AriaKAITEPERE60755 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Aria Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KAITEPERE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60755 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Kaitapere ARIA Date of Birth About 23 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 21/11/1945 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19450017 Headstone/Grave Location Military headstone memorial in Tamarua CICC grounds. Tamarua Village, Mangaia, Cook Islands. Burial location unknown. Next of Kin Tuamuna Kaitepere, Vaine (wife), Atiu, Cook Islands, Kai-tapere (father) and Mai-Kai (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19051519 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga February 1918 and at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Disembarked from Port Lyttleton at Suez August 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company September 1918. On 3 November 1918 was admitted to the 33rd Hospital in Haifa with dysentery and then evacuated on the hospital ship Assaye 7 November 1918 to Alexandria and admitted to 87th General Hospital. Returned to New Zealand on SS Malta and discharged on 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Death Register records date of death as 21/01/1945 which our research leads us to believe is incorrect and should be 21/11/1945 as per military headstone. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as 'K. ARIA'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MakitaeRIMA60773 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Makitae Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) RIMA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60773 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Rima MAKITAE Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 14/02/1950 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG1950024A Headstone/Grave Location Maungainano, Tavaenga, Oneroa, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Rima (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19603635 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga 4 February 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to Rarotongan Company 18 September 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 'R. Makitae'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

UaongoAVIRIA60667 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Uaongo Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) AVIRIA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60667 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth January 1897 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 20/09/1980 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19800048 Headstone/Grave Location RSA, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Aviria (father), Mangaia, Mau (mother), Mangaia Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11354853 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918, embarked 13 June 1918 and disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted to the 76th Casualty Clearing Station on 1 October 1918 with measles. Transferred to 48th Stationary Hospital in Gaza, the 49th Stationary Hospital on 17 October 1918 and to the 24th Stationary Hospital at Chanbra, Cairo 20 October 1918. Discharged to Aotea Convalescent Home 8 November 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and was discharged from the NZEF 20 March 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

ParkerSKEEN16/1539 5th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Parker Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) SKEEN Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1539 5th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also known as Parker Stout SKEEN Date of Birth 10/05/1896 Place of Birth Apia, Tuamasaga, Upolu, Samoa Date of Death 04/08/1985 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1985/39430 Headstone/Grave Location Mangere Lawn Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Robert Lowis Skeen (father), former Chief Justice of Tonga Eliza Fruean (mother) Winifred O'Neill Skeen (wife) Mrs Jessie Tarr (sister) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24551932 Additional Information Attested in Tonga 8 April 1916. Embarked 29 July 1916 and disembarked Devonport, UK, on 28 September 1916. Embarked for France 10 October 1916 and posted to New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 21 October 1916. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918, joined New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment & Base Depot in Moascar, Egypt 5 February 1918 and was again posted to the Rarotongan Company on 2 April 1918. Returned to New Zealand on SS Malta and discharged 10 March 1919 in New Zealand. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Headstone image source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226347882/parker-stout-skeen Further Links https://malotonga.com/1HohokoSkeensofTonga. Previous Next

John WilliamALO84584 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) John William Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) ALO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84584 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 13/10/1894 Place of Birth Tonga Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Timote Alo (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11230216 Additional Information Enlisted 17 July 1918 in Palmerston North. Resident of OMS School as a clerical student at Longburn, Palmerston North, New Zealand. Discharged 7/12/1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

KakaMATAPO60713 3rd Rarotongan Contingent   < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Kaka Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MATAPO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60713 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 1901 Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 14/08/1919 Place of Death Featherston, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1919/5994 Headstone/Grave Location Featherston, South Wairarapa District, Wellington, New Zealand Next of Kin Matapo (father), Mauke, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10460896 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand . Admitted to 33rd Casualty Clearing Station at Jaffa 25 September 1918, then to the 27th General Hospital, Abbassia 2 October 1918 with adenitis in the neck. After embarkation on SS Malta was sick and remained in the ships hospital for the return voyage. Admitted to Trentham Camp and later Featherston Camp hospitals. Medical Board at Wellington on 11th of February 1919 indicated tuberculosis on both lungs. Died at Featherston Camp Hospital 14 August 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Headstone image source: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/kaka-matapo Further Links Commonwealth War Grave Commission listing: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/643518/kaka-matapo/ Previous Next

