BaisleyLEGER16/1315 3rd & 9th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Sergeant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Baisley Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) LEGER Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1315 3rd & 9th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also known as Date of Birth 12/10/1894 (as per war service record) Place of Birth Samoa Date of Death 30/03/1973 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1973/27548 Headstone/Grave Location Waikumete Cemetery & Crematorium Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand Service Persons Area M, Row 12, Plot 111 Next of Kin Kate Leger (sister) Auckland New Zealand James Paul Leger (father), Nuku'alofa, Tonga Mrs B Mollerup (Next of Kin on death notification in service record) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12315743 Additional Information Born in Samoa but living in Tonga since 1897. Enlisted 20 October 1915 into A Squadron 9th New Zealand Mounted Rifle Reinforcements and then 6 November 1915 transferred to 3rd Māori Contingent at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp. Promoted to Sergeant 31 December 1915. Embarked at Wellington for Egypt 5 February 1916 and arrived at Suez 15 March 1916 then moved to UK to arrive in France 9 April 1916. On 13 June 1916 was in the New Zealand Convalescent Hospital due to illness. On 14 July 1917 he was medically downgraded and embarked for New Zealand on SS Arawa and reported for duty at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp 25 September 1916. Embarked again with 9th Māori Reinforcements 11 October 1916 and joined New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 28 February 1917. On 26 June 1917 he was WIA due to gas and evacuated to 7th Field Ambulance and then a Convalescent Hospital in France. Rejoined the battalion 9 August 1917. He was posted to Egypt 14 January 1918 and joined the Rarotongan Company 5 March 1918. He was appointed the Company Quarter Master Sergeant after WOII Carl Masters 19237 was made the Company Sergeant Major 13 July 1917. Sick 15 July 1918 and admitted to 48th Stationary Hospital, Gaza 20 July 1918 and then to 27th Stationary Hospital, Kantara with conjunctivitis. Embarked to return as an invalid on SS Malta 14 December 1918. Discharged 7 July 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Image source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/253649014/baisley-leger Further Links https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/leger-brothers "In January 1918 the brothers were among the Pacific Islanders from the New Zealand (Māori) Pioneer Battalion sent from France to join the Rarotongan Company in Palestine. They served with this unit until the war ended" https://kanivatonga.co.nz/2024/04/tongans-remember-volunteers-from-the-islands-who-served-in-first-world-war-2/ Baisley Leger was the son of James Paul Leger and Mereste Magila Tiumala, both born in Samoa but living in Nuku’alofa since 1897. He was a boat builder who enlisted in New Zealand in 1915, with the Rarotongans attached to B company, 3rd Maori Contingent. He served as a Sergeant and was wounded in a gas attack and evacuated to the 7th Field Ambulance, then to a Convalescent Hospital in France. He married Sela Vete in 1920 and they travelled to New Zealand in 1920. He later married Amelia Toli. He died in Auckland in 1973. https://matangitonga.to/2015/09/05/smashed-cenotaph-sad-and-possibly-illegal Previous Next

Only one name recorded on enlistmentTEMARU19307 2nd 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) TEMARU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19307 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Temaru NGAAU Ngaau TEMARU Date of Birth 05/03/1896 Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 29/05/1953 Place of Death Mauke, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MAUK19530004 Headstone/Grave Location Liverpool, Oiretumu, Mauke, Cook Islands Next of Kin Ngaau (father), Mauke, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19712583 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Disembarked ex SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 14 April 1917. Discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour records name as 'T. Ngaau'. 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 Recorded (as per enlistment record) WISE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 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

