Eric LewisGRANT19458 12th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Eric Lewis Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) GRANT Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19458 12th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also Known As Date of Birth 19/08/1896 Place of Birth Suva, Fiji Date of Death 3/10/1965 Place of Death Suva, Fiji Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Peter Grant (father), Suva, Fiji Louisa Rae Grant (wife), Suva, Fiji Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18741927 Additional Information Enlisted 18 September 1916, arrived at Sling Camp 28 March 1917 and posted to the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion in France 14 September 1917. Then transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918, embarked for Egypt 21 January 1918. Served with the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment & Base Depot and with the Rarotongan Company from 17 May 1918. Returned to New Zealand on SS Malta and discharged 7 March 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links Previous Next

NakuNGATI60770 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Naku Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) NGATI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60770 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 28/12/1892 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 16/02/1975 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19750031 Headstone/Grave Location Muri, Ngatangiia, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tupu (aka Tupuariki) Peipei Ngati (wife), Tupu Ngati (mother), Tekatupu (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11424855 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga 9 February 1918 and at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Disembarked at Suez ex. SS Port Lyttleton 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 December 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

RoriniKINO60739 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Rorini Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) KINO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60739 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Rorani KINO Date of Birth 26 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 20/08/1938 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19380433 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Poiri Kino, Vaine (wife), Rarotonga, Kino (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10889168 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Embarked at Wellington 13 June 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 15 November 1918. Embarked at Beirut 22 November 1918 and arrived at Alexandria 24 November 1918 where he was admitted to 17th General Hospital with severe malaria. 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

RuaitiNGAUITI60731 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ruaiti Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) NGAUITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60731 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Materuaiti NGAUITI Date of Birth About 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 01/11/1928 (as per headstone inscription) Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Attested at Rarotonga 4 February 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Embarked SS Manuka to Sydney 16 June 1918 and disembarked at Sydney 18 June 1918. Embarked SS Port Lyttleton at Sydney 24 June 1916. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and marched in and posted to Training Regiment at Ismailia. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted to hospital 24 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918. Admitted to Ship's Hospital at Sea 22 January 1919. Discharged 20 March 1919. Military headstone located at Cook Islands Christian Church, Ivirua, Mangaia, Cook Islands. Burial location unknown. Next of Kin Taratangi Ngauiti (wife), Titikaveka, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18781510 Additional Information We have found another document that records the date of death as 22/12/1928 Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MataputaSAMUELA60786 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Mataputa Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) SAMUELA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60786 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Manavaroa Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 22/10/1946 Place of Death Mauke, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MAUK19460014 Headstone/Grave Location Catholic Cemetery, Araki, Mauke, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tamuera (father), Katera (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19365643 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 11 February 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Moved by ship from Beirut to Alexandria by SS Duncluse Castle 25-27 November 1918, and then to Suez to board SS Malta for the return to New Zealand on 14 December 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919. Mataputa Samuela’s military headstone order document records his date of death as 3 March 1946. Our research of the Cook Islands death register has revealed that his probable date of death is 22 October 1946. The death record on this date names the parents as “Samuela/Tamuera” and “Kathleen/Katera” which matches his service record, and his brother Samuela Ariki (brother) was the informant of death. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at the RSA Nikao Rarotonga and his military headstone record name as 'M. Samuel'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

BenjaminWISE20803 9th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Benjamin Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) WISE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 20803 9th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also Known As Date of Birth 22/07/1895 Place of Birth Levuka, Fiji Date of Death 13/09/1955 Place of Death Suva, Fiji Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin George Wise (father), Levuka, Fiji Josephine Rounds (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20150063 Additional Information Enlisted 19 July 1916 at Narrow Neck Camp. Embarked on HMNZT No.67 Tofua in Auckland 14 October 1916 and disembarked at Plymouth, United Kingdom 29 March 1916. Posted to New Zealand Pioneer Battalion in France 28 February 1917. In late 1917 he was admitted to a number of medical facilities in United Kingdom and rejoined the New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion in France 26 April 1918. Transferred to Rarotongan Company and moved from Etaples to Marseille with Private Meredith and to Egypt 7 May 1918. Posted to Rarotongan Company 3 July 1918. Returning home was sick on SS Malta and was off-loaded for medical treatment and quarantine at Fremantle, Australia on 12 January 1919. Arrived in Auckland on SS Manuka 13 March 1919 and discharged 28 April 1919. Returned to Fiji May 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links Previous Next