ArthurYANDALL55012 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Arthur Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) YANDALL Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 55012 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also known as Date of Birth 12/12/1890 (as per war service record) Place of Birth Samoa Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Samoa Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Samoa Next of Kin Otto Yandall (brother), Apia, Samoa Mrs A Tattersall (friend), Ponsonby, Auckland Edward Yandall (father), Samoa Mary Yandall (mother), Samoa Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24552390 Additional Information Prior to enlistment served with the Samoa Reserve Force. A resident in New Zealand for one week prior to his enlistment in Auckland on 1 April 1917. Embarked 26 October 1917 and posted to 7th Company 3rd Battalion Wellington Infantry Regiment in France. Admitted to 2nd NZ Field Ambulance sick on 1 January 1918 and was transferred to the 63rd Casualty Clearing Station on 6 January 1918 and then to 13th General Hospital Boulogne on 10 January 1918. After time at 8th Rest Camp when he was transferred to the New Zealand Depot Unit of Supply, Marseille, he transferred to the Rarotongan Company 7 May 1918 and embarked for Egypt 16 May 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 1 July 1918. Returned with Rarotongan Company on SS Malta and discharged in New Zealand on 10 March 1919 stating that he intended to return to Samoa. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links Previous Next

TangataOPUA60760 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tangata Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) OPUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60760 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Opua TANGATA Date of Birth 28 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Manu (sister), Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19845953 Additional Information It appears that this soldier was unfit for service and medically discharged in New Zealand 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 enlistmentTUPU16/1197 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) TUPU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1197 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 1893 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 27/12/1919 (Rarotonga grave) 08/09/1974 (New Zealand grave) Place of Death There are two gravesites for this soldier, one in Rarotonga and one in New Zealand: Tom TUPU (Rarotonga grave) Tetupu-O-Rongo RAKI aka Tupu RAKI/Raki TUPU (New Zealand grave) Death Registration Number Unknown (Rarotonga) NZ1974/38568 (New Zealand) Headstone/Grave Location 1) Behind Kavera Meeting Hall, Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands 2) Papatoetoe Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Ani (mother), Arutanga, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21348776 Additional Information Enlisted 27 September 1915. Embarked for France at Port Said 9 April 916. Medically boarded and found to be unfit for further service. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Rotorua 17 November 1916. Embarked at Wellington for Rarotonga on SS Paloona 1 March 1917. Discharged 26 March 1917. There are two headstone memorials/plaques showing the same service number for this soldier. The name on the granite military headstone in Rarotonga has been defaced. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Piautu MaramaMANI19262 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Piautu Marama Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MANI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19262 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Piautu MANI Marama Piautu MANI Date of Birth 1895 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 17/08/1956 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19560054 Headstone/Grave Location Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Te Peta (mother), Piautu Marama (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20681157 Additional Information Enlisted at Rarotonga 1 July 1916 and arrived in Egypt 27 December 1916. Employed in the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 12 August 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at the RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as 'M. M. Piautu'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C34218?fbclid=IwAR2ORz2hYXZ2s8uSx0N9kvpWLiUWbjNVltMhnABh0xp3UpxX6m4TbpNOJVc Left to right: 19289 - Sgt. Pa George Karika 19244 - Pte. Karika Iaveta (seated) 19262 - Pte. Piautu Marama Mani (Piautu Mani Marama) Further Links N/A Previous Next

GeorgeTUINUKUAFE60798 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) George Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TUINUKUAFE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60798 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as George TU'INUKUAFE Date of Birth 14/08/1893 Place of Birth Tonga, Friendly Islands Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin John Tuinukuafe (father), Vavau, Tonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13448467 Additional Information Was working in Auckland New Zealand as a gardener for two years prior to enlistment. Attested 26 March 1918 and posted to Rarotongan Company. Departed Egypt for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1919. Discharged in New Zealand 7 March 1919 at his request. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links Previous Next