GeorgeCRAIG861 (South African War) 3rd New Zealand Contingent (Surgeon Captain) 12/360 (WWI) New Zealand Medical Corps, 1st Field Ambulance < Back Highest Rank Lieutenant Colonel First Name/s (as per enlistment record) George Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) CRAIG Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 861 (South African War) 3rd New Zealand Contingent (Surgeon Captain) 12/360 (WWI) New Zealand Medical Corps, 1st Field Ambulance Also known as Date of Birth 10/02/1868 Birth Entry ID: 1056455 Birth Index ID: 2819686 Place of Birth Edinburgh, Scotland Date of Death 17/06/1947 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1947/20060 Headstone/Grave Location Cremated at Waikumete Cemetery & Crematorium Next of Kin James Craig (father) Euphemia Craig (mother) Hilda Johnstone Gudgeon (wife) married 1902. Hilda was the daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Walter Edward Gudgeon who in August 1898 was appointed British Resident in the Cook Islands prior to annexation. Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10200328 Additional Information Educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh, and Edinburgh University, graduating as Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery in 1890 https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C36242: "March 1897 he and brother William worked as surgeons on a ship in the Pacific Islands and then became medical officers in the Cook Islands. George was elected to the Cook Islands parliament in 1898 as member for Atiu and Mitiaro, Cook Islands." Awards: Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) DSO: London Gazette, 1 January 1919. Citation: "For distinguished service in connection with military operations in France and Flanders." Queen's South Africa Medal (Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill clasps) 1914-1915 Star British War Medal (1914-1920) Victory Medal with oak leaf New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Twice London Gazette 5 August 1915, p7669 | London Gazette 31 December 1918, p15231 Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C36242 Further Links N/A Previous Next

UPARIAU5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) U Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PARIAU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Unknown Link to Online Service Record Additional Information 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

TearikiPAEA5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Teariki Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PAEA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 23/07/1963 Place of Death Mauke, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MAUK19630003 Headstone/Grave Location Catholic Cemetery, Araki, Mauke, Cook Islands Next of Kin Unknown Link to Online Service Record Additional Information Enlisted 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. Date of death: 23/07/1963 (as per Cook Islands death register) 22/07/1963 (as per headstone) 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

MakikeTAIANU19325 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Makike Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TAIANU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19325 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Taianu MAKIKE Date of Birth 1896 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 07/11/1952 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19520017 Headstone/Grave Location Headstone location: Teenui Village, Atiu Grave location unknown Next of Kin Makike (father), Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18646036 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 and posted to the Rarotongan Company 11 January 1918. Returned to 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

MetuangaPEPE19291 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Metuanga Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PEPE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19291 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Pepe METUANGA Date of Birth 1894 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Ngariki Bishop (guardian), Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10856701 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Disembarked Suez 27 December 1916. Discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board records his name as 'P. Metuanga'. Not listed on the Atiu cenotaph April 2019. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

NgatitautuTAI60717 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ngatitautu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TAI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60717 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Ngati Tautu TAI Date of Birth 26 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 14/04/1962 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19620036 Headstone/Grave Location Ruatonga, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Pukaia (wife), Tai (father), Te Paeru (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18646175 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Returned to New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Date of death: 14/04/1962 (as per Cook Islands death register) 15/04/1962 (as per military headstone) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TauANIVA60683 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tau Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) ANIVA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60683 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rurutu, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of Death 1965 Place of Death Rurutu, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Aniva (father), Rurutu, Pua (mother), Rurutu Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11188788 Additional Information Working in Rarotonga at time of enlistment. Enlisted 12 March 1918. Embarked on SS Manuka at Wellington 13 June 1918. Disembarked at Suez and posted to the Rarotongan Company 4 August 1918. Embarked on SS Malta for New Zealand 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

TunuPARAU60668 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tunu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PARAU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60668 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Teuru PARAU TeUnu PARAU Date of Birth 30 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 06/04/1955 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19550002 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tumataiapo (brother), Tupapa, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9985564 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918 and was posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. He was sick on SS Malta and was quarantined for medical treatment at Fremantle, Australia on 12 January 1919. Returned to New Zealand via Sydney 7 May 1919 and discharged on 9 July 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

