VakaTURU5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Vaka Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TURU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 18 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 14/11/1950 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19500065 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Turu (father), Rapea (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. In November 2022, the grave was being restored and was completely rebuilt mid 2024. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

RimaPA16/1195 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent, 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Rima Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1195 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent, 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tamatoa Rima Opura (Ariki) Date of Birth 21/01/1896 (as per headstone inscription) Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 24/03/1976 Place of Death New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1976/34582 Headstone/Grave Location Died in New Zealand. Returned to Aitutaki, Cook Islands for burial at the Palace Grounds, Arutanga, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Pa Nirau (father), Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24544301 Additional Information Enlisted with the 1st Contingent as 'Pa RIMA' and with the 3rd Contingent as 'Rima PA'. Enlisted 28 September 1915 and embarked from New Zealand 4 February 1916. Disembarked at Suez 15 March 1916 as part of the NZ Pioneer Battalion and embarked for France 9 April 1916. Admitted sick to 8th Casualty Clearing Station then on 31 July 1916 to 35th General Hospital at Calais and transferred to England 7 August 1916. After a time in 2nd London General Hospital he was invalided to New Zealand on SS Rotorua from Plymouth on 17 November 1916. Disembarked 9 January 1917 and was discharged 26 March 1917 as medically unfit due to illness contracted while on active service. Embarked at Wellington on SS Paloona for return to Rarotonga. Assessed as fit for service in November 1917 in Rarotonga and joined the 3rd Rarotongan Contingent and enlisted 16 February 1918. Disembarked at Suez ex. SS Port Lyttleton 3 August 1918 and joined the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918 in Palestine. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918 and was discharged 20 March 1919. Private Rima PA is the brother of Sergeant George TUAINE 12/1812 (3rd Reinforcements, 1st Battalion Auckland Infantry Regiment) During WW2 he served with the New Zealand Home Guard. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TitiaKOIA60673 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Titia Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KOIA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60673 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 30 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 07/06/1925 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19250624 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Across the road from the Hartel Shop in Tupapa near the fishing club. Next of Kin Koai (father), Mangaia, Rapotai (mother), Mangaia Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19315790 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga 4 February 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp in Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Discharged as medically unfit 15 June 1918 in New Zealand and did not proceed overseas. Died in Rarotonga June 1925 of a cerebral haemorrhage. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at the RSA Nikao Rarotonga records name as “K. Titia Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PitiauIORANGI19243 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Sergeant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Pitiau Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) IORANGI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19243 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Pitian IORANGI Piti IORANGI Daniel IORANGI Iorangi Pitau DANIELA Date of Birth 1894 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 02/06/1943 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19430206 Headstone/Grave Location Eliazara Burial Ground, Ruatonga, Rarotonga Next of Kin Tutakiau (father), Tamaine Tutai (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10728492 Additional Information Disembarked at Suez 27 December 1916. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Attached to 10th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery from 5 October 1917 to 9 November 1917. Promoted to Sergeant 27 November 1917. Admitted to 129th Combined Field Ambulance 9 September 1918 with malaria and then on 15 September 1918 to 48th Stationary Hospital in Gaza with measles. Transferred to 44th Stationary Hospital Kantara 27 September 1918 and to the Military Infectious Hospital Heliopolis 12 October 1918 until 18 October 1918. Embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Malta Roll records his name as 'Daniel Iorangi'. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as 'I. P. Daniela'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TaataaTAKAREU5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Taataa Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TAKAREU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Takareu TAATAA Taataa TAKAREUA Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 28/12/1956 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19560084 Headstone/Grave Location Our research leads us to believe that there are two military headstones for this soldier in Rarotonga. One is in the name of “Pte. T (Taataa) TAKAREU died 29/12/1956 aged 59 years” and is on the soldier’s grave in the Panama Catholic Cemetery. The other headstone is in the name of “Pte. T. TAATAA 29/12/1956 aged 57 years” and is located at the RSA in Rarotonga. We believe that both of these headstones were ordered and manufactured for this soldier. No online war service record. Next of Kin Telea (mother), Takareu (father), Metuapuiti Wycliff (wife) 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. Date of death: 28/12/1956 (as per Cook Islands death register) 29/12/1956 (as per both military headstones) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TauVAROVARO19328 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tau Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) VAROVARO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19328 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 1891 Place of Birth Penrhyn, Cook Islands Date of Death 01/04/1969 Place of Death Penrhyn, Cook Islands Death Registration Number PENR19690001 Headstone/Grave Location Penrhyn, Cook Islands Next of Kin Varovaro (father), Penrhyn, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11146368 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 and disembarked at Suez on 27 December 1916. Joined the Rarotongan Company on 7 April 1917 and on 11 October 1917 he was detached to the 97th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery until 9 November 1917. When on leave in Cairo on 26 May 1918, he accidentally injured his head and was in 27th General Hospital until 3 June 1918. Admitted to 129th Field Hospital with Malaria on 12 August 1918, was moved to the 24th Stationary Hospital on 3 September 1918 and then to the 27th General Hospital on 5 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta on 14 December 1918 and discharged on 20 March 1919. In April 2019, Oirua Rasmussen messaged our Facebook page and confirmed that Tau Varovaro’s grave in Penrhyn is unmarked with no military headstone or private memorial. Oirua Rasmussen shared that he was one of the Boys Brigade company of Penrhyn who gave him a military send off at his burial service Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PaioruaKAPI19258 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Paiorua Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KAPI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19258 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Kapi PAIORUA Date of Birth November 1882 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 19/11/1958 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19580035 Headstone/Grave Location Ruatonga, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Maruia (wife), Rimaati (mother), Paiorua (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10886757 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916 and service commenced 9 July 1916. Disembarked from SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916 and posted to Rarotongan Company 14 September 1917. Numerous admissions to medical facilities whilst serving. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board records his name as ‘K. Paiorua’. In April 2019 our team assisted descendant Julia Kapi to restore her great uncle’s military headstone. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