JohnHARPER20618 7th Reinforcements, New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) John Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) HARPER Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 20618 7th Reinforcements, New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also known as Date of Birth 30/04/1889 Place of Birth Tonga Date of Death 30/04/1889 Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Mrs Emily Harper (mother), Nuku'alofa, Tonga Tupou Moimoi (wife), Nuku'alofa, Tonga Nani Hapa (child) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10446445 Additional Information Enlisted 9 May 1916 and embarked in Wellington 19 August 1916 to disembark in Devonport, United Kingdom 25 October 1916. Admitted to the New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch 27 October 1916 until 12 November 1916. Left for France 9 January 1917 and on 14 January 1917 he was admitted to the 20th General Hospital. In 1917 he had numerous admissions to a variety of medical facilities for illness. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918. Embarked for Egypt 5 June 1918 and arrived at Alexandra 14 June 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 1 July 1918 and admitted to the 33rd Casualty Clearing Station at Jaffa on 2 August 1918 with malaria, transferred to 24th Stationary Hospital 3 August 1918 then 24th Stationary Hospital, Abbassia on 5 August 1918. Discharged Aotea Convalescent Home 18 August 1918. On 10 October 1918 he sustained a GSW (Guns Shot Wound) to the left side of his face and jaw, and was admitted to 76th Casualty Clearing Station at Ludd. Captain Bush's monthly report said this was a suicide attempt and left him with a "very severe wounds to head". Returned as an invalid on SS Malta and on board a Court of Enquiry found that this wound was self inflicted. He was certified as not fit to stand trial by Court Martial. In September 1919 he was a patient at the Woodside Jaw Hospital, Dunedin, and then the orthopaedic ward of Trentham Military Camp Hospital. He returned to Tonga 6 January 1922. His name appears on the Tongan War Memorial as Hapa. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12389951 Previous Next

TeaumaraeTEIVA19324 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Teaumarae Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEIVA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19324 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Teivaariki TEAUMARAE Date of Birth 1896 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 14/09/1916 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1916/10550 Headstone/Grave Location Devonport (O’Neill’s Point) Cemetery, Bayswater, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Akeronga (wife), Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12319351 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 in Rarotonga. Arrived in New Zealand 9 July 1916. Died 14 September 1916 at Auckland Hospital New Zealand of pneumonia. Commonwealth War Graves Commissions listing: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/642941/teaumarae-teiva/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission Further Links N/A Previous Next

AratangiTOPAITI5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Aratangi Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TOPAITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Unknown Date of Death 11/11/1977 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19770087 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Turi Turua (wife), V. A. Benioni (daughter), Numaiti (mother), Topaiti (father) 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

George WilliamWHEELER8/2760 Otago Infantry Battalion, "D" Coy. 2nd Battalion < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) George William Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) WHEELER Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 8/2760 Otago Infantry Battalion, "D" Coy. 2nd Battalion Also known as Date of Birth 16/12/1892 Place of Birth Reading, Berkshire, England Date of Death 01/10/1916 Place of Death Somme, Northern France Death Registration Number Headstone/Grave Location Memorialised at Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, Somme, France Next of Kin Ernest (Father) Elizabeth Ann Biggs (mother), died 1899 Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20837149 Additional Information Killed in Action. His father Ernest was an employee of the Union Steam Ship Company and his family were living in Rarotonga between approximately 1915 and 1919. Ernest's second wife Louisa gave birth to a son, Philip George Arthur, in Rarotonga 15/05/1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Image source: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/george-william-wheeler Further Links Previous Next

Only one name recorded on enlistmentMATAIO16/1187 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) MATAIO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1187 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Metua MATAIO Mataio METUA Paitai METUA Mataio PATAI Date of Birth 1890 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 22/12/1945 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Paitai (father), Avarua, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11440059 Additional Information Enlisted 30 September 1915 and embarked for Egypt 4 February 1916. Disembarked at Suez 15 March 1916 and later transferred to France with the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 9 April 1916. On leave 27 July to 9 August 1917. Admitted to hospital 23 October 1917 to 27 October 1917. Detached to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and embarked for Egypt 21 January 1918. Admitted to various hospital units 30 June to 20 July 1918. Admitted to 36th Stationary Hospital 26 July 1918 and discharged to duty 30 July 1918. Embarked for New Zealand 14 December 1918. After disembarkation from SS Malta was sick and remained in New Zealand for treatment at Featherston Camp until embarking on SS Moana for Rarotonga 1 April 1919. Discharged 5 May 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

SamuelMANA19266 2nd Rarotongan Contingent  < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Samuel Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MANA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19266 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tepano Mana SAMUELA Ariki SAMUELA Ariki Mana SAMUELA Mana Kaimoko SAMUELA Date of Birth 26 December 1881 as per headstone inscription Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 08/09/1965 Place of Death Mauke, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MAUK19650007 Headstone/Grave Location Catholic Cemetery, Araki, Mauke, Cook Islands Next of Kin Samuel (father), Mauke, Cook Islands, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19480889 Additional Information A number of documents record the date of death as 13 July 1965 which is incorrect. Our research indicates that Private Samuela Mana 19266 is one of three brothers who enlisted with the NZEF during WWI: Private Koria Manu (Koria Samuela) 19248 - Tupapa, Rarotonga Private Mataputa Samuela 60786 Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TIRO5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) T Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) IRO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Unknown 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 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