EdmundDUFFY16/1384 4th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Edmund Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) DUFFY Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1384 4th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also known as Lavea Date of Birth 18/07/1893 1887 (as per headstone inscription) Place of Birth Nanumea, Tuvalu, Ellice Islands Date of Death 1971 Place of Death Apia, Samoa Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Samoa Next of Kin A. Duffy (brother), Apia, Samoa Rosa (wife, as per headstone inscirption) His father was of Irish descent, and his mother Cook Islands descent. Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12408007 Additional Information Enlisted 3 February 1916. Embarked Wellington SS Mokoia 3 May 1916, disembarked Suez 3 May 1916 and then disembarked Southampton, United Kingdom 7 Augut 1916, and posted to New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 9 September 1916. WIA (wounded in action) with a GSW (gun shot wound) to left arm on 10 June 1917 and admitted to 9th Australian Field Ambulance then 32nd Stationary Hospital Wimereux, France. Then moved to 2nd New Zealand General Hospital at Brockenhurst and then to the New Zealand Convalescent Hospital. Rejoined the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 25 December 1917. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and departed for Egypt. Joined the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment & Base Depot 15 February 1918 and joined the Rarotongan Company 17 May 1918. Returned to New Zealand via SS Malta. Discharged in New Zealand 7 March 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Image source: https://digitalnz.org/ (Auckland Libraries Heritage Images Collection) No known copyright restrictions Further Links Previous Next

KaARUAKE84547 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ka Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) ARUAKE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84547 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Ka Iosua Aruake MANUELA Date of Birth 22/05/1897 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 29/11/1944 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19441120 Headstone/Grave Location Nikaupara, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Aruake Manuela (father), Mere (aka Emere Strickland) (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10183452 Additional Information Enlisted 10 July 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 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

TaiNICHOLAS60677 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tai Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NICHOLAS Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60677 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tai KAITARA Date of Birth 22 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 11/01/1946 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19460170 Headstone/Grave Location Ruatonga, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Kikaitara Nicholas (father), Avatiu, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19805340 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per 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

KeuWILLIAM60700 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Keu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) WILLIAM Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60700 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as William KEU Date of Birth 21 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 29/11/1970 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19700102 Headstone/Grave Location Panama Catholic Cemetery, Panama, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Unmarked grave. Next of Kin William (father), Mauke, Cook Islands, Pue (mother), Mauke, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24474135 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted to the 33rd Casualty Clearing Stations in Beirut and assessed as dangerously ill. Out of danger, he sailed from Beirut on 14 November 1918 for Alexandria and was admitted to 21st General Hospital, Cairo. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918. Discharged 20th of March 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

VRU5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) V Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) RU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Vaa RUU Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 07/09/1959 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19590023 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Unknown Link to Online Service Record Additional Information Possible AKA's (family to confirm) Vaa RU Vaa a TUAAPAI 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

TuanuRIMA60695 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tuanu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) RIMA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60695 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tuanuiti RIMA Date of Birth 25 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 11/12/1928 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19280029 Headstone/Grave Location Opposite Tikura Community Hall, Oneroa, Mangaia Next of Kin Ngaupoka Rima (wife), Mangaia, Rima (father), Atiu, Ngau (mother), Mangaia Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE17483706 Additional Information Enlisted 4 February 1918 at Rarotonga and at Narrow Neck Military Training Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted to various hospitals at Jaffa, Gaza and Kantara from 25 to 30 September 1918 and was then discharged to duty. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. One child documented on enlistment - Tutai, born 1915. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

ItiTAU19336 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Iti Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TAU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19336 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tau ITI Date of Birth 09/12/1895 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 13/04/1927 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (family plot behind BT Rentals) Next of Kin Rata (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10105572 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 and disembarked at the Suez 27 December 1916. Posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Joined the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Admitted to 33rd Casualty Clearing Station at Jaffa 17 August 1918 and transferred to the 24th Stationary Hospital, Kantara 20 August 1918. Transferred back to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Depot at Moascar 22 August 1918 before rejoining the Rarotongan Company 1 October 1918. Admitted to the 26th Casualty Clearing Station 13 November 1918 with influenza. 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