AkaitiaKOROITI60748 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Akaitia Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) KOROITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60748 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 27/11/1896 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 27/02/1935 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19350081 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Koroiti (father), Tau (mother), Teotue, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10050992 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp 12 March 1918. Disembarked Suez from SS Port Lyttleton 4 August 1918. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked on SS Malta for New Zealand 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. In November 2022, we interviewed a descendant who said that the burial location of Pte Akaitia KOROITI was near the current the site of the Bank of the South Pacific in Avarua, Rarotonga. The burial ground was cleared for infrastructure. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Left to right in this photo are the three KOROITI brothers, Pte Oiaua KOROITI 60643, Pte Akaitia KOROITI 60748, Pte Teremaki (TeAkataa) KOROITI 5th Rarotongan Contingent. All three brothers were born on the island of Mangaia. Their sister Rima was the wife of soldier Patu URITAUA 16/1215. 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

SamuelSIMPSON19419 12th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Samuel Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) SIMPSON Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19419 12th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also Known As Date of Birth 10/12/1895 (as per war service record) Place of Birth Levuka, Fiji Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin William Simpson (cousin), Levuka, Fiji Ruby Margaret Simpson (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE17146557 Additional Information September 1916 travelled to New Zealand to enlist at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp and embarked from Wellington 2 January 1917 via Cape Town to Devonport, UK 27 March 1917. Joined the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion's NZ Engineer Reserve Depot at Boscombe 27 March 1917 and then was posted to 4th (Reserve) Battalion Canterbury Regiment at Sling Clamp 10 August 1917. Left for France 1/9/1917 and joined NZ Maori Pioneer Battalion 14 September 1917. Detached to the Rarotongan Company on 14 January 1918 and embarked for Egypt 21 January 1918 and arrived Alexandra 4 February 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company on 15 February 1918. Discharged in New Zealand 7 March 1919 and re-enlisted into New Zealand Medical Corps on the same day. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links Previous Next

ManavaroaMATAU16/1189 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Manavaroa Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) MATAU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 16/1189 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Matau MANAVAROA Date of Birth 28/06/1895 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 29/08/1916 Place of Death France Death Registration Number NZ1918/33166 (post war death registration) Headstone/Grave Location Grave location: Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France Memorial headstone location: Arorangi Cook Islands Christian Church grounds, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Manavaroa (father), Arorangi, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11183980 Additional Information Enlisted 30 September 1915 and disembarked at Suez from SS Navua 15 March 1916. Embarked for France from Port Said 9 April 1916. Admitted to 2nd Australian General Hospital, Wimereux 18 August 1916 with pneumonia and on 21 August 1916 was put on the dangerously ill list. Died in France 29 August 1916. Buried at Wimereux Communal Cemetery and his headstone records his surname as Matau. Private MATAU 16/1189 also has a memorial military headstone at the Arorangi CICC churchyard in Rarotonga. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/84350/manavaroa-matau/ "Son of Manavaroa and Maki, of Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands." Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References France headstone image credit: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/manavaroa-matau Further Links N/A Previous Next

ViviTEAKAITI84567 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Vivi Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TEAKAITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 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

MitiakarerePE84556 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Mitiakarere Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) PE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 84556 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Pe MITIAKARERE Date of Birth 24 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 16/09/1964 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19640010 Headstone/Grave Location Tavaenga Rd, Oneroa, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Pe (father) and Taokete (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10808770 Additional Information Enlisted 12 June 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918 due to the signing of the Armistice that ended WWI. Pte MAKIRU 19261 has the same service number on his headstone which is incorrect. Name is spelt as MAITIAKARERE on headstone which is also incorrect. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

IvituKE19251 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ivitu Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) KE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19251 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Ke IVITU Date of Birth 1889 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 12/04/1948 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19480012 Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Mrs Rongomaki (wife), Ivitu (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10889144 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 on Rarotonga and disembarked from SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917 and detached to the 10th Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery from 5 October 1917 to 9 November 1917. Admitted to the 27th General Hospital, Abbassia on 26 November 1917 with pyrexia and was transferred to the 44th Stationary Hospital, Kantara 24 November 1917 and to the Aotea Convalescent Home from the 28 November to 6 December 1917. Rejoined the Rarotongan Company and was admitted to the 129th Field Ambulance with measles 14 August 1918 until 29 August 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 of December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. The Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at the RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as 'K. Ivitu'. While there is no official record in his military documents that he was promoted from Private to Lance Corporal, his discharge certificate states a rank of Lance Corporal Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MoeauMETUA16/1188 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Moeau Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) METUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 16/1188 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 04/10/1895 Place of Birth Papua New Guinea Date of Death 27/03/1924 Place of Death Wellington, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1924/3657 Headstone/Grave Location Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand Next of Kin Moeau (father), Arorangi, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10211363 Additional Information Enlisted at Rarotonga 29th September 1915. Served in France and later became ill and was evacuated to the UK. On 27 August 1917 he was declared medically unfit and embarked for New Zealand on the New Zealand Hospital Ship Marama 21 November 1917. Discharged 16 April 1918. His death was attributed to his war service. 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 Given (as per enlistment record) TAKAKE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 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) Out of gallery Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