George JoshuaSKUDDER22460 16th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, New Zealand Māori Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank: Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) George Joshua Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) SKUDDER Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 22460 16th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, New Zealand Māori Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also Known As Date of Birth 22/06/1894 Place of Birth Tonga Date of Death 09/06/1966 Place of Death Kingsland, Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1966/29302 Headstone/Grave Location Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Area 11 Block A Lot No 315 Next of Kin George Charles Skudder (father), Nuku'alofa, Tonga Mary Louisa Cocker (mother) Mary Tonga (Mele Tonga) Prescott (wife) married 9/05/1921, in Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu, Tonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20906160 Additional Information Enlisted 10 April 1916. Embarked for the United Kingdom with the 16th Reinforcements 19 August 1916 and proceeded to active service in France on 15 November 1916 as a Private in the 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment. Transferred to the New Zealand (Māori) Pioneer Battalion 1 January 1918 and then detached to the Rarotongan Company. Embarked for Egypt 21 January 1918 and promoted to Lance Corporal June 1918. Between July and November held the temporary rank of Corporal. Became ill in Palestine November 1918 and was admitted to hospital, subsequently being evacuated to Egypt by sea and then to New Zealand, where he was finally discharged on 7 March 1919. His cause of death was classified by the War Pensions Board as attributable to illness contracted while on active service. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links https://malotonga.com/1HohokoCockersofTonga.html Previous Next

TeavaeAMENE19235 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Teavae Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) AMENE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19235 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Amene TEAVAE Date of Birth 1888 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 18/08/1956 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19560053 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Across the road from the Hartel Shop in Tupapa near the fishing club. Next of Kin Rangi (brother), Rarotonga. Raapa (mother), Te Arae (father), Rangi Teavae (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11490332 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 in Rarotonga and was discharged as medically unfit. Headstone records his service as 'Home Service'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TuaraeTITORU5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tuarae Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TITORU 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 26/07/1950 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19500014 Headstone/Grave Location Vaipae, Aitutaki, Cook Islands, 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

KapiPUTOKO60759 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Kapi Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) PUTOKO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60759 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 29 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 20/07/1943 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19430232 Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Vainetaae Putoko (wife), Putoko (father), Raera (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11247001 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918 and embarked from Wellington 13 June 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Reported sick 24 October 1918 and transferred from Haifa on Hospital Ship Assaye 7 November 1918. Disembarked at Alexandria and admitted to hospital at Abbassia. Embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918 for New Zealand 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

TauVAROVARO19328 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tau Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) VAROVARO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 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

Only one name recorded on enlistmentMATAPUTA16/1213 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) MATAPUTA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 16/1213 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Mataputa a NOO Date of Birth 22 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 05/03/1916 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Devonport (O’Neill’s Point) Cemetery, Bayswater, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Noo (parent), Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record Additional Information Died from phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis) while undergoing training with Māori Contingent Reinforcements in New Zealand. Commonwealth War Graves Commission listing: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/642928/mataputa/ No online war service record. Not listed on the Atiu cenotaph April 2019. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/642928/mataputa/ Further Links N/A Previous Next

AkatauinaTU19322 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Akatauina Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19322 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Tu AKATAUINA Tu AKETAUINA Tu TEKEITANA Tu TUKEITANA Ukaitaua AKETAUINA Date of Birth 1895 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 26/03/1924 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Behind the Cook Islands Christian Church, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Akatauina (father), Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21345296 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 and was posted to the Rarotongan Company 4 January 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919 after serving with the NZEF for a total of two years and 255 days. Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board records his name as 'T. Aketauina'. Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as 'Akatauina Tu'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

JohnROPU16/1194 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) John Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) ROPU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 16/1194 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 21/02/1895 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 16/12/1970 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19700116 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (opposite Club Raro resort) Next of Kin Ropu (adopted father) Avarua, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19333767 Additional Information Enlisted 27 September 1915 in Rarotonga. Disembarked ex Navua at Suez 15 March 1916 and embarked for France 9 April 1916. Admitted to No. 2 Field Hospital 21 June 1916 and discharged 29 June 1916. Joined the Pioneer Battalion 28 July 1916. Admitted to 55th Casualty Clearing Station 29 April 1917 and a number of hospitals and convalescent hospitals until 8 September 1917. Detached to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918, embarked for Egypt 21 January 1918 and was posted to the Rarotongan Company 5 March 1918. Injured knee while playing football at Auja Ammunition Dump on 11 April 1918 and admitted to 44th Stationary Hospital. Embarked per SS Malta for New Zealand 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Cpl John Ropu had two brothers who also enlisted during WWI: TUTAVAKE 16/1220 Rima RAA 60689 Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PuipuiMAKA84527 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Puipui Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) MAKA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 84527 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 25 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 19/03/1956 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19560024 Headstone/Grave Location Areora, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of Kin Maka (father) and Tikiata (mother), Tikiata Aukino (sister) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20678391 Additional Information Attested 12 June 1918 in Rarotonga and enlisted 10 July 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Discharged 7 December 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TurangataiKAKAO60735 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Turangatai Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) KAKAO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60735 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 34 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 2/10/1948 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19480018 Headstone/Grave Location Military headstone memorial in Ivirua CICC grounds, Ivirua, Mangaia, Cook Islands. Burial location unknown. Next of Kin Rimaongo (sister), Mangaia Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9960025 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga 12 February 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918.Embarked 13 June 1918 for Egypt. Disembarked 4 August 1918 at Suez. 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

