of death: 14/12/1965 (as per Cook Islands death register) 13/12/1965 (as per military records) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MetuaPAITAI19259 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Metua Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) PAITAI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19259 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Metuakore PAITAI Date of Birth 1888 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 21/12/1955 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19550083 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Ngaavae (mother), Paitai Araiti (father), Tepora (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19861151 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Arrived in Egypt 27 December 1916 and posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade at El Arish from the NZ Mounted Rifle Depot Moascar. Rejoined New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot 7 April 1917 and posted to the Rarotongan Company. Admitted to 33rd Casualty Clearing Station, Jaffa 25 July 1918 and at 24 Stationary Hospital, Kantara 17 August 1918. Discharged from Duty 18 August 1918. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 1 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 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

AkaruruIEREMIA5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Akaruru Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) IEREMIA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Pukapuka, Cook Islands Date of Death 10/10/1944 Place of Death Pukapuka, Cook Islands Death Registration Number PUKA19440362 Headstone/Grave Location Matanga Cemetery, Yato, Pukapuka, Cook Islands Next of Kin Ieremia (father) and Ketera (mother) Link to Online Service Record Additional Information The 5th Rarotongan Contingent disembarked in Wellington 6 November 1918 and were discharged 13 November at Trentham Military Training Camp due to the signing of the Armistice on November 11 1918 that ended World War One. No online war service record Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Image source: National Archives Cook Islands Further Links N/A Previous Next

ManuTUTARA19273  2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Manu Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TUTARA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19273 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Manua TUTARA Date of Birth 1889 Place of Birth Pukapuka, Cook Islands Date of Death 02/12/1956 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1956/38866 Headstone/Grave Location Whiti Te Ra Reweti Marae, Auckland Region, New Zealand Next of Kin Piki Piki (sister), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10275210 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 in Auckland and was employed as a seaman for the Union Steam Ship Co. Ltd. Disembarked from SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916 and joined the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Detached to the 10th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery from 5 October to 9 November 1917. Admitted to 77th Casualty Clearing Station 19 May 1918, then 47th Stationary Hospital, Gaza 23 May 1918 and then to the Aotea Convalescent Home from 21 May 1918 to 28 May 1918. Rejoined Rarotongan Company 2 July 1918. Admitted to 123rd Field Ambulance with pneumonia and malaria and transferred by hospital train to 36th Stationary Hospital Gaza on 25 July 1918 then to the 24th Stationary Hospital, Kantara on 2 August 1918 and to the 27th General Hospital, Abbassia from 2 August 1918. Admitted to the Rest Camp at Port Said from 22 August 1918 to 3 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged in New Zealand 7 March 1919. He re-enlisted for 'Home Service' in New Zealand Artillery 21 August 1919. There is a headstone for this soldier on a grave in Rarotonga however it is a case of mistaken identity. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Te AurahiKORA16/398 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Te Aurahi Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) KORA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 16/398 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion Also Known As Peter Te Aurahi KORA Date of Birth 1891 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 14/06/1962 Place of Death Wanganui, New Zealand Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Aramoho Cemetery, Whanganui, New Zealand Next of Kin Kora (father), Aitutaki, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10792982 Additional Information On enlistment 20 October 1914, he was employed in Whanganui, New Zealand and was married with one child. His father Kora from the island of Aitutaki was listed as his next of kin on his service records. Member of the New Zealand Native Contingent in Malta 5 June 1915. Embarked for Gallipoli 30 June 1915. Admitted to a hospital in Mudros 5 October 1915 with typhoid. Evacuated by hospital ship to England Hospital Birmingham 5 December 1915 before being transferred to the 4th London General Hospital. Assessed as unfit due to sickness and returned to New Zealand via New Zealand Hospital Ship Maheno 28 October 1916. Wounded in action although location and date not specified. On 16 January 1917 had a shell splinter removed from his left knee in Whanganui Hospital, New Zealand. Discharged in New Zealand 26 March 1917 as no longer fit due to illness. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

