ViviTEAKAITI84567 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Vivi Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEAKAITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84567 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 31 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 06/12/1946 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19460040 Headstone/Grave Location Aretoa Mountain, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Teakaiti (father) and Peranui (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10579249 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 10 July 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918 due to the signing of the Armistice that ended WWI. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TuaiviKOKAUA60722 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tuaivi Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KOKAUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60722 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 22 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 24/03/1961 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19610020 Headstone/Grave Location Avatiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Vaine Matangaro (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19317845 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Assessed as medically unfit and discharged 15 June 1918. Date of death: 24/03/1961 (as per Cook Islands death register & private headstone) 25/03/1961 (as per military headstone) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TaioriPAKU84544 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Taiori Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PAKU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84544 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 03/03/1920 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19200095 Headstone/Grave Location Headstone is on Rarotonga with family (2024) Next of Kin Paku Tamauti (father), Takaiti (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19861586 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga 12 June 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 10 July 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918. Date of death: 3/3/1920 (as per Cook Islands death register) 15/12/1918 (as per headstone inscription) Pte. Taiori Paku is a brother of Pte. Teariki Kaokore Paku 19311. Not listed on the Atiu cenotaph April 2019 Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

CharlieSMITH60753 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Charlie Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) SMITH Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60753 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tiare SMITH Charlie Smith ARANGARO Date of Birth 23 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 01/04/1938 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19380379 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Charlie Smith (father), Titikaveka, Rarotonga Teei Aporo (Teei a Apolo), wife, Titikaveka, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20891725 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 4 February 1918 and disembarked at Suez on 18 August 1918. Posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot until he was posted to the Rarotongan Company on 18 September 1918. Returned to New Zealand 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

TeaumaraeTEIVA19324 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Teaumarae Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEIVA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19324 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Teivaariki TEAUMARAE Date of Birth 1896 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 14/09/1916 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1916/10550 Headstone/Grave Location Devonport (O’Neill’s Point) Cemetery, Bayswater, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Akeronga (wife), Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12319351 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 in Rarotonga. Arrived in New Zealand 9 July 1916. Died 14 September 1916 at Auckland Hospital New Zealand of pneumonia. Commonwealth War Graves Commissions listing: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/642941/teaumarae-teiva/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission Further Links N/A Previous Next

EdwardWESTBROOK16/1229 3rd & 9th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Sergeant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Edward Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) WESTBROOK Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1229 3rd & 9th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also known as Date of Birth 09/11/1890 (as per service record) Place of Birth Samoa Date of Death 17/02/1958 Place of Death Samoa Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Magiagi Cemetery, Apia, Samoa Next of Kin G.E.L. Westbrook (father), Samoa Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12401416 Additional Information Enlisted 26 October 1915 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. His occupation was a wheelwright. Promoted to Corporal at Narrow Neck Camp and embarked for Egypt 4 February 1916 on SS Navua, arriving on 15 March 1916. Re-embarked for France 9 April 1916 and was posted to New Zealand Pioneer Battalion. He embarked in the United Kingdom on SS Arawa 14 July 1916 to return to New Zealand with the Niueans and disembark in New Zealand 4 August 1916. He reported back to duty at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 25 September 1916 and embarked on SS Tofua 14 October 1916 to disembark in Plymouth, United Kingdom 29 December 1916. He left for France 1 February 1917 and was posted to New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 28 February 1917. He was detached to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and embarked for Egypt 21 January 1918 arriving at Alexandria 4 February 1918 and then posted to the Rarotongan Company on 5 March 1918. He returned on SS Malta and was discharged in New Zealand 7 March 1919. Served as Mayor of Aleise, Samoa from 1948. He died in Samoa 17 February 1958. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Image credits: Annie Caffery Petaia 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 Recorded (as per enlistment record) MAKITIRA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 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