ManuelANTHONY16/1182 New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Manuel Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) ANTHONY Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 16/1182 New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Anthony MANUELA Anthony MANUERA Date of Birth May 1895 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 10/05/1917 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1917/1739 Headstone/Grave Location Devonport (O’Neill’s Point) Cemetery, Bayswater, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Luka Manuera (father), Avarua, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10207503 Additional Information Enlisted 30 September 1915 in Rarotonga. Disembarked at Suez 15 March 1916 and embarked for France 9 April 1916. Admitted to 7th General Hospital, St Omer with German measles. Admitted to 8th Casualty Clearing Station 13 August 1916 and then to 35th General Hospital Calais 15 August 1916 and transferred to UK on Hospital Ship Newhaven and admitted to the 2nd London General Hospital 1 September 1916. 2 November 1916 he was transferred to the 2nd New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames with tubercle on the neck. Had three operations before being returned to New Zealand on the Hospital Ship Marama departing UK 3 January 1917. Died 10 May 1917 of tuberculosis at Auckland Hospital and is buried at Devonport (O’Neill’s Point) Cemetery, Auckland New Zealand. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/642907/manuel-anthony/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Commemorative certificate image courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission Further Links N/A Previous Next

LuiKITA84587 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Lui Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) KITA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 84587 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 1895 Place of Birth Samoa (as per enlistment) Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Burial location unknown Next of Kin Lucy Kita (sister), Niue Mother and father born in Samoa (as per enlistment) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10043478 Additional Information Employed as a ship's cook with the Northern Steam Ship Company when he voluntary enlisted in Auckland 26 July 1918. He was sent to Narrow Neck Military Training Camp to join the 4th Contingent. Discharged 5 December 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links N/A Previous Next

OpuraTEPEI60710 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Opura Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TEPEI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60710 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 24 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 27/11/1962 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19620056 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tungata Tepei (wife), Rarotonga, Tepei (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14752511 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918, embarked on the SS Manuka at Wellington 13 June 1918 and disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and were discharged 20 March 1919 Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

AlbertSCHWENKIE19882 20th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Albert Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) SCHWENKIE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19882 20th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also Known As Albert SWENKIE Albert SWENKI Albert SCHWENKE Albert SWANKEY Date of Birth 1896 (as per war service record) Place of Birth Hawaii, USA (as per war service record) Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Charles Swenkie (father), Samoa Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24549707 Additional Information Born in Hawaii and had lived in Samoa. Prior to enlistment 07 April 1917, he had been working as a labourer at Mangapoike, Wairoa, New Zealand and had lived the previous four years in New Zealand. Both his parents were born in Hawaii. Embarked on SS Ulimaroa 26 July 1917 and arrived Plymouth, United Kingdom 24 September 1917. Left for France 13 December 1917 and joined the New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion on 13 January 1918. He was then detached to the Rarotongan Company 20 January 1918 and embarked for Egypt 21 January 1918 to arrive Alexandra 4 February 1918. Posted to Rarotongan Company 15 February 1918 and returned on SS Malta which embarked on 14 December 1918. Name on Samoan memorial is Swankey, he embarked as Schwenkie but in a statutory declaration on 1 January 1918 he indicated that his correct name was Swenkie. Discharged 7 March 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links Previous Next

TavaNIOVARA60712 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tava Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) NIOVARA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60712 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Jean Marie Teve (Dave) NIOVARA T. (Dave) NIOVARA Date of Birth About 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 03/01/1971 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1971/34100 Headstone/Grave Location Mangere Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Niovara (father), Mauke, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11902213 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga 11 February 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp 12 March 1918. Embarked 13 June 1918 for Egypt, and 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. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as 'D. Niovara'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A 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 Given (as per enlistment record) GREIG Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 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

NgamataARIA5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ngamata Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) ARIA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 27/07/1952 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19520012 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Unknown 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. Cook Islands Death Register records the following: 'Cause of death drowning. Died at sea, Nikaupara 27/07/1952'. 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

TTANGI5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) T Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TANGI 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 25/5/1953 (as per military headstone only) Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Unknown 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 N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PeteroVAOPAAKI84510 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Petero Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) VAOPAAKI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 84510 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 26 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 11/06/1953 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19530006 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Vao Paaki (father), Tatapu (mother) Wiriama Petero Vaopaaki (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10891449 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