ManaTIKAROA5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Mana Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TIKAROA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Mana TAKIROA Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 28/04/1927 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19270422 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Tikaroa (father), Mary Marsters (mother) 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

ToruMOEARO60758 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Toru Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) MOEARO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60758 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Torumarama MOEARO Date of Birth 21 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 08/07/1962 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19620007 Headstone/Grave Location Cook Islands Christian Church, Ivirua, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Moearo (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19784691 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to 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

AdolpheMULLER16/1538 New Zealand Maori Pioneer) Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Adolphe Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) MULLER Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 16/1538 New Zealand Maori Pioneer) Battalion Rarotongan Company Also Known As Adolph MULLER Date of Birth 28/07/1895 (as per service record) Place of Birth Tonga Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Philipp Gotthard Muller (born Zug Switzerland) and Lauititi O Manono Filomena (Laukiki) (born Samoa), (parents) Miki Muller (brother), Nuku'alofa, Tonga Mel Tatafu Fotofili (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20475900 Additional Information https://kavafarm.com/kava-family-tradition/ "Philipp and Lauititi (Laukiki) married on the 6 April 1889. They had two children in Vava’u, Michael Maria and Johanna. The family then moved to Tongatapu on the 24 October 1891 where the remaining 7 children were born; Robert, Franz, Adolph, Carolina, Michaela, Johann Friedrich and Ana. Of the 9 children, 7 were sent to Switzerland and the remaining 2 were Franz and Adolph. Adolph also planted kava in his residence in Fatai and they were much larger than the average Kava plants. Adolph’s Kava were mainly used as offerings for the royal family of Tonga." https://kanivatonga.co.nz/2018/04/tongans-remember-volunteers-from-the-islands-who-served-in-first-world-war/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links Previous Next

Tangata TutaiMAKITIRA60779 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tangata Tutai Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) MAKITIRA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60779 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 30/04/1964 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19640075 Headstone/Grave Location Broken headstone is situated beside a fence at the Panama Catholic Cemetery, Panama, Rarotonga (April 2024). Grave location unknown. Next of Kin Makitira (father), Mauke, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20680511 Additional Information Attested at Rarotonga 4 February 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted 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

TurakinaUU19342  2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Turakina Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) UU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19342 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Uu TURAKINA Uu TIPOKI Date of Birth 1894 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 09/06/1964 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19640020 Headstone/Grave Location Arekaua, Arutanga, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Turakina (father), Rarotonga, Pativai Te Akaranga (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11139153 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Disembarked at Suez 27 December 1916 and was posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Admitted to 26th Stationary Hospital in Ismailia 8 April 1917 and then 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, Moascar 2 October 1917. Embarked for New Zealand 12 November 1917 from Suez on SS Wiltshire and discharged 23 February 1918. Date of death: 09/06/1964 (as per Cook Islands death register) 08/06/1964 (as per military headstone) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

NaumaitiPENI84560 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Naumaiti Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) PENI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 84560 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Numaiti PENI Naumaite PENI Numaite PENI Date of Birth 21 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 16/04/1929 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Peni (father), Makai (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19510931 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 12 June 1918 and at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp 10 July 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918 due to the signing of the Armistice that ended WWI. Died as the result of a motor truck accident. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TuanuRIMA60695 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tuanu Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) RIMA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60695 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Tuanuiti RIMA Date of Birth 25 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 11/12/1928 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19280029 Headstone/Grave Location Opposite Tikura Community Hall, Oneroa, Mangaia Next of Kin Ngaupoka Rima (wife), Mangaia, Rima (father), Atiu, Ngau (mother), Mangaia Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE17483706 Additional Information Enlisted 4 February 1918 at Rarotonga and at Narrow Neck Military Training Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted to various hospitals at Jaffa, Gaza and Kantara from 25 to 30 September 1918 and was then discharged to duty. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. One child documented on enlistment - Tutai, born 1915. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PaniTURUA19306 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Pani Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TURUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19306 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Turua PANI Date of Birth 1893 Place of Birth Penrhyn, Cook Islands Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Pani (father), Penrhyn, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21354010 Additional Information Enlisted at Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Posted to Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917 and detached to 97th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery 11 October 1917 to 9 November 1917. Discharged 6 April 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

