TauKOPUNGAITI16/1207 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tau Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KOPUNGAITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1207 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tauiti KOPUNGAITI Date of Birth 19/06/1878 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 22/02/1949 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19490034 Headstone/Grave Location On the left side of the road driving from the airport to Oneroa near Atuakoro Landing, Oneroa Road, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Miria (adopted father), Mangaia, Vaiamaiti (mother), Rakaiti (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10094948 Additional Information Enlisted 27 September 1915 in Rarotonga. On transfer of the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion to France, he had some time in hospital due to bronchitis. Served in the battalion in France until 6 December 1916 when he was posted to the New Zealand Employment Company. Attached to the New Zealand Engineer Tunnelling Company 8 December 1916 until being evacuated to 1st South African Field Ambulance on 25 December 1916. Evacuated to the UK on the hospital ship Formosa and the 1st New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst 19 January 1917 and to the New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch 21 February 1917. Declared medically unfit due to bronchitis and embarked for New Zealand 21 July 1917 from Plymouth. Discharged 22 November 1917. In April 2023, Mama Tangata Tako took us to the burial site where Private T. RAIVARU 84565 is buried and told us that Private T. KOPUNGAITI is buried in this site in an unmarked and unknown grave. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TuakanaitiTUIKAA60741  3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tuakanaiti Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TUIKAA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60741 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tuikaa TUAKANAITI Date of Birth 21 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 27/12/1967 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Tuikaa (father), Mangaia, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13497505 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 and disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotonga Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Passed away 27 December 1967 in Rarotonga. The service number for Pte Tuakanaiti TUIKAA (60741) is incorrectly recorded on the military headstone of Pte Taomia URI 60658 These two soldiers are also listed on the Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at the RSA Nikao Rarotonga with the same service number (60741). The correct service number for Pte Taomia URI is 60658. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PaniTURUA19306 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Pani Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TURUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19306 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Turua PANI Date of Birth 1893 Place of Birth Penrhyn, Cook Islands Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Pani (father), Penrhyn, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21354010 Additional Information Enlisted at Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Posted to Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917 and detached to 97th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery 11 October 1917 to 9 November 1917. Discharged 6 April 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

AkiuKOPAKI19257 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Sergeant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Akiu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KOPAKI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19257 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Kopaki AKIU Date of Birth 1892 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location We have received unconfirmed information from a descendant that he died in Papeete, Tahiti on 08/03/1951 Next of Kin Māori (mother), Tainui, Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10892518 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga on 1 June 1916 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp on 9 July 1916. Embarked on SS Manuka at Wellington 16 November 1916 and disembarked in Egypt 27 December 1916 and employed at the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment & Base Depot. On 12 June 1918 he was admitted to the 129th Field Ambulance on with malaria and then transferred to 36th Stationary Hospital Gaza. He was then transferred to 27th General Hospital Abbassia on 27 June 1918 and to the Aotea Convalescent Home Heliopolis on 3 July 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 16 July 1918 and embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board records name as “Corporal K. AKIU” Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as “Corporal KOPAKI” Final rank of Private (previously Sergeant). In December 1918, reverted to Private at own request. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

KauMATENGA5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Kau Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MATENGA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 7 Mar 1898 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 25/12/1943 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19430041 Headstone/Grave Location Mapumai, Atiu, Cook Islands 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

EdwardWESTBROOK16/1229 3rd & 9th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Sergeant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Edward Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) WESTBROOK Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1229 3rd & 9th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also known as Date of Birth 09/11/1890 (as per service record) Place of Birth Samoa Date of Death 17/02/1958 Place of Death Samoa Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Magiagi Cemetery, Apia, Samoa Next of Kin G.E.L. Westbrook (father), Samoa Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12401416 Additional Information Enlisted 26 October 1915 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. His occupation was a wheelwright. Promoted to Corporal at Narrow Neck Camp and embarked for Egypt 4 February 1916 on SS Navua, arriving on 15 March 1916. Re-embarked for France 9 April 1916 and was posted to New Zealand Pioneer Battalion. He embarked in the United Kingdom on SS Arawa 14 July 1916 to return to New Zealand with the Niueans and disembark in New Zealand 4 August 1916. He reported back to duty at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 25 September 1916 and embarked on SS Tofua 14 October 1916 to disembark in Plymouth, United Kingdom 29 December 1916. He left for France 1 February 1917 and was posted to New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 28 February 1917. He was detached to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and embarked for Egypt 21 January 1918 arriving at Alexandria 4 February 1918 and then posted to the Rarotongan Company on 5 March 1918. He returned on SS Malta and was discharged in New Zealand 7 March 1919. Served as Mayor of Aleise, Samoa from 1948. He died in Samoa 17 February 1958. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Image credits: Annie Caffery Petaia Further Links Previous Next