ManuelaKITAI5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Manuela Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KITAI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 21 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 04/05/1956 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19560005 Headstone/Grave Location Tautu, Aitutaki, 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

TuainekoreKAUVAREVAI84582 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tuainekore Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KAUVAREVAI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84582 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 34 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 12/11/1924 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19240075 Headstone/Grave Location Poeaiai Rd, behind Babe’s Hotel, Tavaenga Rd, Oneroa, Mangaia, Cook Islands. Headstone on the grave has the wrong name and service number Next of Kin Kauvarevai (father) and Taukupu (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19053870 Additional Information Enlisted 14 June 1918 and discharged 7 December 1918. Name is missing on the Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at the RSA Nikao Rarotonga. While the date of death on this headstone (12/11/1924) is correct, the headstone has the incorrect service number and name. This headstone belongs to Tutai Tuakanakore/Kanune 84534 who died in Rarotonga 24 December 1967. Our research leads us to believe that this soldier’s headstone has been incorrectly named and placed on the grave of Tuainekore KAUVAREVAI Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TeapainaTAOTE19331 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Teapaina Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TAOTE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19331 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Taote TEAPAINA Date of Birth 1894 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 14/10/1946 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19460009 Headstone/Grave Location Vaitamina, Atiu Next of Kin Ravea (mother), Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18588569 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916, disembarked SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916 and posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot until 31 July 1917 when posted to the Rarotongan Company. Admitted to various hospitals from 8 February 1918 to 21 March 1918 and discharged for duty. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 2 April 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and was discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as 'T Teapaina'. We located this headstone during our April 2025 trip to Atiu and took the opportunity to reletter the military headstone. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PhillipANDREWS20798 9th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Phillip Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) ANDREWS Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 20798 9th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also known as Tuitatau PHILLIPS Andrew PHILLIPS Phillip Tui ANDREWS Date of Birth 28/09/1895 Place of Birth Levuka, Fiji Date of Death 10/09/1980 Place of Death Kasavu, Savusavu, Fiji Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Andrews Family Cemetery, Savusavu, Fiji Next of Kin William Andrews (father), Kasaru, Fiji Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11140041 Additional Information Embarked on SS Tofua at Wellington 20 October 1916 and was employed on the voyage as a trimmer on the ship. Arrived Devonport, United Kingdom 29 December 1916 and posted to the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion in France 17 February 1917. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 5 March 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919. Arrived back in Fiji March 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links https://28maoribattalion.org.nz/index.php/photo/phillip-tui-andrews Previous Next