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 Sincere thanks to granddaughter Lois Kainuku-Iotia for the images following a visit to the grave in May 2025 Further Links N/A Previous Next

Robert BurnsBOYD8244 British Army Royal Scots Fusiliers < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Robert Burns Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) BOYD Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 8244 British Army Royal Scots Fusiliers Also Known As Date of Birth 24/01/1897 Place of Birth Darvel, East Ayrshire, Scotland Date of Death 20/06/1975 (as per Cook Islands death register) 19/06/1975 (as per headstone inscription) Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19750052 Headstone/Grave Location Headstone location: RSA, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Mary Cameron Aird Torrance (1st wife) died 13/11/1939 Elsie Millar (2nd wife) died September 1977 John Boyd (father) Margaret McKenzie (mother) Link to Online Service Record Additional Information Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Portrait - no known copyright restrictions Further Links Previous Next

Only one name recorded on enlistmentPITA16/1193 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Only one name recorded on enlistment Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) PITA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 16/1193 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Pita COWAN Peter COWAN Date of Birth 1889 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 27/04/1971 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19710034 Headstone/Grave Location Matavera, (next to the old packing shed), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Mere Ke (sister), Aureka Ke (mother), Ke (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12511339 Additional Information Enlisted 30 September 1915. Disembarked at Suez 15 March 1915 and proceeded to France 9 April 1915. Detached to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and embarked for Egypt 21 January 1918 and disembarked at Alexandria 4 February 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 15 February 1918 and then to New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment & Base Depot 7 March 1918 and rejoined the Rarotongan Company 1 July 1918. Embarked on SS Malta 14 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

Henry MurrayRORKE16504 Auckland Mounted Rifles Rarotonga Company < Back Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Henry Murray Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) RORKE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 16504 Auckland Mounted Rifles Rarotonga Company Also Known As Harry Murray RORKE Date of Birth 27/08/1879 (as per war service record) Place of Birth Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia (as per war service record) Date of Death 13/09/1949 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1949/24260 Headstone/Grave Location Waikumete Cemetery & Crematorium, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand. Cremated remains scattered at cemetery. Next of Kin Mrs Theresa (Tessa) Catherine (Babs) Rorke (1st wife), Christchurch, New Zealand (married 05/05/1915, died 08/08/1923). Louisa Mary Rorke (2nd wife), married 1930. Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE114746 Additional Information According to his WWI service record, he had previous service: in South African Boer War for 2 years; in India for 2 years with. British forces; with New South Wales Lancers for 7 years; and with Waimarino Mounted Rifles in New Zealand for 2 years. WIA (Wounded In Action) 19 April 17 with a GSW (Gun Shot Wound) to the chest and again on 25 November 1917 with a GSW to the right hand at Gaza. After he recovered he was posted to the Rarotongan Company 26 January 1918. On 19 May 1918 he was admitted to hospital until 22 June 1918 and then transferred to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment & Base Depot. He was then posted as second in command of a squadron in the Auckland Mounted Rifles and in June 1919 was promoted to the Officer Commanding of the Squadron. He embarked for New Zealand in July 1919. He was awarded a MiD (Mentioned in Despatches) on 5/6/1919 (London Gazette 12 January 1920, p508). Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links Previous Next

KenTAVAKA19318 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ken Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TAVAKA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19318 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Tavaka KIU Date of Birth 1895 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 10/10/1953 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19530072 Headstone/Grave Location Cemetery next to the Latter-day Saints Church, Avarua/Avatiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Kiu (father), Taringa Maki (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9814831 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916. Posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot 27 December 1916. From 22 January 1917 to 12 March 1917 he was detached to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde at El Arish. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917 and served with 10th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery from 5 October 1917 to 9 November 1917. 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