WilliamMARSTERS15568 15th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) William Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MARSTERS Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 15568 15th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company Rarotongan Company Also known as Date of Birth 21/06/1891 Place of Birth War service documents record both Rarotonga and Palmerston Cook Islands (family to confirm island of birth) Date of Death 21/05/1940 Place of Death Te Kuiti, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1940/29151 Headstone/Grave Location Te Kuiti Old Cemetery, Te Kuiti, Waitomo District, Waikato, New Zealand Next of Kin Mrs Crowe (friend) Christchurch, New Zealand Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10320156 Additional Information On enlistment at Trentham Camp on the 6 April 1916, he was working for the Public Works Department in Christchurch. Embarked per HMNZ Waitemata in Wellington 25 July 1916. Disembarked at Devonport and marched into Sling Camp 3 October 1916 WIA (Wounded In Action) 7 June 1917 and evacuated to the 77th Field Ambulance and then transferred to New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 3 July 1917. Evacuated sick 13 November 1917 and transferred to a number of hospitals before being admitted to the New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch. After discharge on 19 March 1918 he was transferred to the Rarotongan Detachment in Egypt. He moved to the 8th Rest Camp and then the 3rd New Zealand Depot Unit of Supply at Marseille for passage to Egypt on 16 May 1918. Joined the Rarotongan Company 15 June 1918, and returned to New Zealand on the SS Malta ill with malaria. Discharged 13 June 1919. Information received from Sheryl Marsters May 2019: "I am the wife of the late Howard Marsters and have some info about William in addition to what you already have. William is the son of Ann Marsters (Palmerston) & Raki Raki (Aitutaki). William married a pakeha woman named Lillian Samuels whom he met when he was hospitalised on Somme Island after being injured in the war. She was a nurse there. They then settled in Pio Pio and William worked as a chef in Te Kuiti until his passing. The couple had no children. The photo of him buying bread in Belgium has been used in many places including the War Memorial Museum in Wellington. When Howard & I visited the museum & we saw the photo with William's name and cited him as a Maori soldier, Howard asked to speak to the curator to ensure he knew that William was one of the 500 Cook Island soldiers that served in the NZ Army. Hope that helps fill in some gaps." Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Colourised image: https://www.facebook.com/jecinci/ Further Links N/A Previous Next

MataioMOKOTUPU84508 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Mataio Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MOKOTUPU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84508 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 27 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 26/04/1933 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19330662 Headstone/Grave Location Nikaupara, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Mokotupu Tiaiti / John Mokoputu (father), Teararoa (mother), Arii Mokotupu (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21827848 Additional Information Enlisted 12 June 1918 on Rarotonga. Sailed from Rarotonga on the SS Paloona for Wellington arriving on the 21/22 of June 1918. Discharged on 7 December 1918. Related to Private Poaza TEPAKI 84507 (aka Nooapii Mataiti Mokotupu/Tepaki Nooapii Mokotupu), and Private John MOKOPUTU 5th Rarotongan Contingent. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MamaeNGAAU60705 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Mamae Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NGAAU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60705 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Teariki Aue NGAAU (as per headstone) Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 04/10/1969 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO1969017A Headstone/Grave Location Cook Islands Christian Church, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Ngaau (father), Mauke, Cook Islands, Nio (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11899194 Additional Information Enlisted 11 February 1918 in Rarotonga. Embarked from Wellington 13 June 1918 and served in the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Bde and Training Regiment and Base Depot from 4 August 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Date of death: 04/10/1969 (as per Cook Islands death register and headstone) 05/10/1969 (as per military service documents) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

SamuelaMETUA16/1210 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Samuela Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) METUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1210 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 1895 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 07/11/1946 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19460289 Headstone/Grave Location Next to Cook Islands Christian Church, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Teupoko (mother), Avarua, Rarotonga, Paruru (father), Tapaera (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10897796 Additional Information Enlisted 27 September 1915 in Rarotonga. Disembarked SS Navua at Suez 15 March 1916. Embarked for France 9 April 1916 and served in France with the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, then transferred to the Rarotongan Company on 14 January 1918 and embarked for Egypt 20 January 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 15 February 1918 and was admitted to the 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital 22 February 1918 to 11 April 1918 with adenitis (a sign of infection usually caused by bacteria). On 11 July 1918 he embarked on HMT Port Darwin for New Zealand. Admitted to Devonport Convalescent Home 29 August 1918. Discharged due to ill health on 2 October 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TaauTAUNGA60736 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Taau Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TAUNGA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60736 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 26 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 11/06/1957 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19570019 Headstone/Grave Location Titikaveka, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Ngapoko (sister), Taunga (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18589458 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Date of death: 11/06/1957 (as per Cook Islands death register) 14/06/1957 (as per military headstone) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Findlay JohnMONTGOMERY2/810 New Zealand Field Artillery < Back Highest Rank Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Findlay John Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MONTGOMERY Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 2/810 New Zealand Field Artillery Also known as Date of Birth 23/03/1894 (as per enlistment) New Zealand Births, Deaths, Marriages records year of birth as 1895 Place of Birth Palmerston North, New Zealand Date of Death 03/10/1963 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19630073 Headstone/Grave Location Headstone location: RSA Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Elizabeth Montgomery (wife) Marion Jane Freeman (mother) John Montgomery (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13493306 Additional Information Rank is listed as Corporal on WWI discharge. Rank of Gunner on headstone plaque. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links Previous Next