John WillieVEA60839 Maori Reinforcements 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) John Willie Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) VEA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60839 Maori Reinforcements 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Sione Uili VEA Date of Birth 19/12/1894 Place of Birth Ha'apai, Tonga Date of Death 05/04/1951 Place of Death Nukualofa, Tonga Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Telekava, Nuku'alofa, Tonga Next of Kin Sela Otoota Vea (wife), Nukualofa, Tonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE17270508 Additional Information Living in New Zealand and employed as a medical student at time of enlistment 11 May 1918 in Auckland. Enlisted into the Māori Reinforcements and then transferred to the 4th Rarotongan Contingent 7 July 1918. Discharged 5 December 1918. Listed on Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA, Nikao Rarotonga as 'J.W. VEA'. Biography written by his granddaughter Lusitania Vete-Feki and reproduced here with permission: 'I never had the privilege of meeting my Grandfather Uili although I have come to know a lot about him from family members and relatives of both his mum and his dad and of course from my mum. However, Grandma Tupou in my memory, never talked about him, I wonder why. Uili was said to be someone of so many characters. He was a medical student, a soldier in the NZ Army, a Lawyer and he was often referred to as a Setuata (Steward). I'm still not sure why he was described as a Steward. Anyway, what I know of him, I will try to give you an idea what was he like. He was born 19 December 1894. Parents were Filipe Vea and Lesieli Fiotu'u Langi-Vea. Don't really know where he was educated, but he must have been well educated, could be at St Andrews College as his Aunt Tautala ki Lakepa Langi (mother Lesieli F Langi's sister) was married to Y. Sang Mark, who was the first teacher to start this Anglican Church school and not to forget his father Filipe Vea was the first Tongan Deacon of the Anglican Church. But it doesn't really matter, all I could say, Grandfather Uili was a very clever man. On 18 March 1918, he applied for a passport to go to Auckland and on his application, it was stated, a medical student, age 23 years old. His application was witnessed by Y. Sang Mark. From the Archives NZ. reference: BBAO 5552/5a page 121: It appeared that Uili (J.W. Vea, he was called) Departed Tonga on the vessel "TALUNE" and arrived in Auckland 02 April 1918 (Notes: Male. Age 23 Occupation: MED STUDENT. Place of Birth TONGA.) Military Record I could see from his Military Record it said that he entered NZ on 11 May 1918, so I guess he pretty much went straight into the Army (NZ Expeditionary Force) this was of course during World War I (1914-1918). Uili returned to Tonga to his wife Sela 'Oto'ota 'One one whom he married 1917 before he left for NZ. Uili and Sela had their son Samiuela Loni (Ron) Vea Snr on the 12 April 1927. Maybe, Grandfather Uili started his journey to become a Lawyer at this time. Maybe he was influenced by his Uncle Taukolo Langi, who was a Lawyer already, to become one. Taukolo Langi was Uili's mum's brother. I never knew of any other Court Cases represented by Uili except one. In the Land Court 1937 between Siu Pangia and Kalaniuvalu. Uili Vea was the Lawyer for Siu Pangia. Sela 'One'One Vea died 1 September 1947 and Uili married Salote Fetutuki 'One'one, Sela's sister but they didn't have any children. Fetutuki passed away 1950. Grandpa Uili passed away 5 April 1951 and they are all buried at Telekava Cemetery (Tonga).' Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References All images courtesy of granddaughter Lusitania Vete-Feki Further Links Previous Next

PakuTEARIKI19311 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Paku Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TEARIKI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19311 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Teariki PAKU Paku Teariki KAOKORE Date of Birth 1896 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 01/03/1954 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19540029 Headstone/Grave Location Ngatiarua, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of Kin Ratapu (mother), Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11214095 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916 and disembarked 1916 ex SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916. Employed with the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Embarked on SS Malta for New Zealand 14th December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Rarotonga records name as 'T PAKU'. Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as 'TEARIKI PAKU'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next