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

JohnCAMPBELL60661 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) John Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) CAMPBELL Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60661 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As John Alexander CAMPBELL Date of Birth 1899 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 25/12/1919 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19190251 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Alexander Campbell (father), born Jamaica, Marara (mother), Aitutaki, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12395024 Additional Information Attested 16 February 1918 and enlisted 12 March 1918. Declared medically unfit for service and did not serve overseas (beyond New Zealand). Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

William GeorgeMANDER11/1196 Mounted Rifles and 9th Battery New Zealand Field Artillery < Back Highest Rank: Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) William George Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) MANDER Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 11/1196 Mounted Rifles and 9th Battery New Zealand Field Artillery Also Known As Date of Birth 10/09/1892 Place of Birth Timaru, New Zealand Date of Death 11/04/1960 Place of Death New Plymouth, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1960/25612 Headstone/Grave Location Ashes interred in his parents grave at Te Henui Cemetery New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand Next of Kin Jacob Mander (father), New Plymouth, New Zealand Jennie Dixon (Nisbett) Mander (mother) Margaret McWhinney (wife) Children: Ralph Mander (born Rarotonga 16/02/1921) Donald Mander David Mander Joan Mander (died 1942 aged 15 years) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE17194368 Additional Information At time of enlistment, he was living in Rarotonga and employed as a purser in the Union Steam Ship Company Ltd. Enlisted 15 February 1915 at Trentham Camp. Posted to Brigade Headquarters New Zealand Mounted Rifles at Mudros 4 October 1915 and disembarked at Alexandra from Gallipoli 25 December 1915. Transferred to New Zealand Field Artillery at Moascar 8 March 1916 and embarked for France 7 April 1916. Injured by a horse in Havre 23 April 1916 and evacuated to Victoria Hospital and then to Walton-on-Thames 30 June 1916. Returned to France and on 29 March 1917 and posted to 9th Battery New Zealand Field Artillery. Wounded 14 September 1918 in gas attack and evacuated to 1st New Zealand Field Ambulance and then to the 16th General Hospital on 16 September 1918 and discharged 28 September 1918 to rejoin his Battery on 17 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand 6 March 1919 and discharged 13 May 1919. Returned to the Cook Islands 7 July 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links Previous Next

TerepaiNGAATA19280 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Terepai Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) NGAATA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19280 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 1896 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Located in an unmarked grave in an overgrown cemetery, Takuvaine Valley, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tauturu (father), Atiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10804532 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916 and disembarked in Egypt 27 December 1916 to be posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment & Base Depot. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 20 May 1917. Admitted to 54th Casualty Clearing Station 4 July 1917 and to the 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, El Arish on 6 July 1917, to 24th Stationary Hospital, Kantara 7 July 1917 and the 27th General Hospital, Abbassia 10 July 1917. Transferred to Aotea Convalescent Home 14 July 1917 to 21 July 1917 and posted back to the Moascar depot before rejoining the Rarotongan Company 4 August 1917. Admitted to 45th Stationary Hospital with pyrexia on 21 November 1917 and on 26 November 1917 to 27th General Hospital, Abbassia, before being admitted to Aotea Convalescent Home until 6 December 1917. From 7 December 1917 to 23 December 1917 he was at a rest camp. He rejoined the Rarotongan Company 3 January 1918 and on 3 April 1918 was admitted to 24th Stationary Hospital before being transferred to 27th General Hospital 5 April 1918. Transferred to the Aotea Convalescent Home 18 April 1918. Rejoined the Rarotongan Company 1 July 1918 and embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at the RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as ’N. Terepai’. Unmarked grave (May 2024). Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

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 Given (as per enlistment record) FRISBIE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 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