AbelaTOARERE60644 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Abela Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TOARERE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60644 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Apera TOAERE (as per military headstone) Date of Birth 20/09/1898 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 15/12/1929 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19290150 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Toarere (father), Aitutaki, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12405385 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Marched in at Ismailia and posted to Training Unit. Posted to 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

AdolpheMULLER16/1538 New Zealand Maori Pioneer) Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Adolphe Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MULLER Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1538 New Zealand Maori Pioneer) Battalion Rarotongan Company Also known as Adolph MULLER Date of Birth 28/07/1895 (as per service record) Place of Birth Tonga Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Philipp Gotthard Muller (born Zug Switzerland) and Lauititi O Manono Filomena (Laukiki) (born Samoa), (parents) Miki Muller (brother), Nuku'alofa, Tonga Mel Tatafu Fotofili (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20475900 Additional Information https://kavafarm.com/kava-family-tradition/ "Philipp and Lauititi (Laukiki) married on the 6 April 1889. They had two children in Vava’u, Michael Maria and Johanna. The family then moved to Tongatapu on the 24 October 1891 where the remaining 7 children were born; Robert, Franz, Adolph, Carolina, Michaela, Johann Friedrich and Ana. Of the 9 children, 7 were sent to Switzerland and the remaining 2 were Franz and Adolph. Adolph also planted kava in his residence in Fatai and they were much larger than the average Kava plants. Adolph’s Kava were mainly used as offerings for the royal family of Tonga." https://kanivatonga.co.nz/2018/04/tongans-remember-volunteers-from-the-islands-who-served-in-first-world-war/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links Previous Next

TaioriPAKU84544 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Taiori Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PAKU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84544 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 03/03/1920 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19200095 Headstone/Grave Location Headstone is on Rarotonga with family (2024) Next of Kin Paku Tamauti (father), Takaiti (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19861586 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga 12 June 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 10 July 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918. Date of death: 3/3/1920 (as per Cook Islands death register) 15/12/1918 (as per headstone inscription) Pte. Taiori Paku is a brother of Pte. Teariki Kaokore Paku 19311. 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

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

TaereTEAEA60662 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Taere Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEAEA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60662 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 23 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 02/01/1928 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19280469 Headstone/Grave Location Arutanga, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Teaea (father), Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14318088 Additional Information Enlisted 13 March 1918. Disembarked SS Port Lyttleton at Suez 4 August 1918. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Contracted malaria and admitted to 33rd Casualty Clearing Station, Beirut and returned from Beirut to Alexandria by sea 22 November 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

PokoroaTEREPII19315 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Pokoroa Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEREPII Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19315 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Terepii POKOROA Tere POKOROA Date of Birth 02/08/1896 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 03/11/1948 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19480062 Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (behind Kavera Meeting House) Next of Kin Pokoroa (father), Taringa (mother), Upokoroa (brother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9995846 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 at Rarotonga. Disembarked at Suez 27 December 1916 and joined the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Admitted to 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital at El Arish on 13 August 1917 and transferred to 27th General Hospital 18 August 1917. Admitted to Aotea Convalescent Home from 24 August 1917 to 8 September 1917 and rejoined the Rarotongan Company 14 September 1917. Detached to 97th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery from 11 October 1917 to 9 November 1917. Admitted to 44th Stationary Hospital with diarrhoea 20 November 1917 and transferred to 27th General Hospital, Abbassia 24 November 1917 before rejoining the Company 10 December 1917.Admitted to 77th Casualty Clearing Station at Jaffa on 19 May 1918 with haemoptysis and on 22 May 1918 was transferred to 47th Stationary Hospital Gaza before being transferred to 27th General Hospital between 30 May 1918 to 5 June 1918. From 12 June 1918 to 4 July 1918 he was at a rest camp at Ismailia. 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