TupouTOROMONA19330 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tupou Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TOROMONA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19330 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Toromona TUPOU Toromoana TUPOU Date of Birth 1890 Place of Birth Rakahanga, Cook Islands Date of Death 1/10/1958 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19580029 Headstone/Grave Location Panama Catholic Cemetery, Panama, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tupou (father), Mareta (mother), Komera (grandfather), Manihiki, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10188441 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Disembarked ex Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916 and posted to New Zealand Training Unit and Depot Regiment. Detached to 97th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery from 11 October 1917. Admitted to hospital 2 March 1918 to 10 March 1918.Transferred to Rarotongan Company 2 April 1918. “Accidentally wounded” 14 April 1918 with "bomb blast and wound to hand" in Palestine. Admitted to 77th Casualty Clearing Station before being transferred to 43rd Stationary Hospital at Kilo 151 on 16 April 1918 and then to 27th General Hospital at Abbassia 18 April 1918 where he had fingers amputated.Transferred to the Aotea Convalescent Home 14 May 1918 to 17 May 1918 and then was at a rest camp from 19 May 1918 to 29 May 1918.Joined NZ Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot before rejoining the Rarotongan Company 12 August 1918. Embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and was discharged 20 March 1919. Pension applied for in May 1919 and this was granted at 10s per week. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

ToruTAKU84577 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Toru Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TAKU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84577 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 25 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 26/10/1971 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1971/47980 Headstone/Grave Location Mangere Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Maki (mother), Taku (father), Mauakaina (wife), Nga & Tino (children) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9898460 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga 12 June 1918. Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 10 July 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918 due to the signing of the Armistice that ended WWI. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Harry CuthbertNORTHCROFT13/110 Auckland Mounted Rifles < Back Highest Rank Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Harry Cuthbert Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NORTHCROFT Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 13/110 Auckland Mounted Rifles Also known as Date of Birth 22/02/1889 Place of Birth Thames, New Zealand Date of Death 19/05/1915 Place of Death Gallipoli, Turkey Death Registration Number NZ1918/37080 (post war death registration) Headstone/Grave Location Walker's Ridge Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey (Gallipoli) Next of Kin Henry William Northcroft (father), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Margaret Northcroft (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19818713 Additional Information Enlisted 14 August 1914 into the Auckland Mounted Rifles. On enlistment his occupation was recorded as solicitor. Embarked from New Zealand 13 October 1914 and disembarked Suez 3 December 1914. Killed in action at Gallipoli 19 May 1915. Living with his parents in Rarotonga at the time of his enlistment. His father, Henry William Northcroft was the resident magistrate and the Chief Justice and Resident Commissioner of the Cook Islands between 1913 and 1915. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/4041307/harry-cuthbert-northcroft/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Headstone image source: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/harry-cuthbert-northcroft Harry Cuthbert Northcroft. The Kiwi: Official Organ of the Auckland University College, 11, 1916. NZGC 378.95 K62, Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission Further Links https://ags.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/10317 https://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/collegians-at-war/their-stories/harry-northcroft Previous Next

George MatangaroGREIG29551 Grenadier Guards British Army < Back Highest Rank Guardsman First Name/s (as per enlistment record) George Matangaro Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) GREIG Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 29551 Grenadier Guards British Army Also known as Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Rakahanga, Cook Islands, Cook Islands Date of Death 01/07/1971 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Cremated remains later interred in Rakahanga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number NZ1961/29445 Headstone/Grave Location Pte George Matangaro Greig and his wife Hetty's ashes (cremated in Auckland New Zealand) are interred in the patu of the grave of Paulo Matangaro (George’s father) on the family motu of Hunanui in Rakahanga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Grandson of William Greig, King of Fanning Islands and his Rakahanga, Cook Islands wife Te Anau. Link to Online Service Record Additional Information No online war service record Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References No known copyright restrictions Further Links https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/12969-black-soldiers-in-ww1-british-army/page/3/ Previous Next

MetuaAMUPOE60691 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Metua Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) AMUPOE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60691 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Metua HAMPOY Metua HAMBOY Metua AMBOY Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 11/03/1964 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19640026 Headstone/Grave Location Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Miss Rina Amupoe (sister), Mauke, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11926041 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918, disembarked in Suez on 4 August 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company on 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. His military headstone was found submerged in the Nikao Cemetery in April 2017, and his descendants built a memorial in 2018. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next