UmaTIPUTA19312 2nd Rarotongan Contingent  < Back Highest Rank: Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Uma Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TIPUTA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19312 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Tiputa UMA Umata Date of Birth 1892 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 16/11/1942 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19420027 Headstone/Grave Location Mapumai, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of Kin Uma (father), Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13538112 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Disembarked at Suez from SS Malwa 27 December 1916 and posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Posted to Rarotongan Company 7 July 1917. Returned on SS Malta and discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga records name as 'T. UMA'. Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as 'TIPUTA UMA'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PaiTIVINI16/1219 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Pai Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TIVINI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 16/1219 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Tivini PAI Date of Birth 10/03/1892 Place of Birth Pukapuka, Cook Islands Date of Death 12/04/1923 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19230446 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (across the road from the Hartel Shop in Tupapa near the fishing club). Next of Kin Etetera (mother), Avarua, Rarotonga, Pai (father), Matua (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11154545 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 27 September 1915. Embarked for Egypt 5 February 1916 and disembarked at Suez 15 March 1916. Embarked for France 9 April 1916. Admitted to 7th General Hospital St. Omer 4 June 1916 with measles and transferred to the 14th Stationary Hospital at Boulogne 23 June 1916 before being transported to the United Kingdom on the hospital ship SS Cambria and admitted to the 2nd London General Hospital at Chelsea between 2 July 1916 and 12 August 1916. Admitted to the New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch between 12 August 1916 and 28 August 1916. Transferred to the New Zealand Reserve Group at Sling Camp before returning to France 4 October 1916. Wounded in action 3 June 1917 with a gun shot wound to the left thigh and admitted to the 9th Australian Field Ambulance before being transferred on the same day to the 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station. Moved to the Canadian Stationary Hospital 4 June 1917 and transferred to rest camp 12 June 1917. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and assembled at the 8th Rest Camp, Marseille, in anticipation of movement to Egypt. Admitted sick to the 81st General Hospital Marseille 9 February 1918 and was then sent to the United Kingdom 13 April 1918 by ambulance train and admitted to the 1st New Zealand General Hospital 14 April 1918. Declared medically unfit 21 April 1918 due to tuberculosis and peritonitis. Embarked for New Zealand on the New Zealand Hospital Ship SS Maheno 7 May 1918. Discharged 2 October 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MakeaJOSEPH84530 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Makea Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) JOSEPH Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 84530 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 18/07/1897 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 25/02/1965 Place of Death Tokoroa, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1965/29048 Headstone/Grave Location Tokoroa Cemetery, Tokoroa, New Zealand Next of Kin Maki (mother), Joseph (father), Jessie Makea (adopted father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10172047 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

TearapoTUOE19316 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tearapo Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TUOE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19316 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Kamana TEARAPO Kamana TUOE Tuoe TEARAPO Tuoe KAMANA Date of Birth 1886 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 20/10/1955 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19550014 Headstone/Grave Location Areora, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of Kin Karoke (mother), Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14532189 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Disembarked Suez from SS Malwa 27 December 1916. Marched in and posted to Training Units and Depots. Marched out to El Arish 22 January 1917. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Embarked on SS Assaye in Haifa 7 November 1918 and disembarked Alexandria 9 November 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Rarotonga records name as 'T KAMANA. Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as 'TUOE TEARAPO'. Headstone inscription records the name as 'KAMANA TUOE'. We photographed the military headstone in front of a house in April 2019. In April 2025, we were taken to the unmarked grave in an old burial ground. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

AtamaAKEAU60685 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Atama Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) AKEAU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60685 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Inakana ATAMA Atama INAKANA Date of Birth 25 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Manihiki, Cook Islands Date of Death 27/01/1924 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19240517 Headstone/Grave Location Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Akeau (father), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11148345 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 and embarked 13 June 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and transferred to Rarotongan Company 20 September 1918. Admitted to 48th Stationary Hospital with measles and then on 2 November 1918 to Aotea Convalescent Home. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TTAOATA5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) T Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TAOATA 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 28/12/1942 (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