AioTARIPO60727 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Aio Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TARIPO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60727 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 11/11/1898 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 30/08/1959 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19590057 Headstone/Grave Location Taputapuatea Burial Ground, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Taripo (father) born Tahiti, Society Islands, Tauira (mother) born Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19445958 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918. Disembarked in Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted to hospital 26 September 1918 and again with pyrexia in Gaza 30 September 1918 and with malaria 1 October 1918. Discharged to duty 2 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14th of December 1918. Discharged 20th of March 1919. Date of death: 30/08/1959 (as per Cook Islands death register) 31/08/1959 (as per military headstone) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

KaiMATAITI19250 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Kai Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MATAITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19250 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 1887 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 16/02/1918 Place of Death Cairo, Egypt Death Registration Number NZ1918/78098 Headstone/Grave Location Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) Next of Kin Mrs Te Pai Rua Mata (mother), Oneroa, Mangaia, Cook Islands, Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10428284 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Posted to Rarotongan Company at Belah, Palestine 25 August 1917. Admitted to 77th Casualty Clearing Station Jaffa with fever 11 February 1918. Died 16 February 1918 and buried 17 February 1918 in the Ramleh War Cemetery, Chaplain J. MacBeath officiating. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/652878/kai-mataiti/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Headstone image source: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/kai-mataiti Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/652878/kai-mataiti/ Further Links N/A Previous Next

TereKAINUKU5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Acting Sergeant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tere Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KAINUKU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 14/01/1890 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 11/07/1975 Place of Death Tokoroa, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1975/43661 Headstone/Grave Location Tokoroa Cemetery, Tokoroa, New Zealand 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

RautiIRO60675 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Rauti Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) IRO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60675 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 24/06/1955 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19550032 Headstone/Grave Location Angaroa Rd, Titikaveka, Rarotonga Next of Kin Iro (father), Titikareki, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record Additional Information Date of death: 24/06/1955 (as per Cook Islands death register) 25/06/1955 (as per military 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

PipikiMUITI19295 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Pipiki Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MUITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19295 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 1896 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 25/05/1963 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19630025 Headstone/Grave Location Takuvaine Valley Cemetery, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Mrs Tangi (wife), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20477157 Additional Information Enlisted 1 June 1916 and arrived in Egypt 27 December 1916. Posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot from 27 December 1916 to 27 July 1918 in Moascar and Gaza. On 27 July 1918 until 12 August 1918 he was admitted to the 44th Stationary Hospital with sandfly fever. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 30 August 1918. Embarked on the SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Service number on headstone is recorded incorrectly as 192925. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

James DobsonCAMPBELL12/1578 Auckland Infantry Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements Also served in WWII: NZ405206 Flying Officer Royal New Zealand Air Force < Back Highest Rank Lieutenant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) James Dobson Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) CAMPBELL Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 12/1578 Auckland Infantry Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements Also served in WWII: NZ405206 Flying Officer Royal New Zealand Air Force Also known as Date of Birth 06/02/1890 Place of Birth Lurgan, Armagh, Northern Ireland Date of Death 13/11/1970 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1970/48999 Headstone/Grave Location There are memorials in Turoa Rarotonga for J.D. Campbell and his wife. We are seeking family confirmation that their ashes are interred at this location. Next of Kin Upokotiao Tiao Nicholas Manavaroa Campbell, wife Tauariki Esme Campbell, Te Vaine Moeroa Ki Taputapuatea Campbell, Moeroa (Te Vahine Kitaputa) Campbell, children Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12344035"https://natlib.govt.nz/records/30654024 Additional Information In 1922, he formed the RSA in the Cook Islands and was elected as its first president, a position he held for many years. Awarded an M.B.E. and was the Commissioner of Scouts for Cook Islands Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links https://jf-stamps.dk/en-gb/lot/92002/cook-islands-1960-scouts-postcard-foto-type-with-captain-j-d-campbell-m-b-e Previous Next