SamuelaTURUA60785 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Samuela Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TURUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60785 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Samuela MATAIVA Date of Birth 25 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 23/10/1970 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19700095 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Turua (father), Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21353974 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Medically unfit before proceeding on service. Discharged 20 April 1918. Unmarked grave in Vakapora Burial Ground, Tupapa, Rarotonga (May 2024). Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TuainerengaKOPUKOAO60721 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tuainerenga Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KOPUKOAO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60721 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 23 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 21/9/1930 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19300197 Headstone/Grave Location Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Kopukoao (father), Ngapito (mother), Mou (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10045860 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918. Admitted sick to the ship’s hospital and was offloaded for medical treatment at Fremantle Western Australia on 12 January 1919 with pneumonia. Embarked for New Zealand from Sydney on 6 May 1919 and discharged 9 July 1919. Volunteers form the Nikao Cemetery Restoration Project Rarotonga found his headstone lying on the shoreline in front of the cemetery in late 2014. This headstone has either washed off the grave or the grave has also washed away. We worked closely with Pte. Tuainerenga Kopukoao’s descendant in Australia Denise Campbell, to ensure that her WWI Papa would be honoured forever. Nikao Cemetery Restoration Project volunteers built a memorial within the Nikao Cemetery in April 2017 and on Anzac Day 2017, his descendants including Tinokura Tairea (WO2 TAIREA, Tinokura (Retired) RNZIR) were thrilled to see their WW1 ancestor remembered and honoured. Name is missing on the Mauke Roll of Honour board, Mauke Cook Islands. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TeremakiKOROITI5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Teremaki Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KOROITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Teremaki Teakataa KOROITI Teremaki Te Akataa KOROITI Turimaki Te Akataa KOROITI Date of Birth 12/10/1894 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 18/03/1941 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19410690 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Koro Iti (father), Noo Tuatau (mother) Link to Online Service Record Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 28 October 1918. Disembarked in Wellington 6 November 1918. Due to the signing of the Armistice on November 11 1918, he was discharged 13 November at Trentham Military Camp. Embarked on SS Moana for Rarotonga 30 November 1918 and arrived in Rarotonga 6 December 1918. Died at Te Otue, Rarotonga. Brother of Oiaua Koroiti 60643 and Akaitia Koroiti 60748. Their sister Rima was the wife of soldier Patu URITAUA 16/1215. No online war service record. 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. Further Links N/A Previous Next

JimPORI16/1216 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Jim Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PORI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1216 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as David Simpson Pori MAKEA Date of Birth 1896 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 08/06/1970 Place of Death Hastings, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1970/33060 Headstone/Grave Location Waiputa Māori Cemetery, Hastings, New Zealand Next of Kin Pori Te Pou Makea (father), Te Pivai Simpson (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10373418 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 27 September 1915 and disembarked ex. SS Navua in Suez 15 March 1916. Embarked for France from Port Said 9 April 1916 with the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 5 March 1918. Embarked for New Zealand ex 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

JimmyTERITO60720 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Jimmy Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TERITO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60720 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Jim Tarito BROWN Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 01/05/1965 Place of Death Mauke, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MAUK19650003 Headstone/Grave Location Catholic Cemetery, Araki, Mauke, Cook Islands Next of Kin Terito (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14359268 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918. Disembarked from SS Port Lyttleton 3 August 1918 and admitted to hospital. Discharged to duty and posted to Rarotongan Company 2 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Rarotonga lists his name as 'T. B. TERITI'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Duncan DonaldMUNRO628048 Canadian Expeditionary Force, 47th Battalion, British Columbia Regiment < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Duncan Donald Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MUNRO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 628048 Canadian Expeditionary Force, 47th Battalion, British Columbia Regiment Also known as Date of Birth 13/08/1880 & 18/08/1880 (as per war service record) 12/08/1880 (as per headstone inscription) Place of Birth Achmelvich, Scotland, United Kingdom Date of Death 11/06/1954 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19540024 Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Teinangaro ki raro te Moana Matake'u Tuka (wife), (aka Teina J Tuka Munro as per headstone inscription) Donald Munro (father) Margaret McLeod (mother) Link to Online Service Record Additional Information Link to war service record - click on third image to open up full record: http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=pffww&id=206939&lang=eng 'The Drovers Son and the Polynesian Princess' https://www.historylinksarchive.org.uk/pictures/document/11500.pdf?r=25797 Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Portrait image source: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5683251 Further Links https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5683251 Previous Next

Only one name recorded on enlistmentMAKIROA16/1214 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 Recorded (as per enlistment record) MAKIROA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1214 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Makiroa TAMAIVA Makiroa CUTHERS Date of Birth 17/05/1893 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 30/11/1940 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19400671 Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tamaiva Teava (father), William Cuthers (adopted father), Koi (mother), Tutevera Heather (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20678729 Additional Information Enlisted 28 September 1915 in Rarotonga. Disembarked ex SS Navua at Suez 15 March 1916 to embark for France with the New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion 9 April 1916. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and embarked for Egypt 21 January 1918 to disembark at Alexandria 4 February 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 15 February 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as 'M. CUTHERS'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next