Only one name recorded on enlistmentTAKAROKA16/1198 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Only one name recorded on enlistment Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TAKAROKA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 16/1198 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Takaroka OPINI Opini TAKAROKA Takaroka AUPINI Date of Birth 10/08/1893 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 26/12/1964 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1965/23859 Headstone/Grave Location Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Takaroka (father), Matavera, Rarotonga (deceased); Vaine Parekore (sister), Ngatangiia, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19443781 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 28 September 1915. Served with New Zealand Pioneer Battalion until wounded in action with severe shrapnel wounds to both thighs 22 November 1917. Evacuated to 3rd New Zealand field Ambulance and then 53rd General Hospital, Boulogne. Evacuated to England on Hospital Ship St David 4 December 1917. Treated at 2nd London General Hospital from 4 December 1917 to 4 February 1918 then to NZ General Hospital Brockenhurst until 8 April 1918. Returned to France 7 May 1918 and to New Zealand Base Depot in Etaples 9 May 1918. Posted to the Rest Camp and then to Base Supply Depot Marseille for passage to Egypt 16 May 1918. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 1 July 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Two service records online: https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14607865 https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19443781 Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TereTUAINE20841 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tere Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TUAINE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 20841 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, Rarotongan Company Also Known As Tere-ora-metua Otua’u Te Pore Date of Birth 1893 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 11/09/1963 Place of Death Whakatane, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1963/27939 Headstone/Grave Location Raetihi Urupa, Whanganui, New Zealand Next of Kin Metua (mother), Tautu, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21345462 Additional Information Enlisted 24 July 1916 in New Zealand as he was previously employed with the Union Steamship Co. Ltd. Embarked from New Zealand for Egypt 16 November 1916. At port and coaling stops in Australia he missed the boat at Melbourne and was sent to Adelaide to rejoin the ship. Disembarked from SS Malwa in Suez 27 December 1916 and posted to NZ Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 5 March 1918. Returned on SS Malta and discharged in New Zealand 7 March 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Restored portrait image supplied by descendant Christine Hirawani Further Links N/A Previous Next

FrancisLEGER16/1336 9th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Francis Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) LEGER Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 16/1336 9th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also Known As Date of Birth 26/12/1895 Place of Birth Tonga Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Kate Leger (aunt) Auckland, New Zealand Eliza Leger (mother), Tonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10781330 Additional Information Employed as a seaman with Union Steam Ship Co Ltd when he enlisted 23 November1915. Disembarked from SS Navua at Suez 15 March 1916 and embarked for France with the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 9 April 1916. Apparently identified as a Niuean as he was transferred to England with this contingent and disembarked from SS Arawa in New Zealand 14 July 1916. He reported for duty at Narrow Neck Camp 25 September 1916 and then embarked at Auckland on SS Tofua 14 October 1916 to arrive in Plymouth, United Kingdom 29 December 1916. He left for France 1 February 1918 and arrived in the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 28 March 1917. He was transferred from New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 14 January 1918 to Egypt sailing from France 21 January 1918 and joined the Rarotongan Company 5 March 1918. He was admitted to 44th Stationary Hospital 31 July 1918 with malaria and rejoined the Rarotongan Company 20 September 1918. Returned on SS Malta however became ill en route and was off-loaded for medical treatment at Fremantle, Australia, in January 1919. Arrived in New Zealand May 1919 and returned to Tonga. He suffered 10 further outbreaks of malaria and returned to New Zealand for treatment. Admitted to the Narrow Neck Military Hospital, Auckland 10 December 1919 for treatment for malaria that he had contracted in Palestine. He was discharged for hospital 3 February 1920 and given a 50% pension for 3 months. Served in the Tongan Defence Force in WWII. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/leger-brothers "The Leger brothers came to New Zealand from Tonga and enlisted for service in 1915. They were sent to join the Niueans and Cook Islanders already in training and sailed with them in February 1916 as part of the 3rd Maori Reinforcements. They served in Egypt and France before returning to New Zealand with the Niueans in mid-1916. The Legers were now added to the 9th Maori Reinforcements and returned to France in October 1916 to serve in the Pioneer Battalion. In January 1918 the brothers were among the Pacific Islanders from the Pioneer Battalion sent from France to join the Rarotongan Company in Palestine. They served with this unit until the war ended" Previous Next