TNUI5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) T Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) NUI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 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 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

KauMATENGA5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Kau Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) MATENGA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 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

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

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 Given (as per enlistment record) TEMARU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 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

AkaitiaKOROITI60748 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Akaitia Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) KOROITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60748 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 27/11/1896 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 27/02/1935 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19350081 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Koroiti (father), Tau (mother), Teotue, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10050992 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp 12 March 1918. Disembarked Suez from SS Port Lyttleton 4 August 1918. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked on SS Malta for New Zealand 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. In November 2022, we interviewed a descendant who said that the burial location of Pte Akaitia KOROITI was near the current the site of the Bank of the South Pacific in Avarua, Rarotonga. The burial ground was cleared for infrastructure. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Left to right in this photo are the three KOROITI brothers, Pte Oiaua KOROITI 60643, Pte Akaitia KOROITI 60748, Pte Teremaki (TeAkataa) KOROITI 5th Rarotongan Contingent. All three brothers were born on the island of Mangaia. Their sister Rima was the wife of soldier Patu URITAUA 16/1215. Further Links N/A Previous Next

RimaTEIPO5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Rima Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TEIPO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As T. TEIPO Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 24/08/1926 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19260399 Headstone/Grave Location Nikaupara, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Unknown Link to Online Service Record Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga. Arrived in Wellington on SS Moana 6 November 1918, five days before the signing of The Armistice which marked the end of WWI. 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

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 Given (as per enlistment record) SIMPSON Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 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

ManavaroaMATAU16/1189 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Manavaroa Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) MATAU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 16/1189 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Matau MANAVAROA Date of Birth 28/06/1895 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 29/08/1916 Place of Death France Death Registration Number NZ1918/33166 (post war death registration) Headstone/Grave Location Grave location: Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France Memorial headstone location: Arorangi Cook Islands Christian Church grounds, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Manavaroa (father), Arorangi, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11183980 Additional Information Enlisted 30 September 1915 and disembarked at Suez from SS Navua 15 March 1916. Embarked for France from Port Said 9 April 1916. Admitted to 2nd Australian General Hospital, Wimereux 18 August 1916 with pneumonia and on 21 August 1916 was put on the dangerously ill list. Died in France 29 August 1916. Buried at Wimereux Communal Cemetery and his headstone records his surname as Matau. Private MATAU 16/1189 also has a memorial military headstone at the Arorangi CICC churchyard in Rarotonga. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/84350/manavaroa-matau/ "Son of Manavaroa and Maki, of Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands." Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References France headstone image credit: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/manavaroa-matau Further Links N/A Previous Next

ViviTEAKAITI84567 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Vivi Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TEAKAITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 84567 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 31 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 06/12/1946 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19460040 Headstone/Grave Location Aretoa Mountain, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Teakaiti (father) and Peranui (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10579249 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 10 July 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918 due to the signing of the Armistice that ended WWI. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MitiakarerePE84556 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Mitiakarere Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) PE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 84556 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Pe MITIAKARERE Date of Birth 24 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 16/09/1964 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19640010 Headstone/Grave Location Tavaenga Rd, Oneroa, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Pe (father) and Taokete (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10808770 Additional Information Enlisted 12 June 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918 due to the signing of the Armistice that ended WWI. Pte MAKIRU 19261 has the same service number on his headstone which is incorrect. Name is spelt as MAITIAKARERE on headstone which is also incorrect. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

IvituKE19251 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ivitu Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) KE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19251 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Ke IVITU Date of Birth 1889 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 12/04/1948 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19480012 Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Mrs Rongomaki (wife), Ivitu (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10889144 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 on Rarotonga and disembarked from SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917 and detached to the 10th Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery from 5 October 1917 to 9 November 1917. Admitted to the 27th General Hospital, Abbassia on 26 November 1917 with pyrexia and was transferred to the 44th Stationary Hospital, Kantara 24 November 1917 and to the Aotea Convalescent Home from the 28 November to 6 December 1917. Rejoined the Rarotongan Company and was admitted to the 129th Field Ambulance with measles 14 August 1918 until 29 August 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 of December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. The Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at the RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as 'K. Ivitu'. While there is no official record in his military documents that he was promoted from Private to Lance Corporal, his discharge certificate states a rank of Lance Corporal Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MoeauMETUA16/1188 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Moeau Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) METUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 16/1188 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 04/10/1895 Place of Birth Papua New Guinea Date of Death 27/03/1924 Place of Death Wellington, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1924/3657 Headstone/Grave Location Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand Next of Kin Moeau (father), Arorangi, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10211363 Additional Information Enlisted at Rarotonga 29th September 1915. Served in France and later became ill and was evacuated to the UK. On 27 August 1917 he was declared medically unfit and embarked for New Zealand on the New Zealand Hospital Ship Marama 21 November 1917. Discharged 16 April 1918. His death was attributed to his war service. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TaikiTAKAKE19313 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Taiki Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TAKAKE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19313 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Takake TAIKI Date of Birth 07/1885 Place of Birth Mitiaro, Cook Islands Date of Death 15/07/1946 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19460323 Headstone/Grave Location Cemetery next to the Latter-day Saints Church, Avarua/Avatiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Taiki Henry (father), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9792327 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916. Disembarked at Suez 27 December 1916 and posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 20 March 1917. Admitted to 66th Casualty Clearing Station on 19 August 1917 with appendicitis, then to 24th Stationary Hospital with colitis on 23 August 1917. Transferred and admitted to various Stationary Hospitals 25 August 1917 to 28 September 1917. From 12 to 18 October 1917 was a patient of the Aotea Convalescent Home before returning to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Diagnosed with 'mental derangement' (acute mania) towards the end of the war. Returned as an invalid on SS Malta. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Out of gallery Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

ManuelANTHONY16/1182 New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Manuel Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) ANTHONY Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 16/1182 New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Anthony MANUELA Anthony MANUERA Date of Birth May 1895 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 10/05/1917 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1917/1739 Headstone/Grave Location Devonport (O’Neill’s Point) Cemetery, Bayswater, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Luka Manuera (father), Avarua, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10207503 Additional Information Enlisted 30 September 1915 in Rarotonga. Disembarked at Suez 15 March 1916 and embarked for France 9 April 1916. Admitted to 7th General Hospital, St Omer with German measles. Admitted to 8th Casualty Clearing Station 13 August 1916 and then to 35th General Hospital Calais 15 August 1916 and transferred to UK on Hospital Ship Newhaven and admitted to the 2nd London General Hospital 1 September 1916. 2 November 1916 he was transferred to the 2nd New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames with tubercle on the neck. Had three operations before being returned to New Zealand on the Hospital Ship Marama departing UK 3 January 1917. Died 10 May 1917 of tuberculosis at Auckland Hospital and is buried at Devonport (O’Neill’s Point) Cemetery, Auckland New Zealand. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/642907/manuel-anthony/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Commemorative certificate image courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission Further Links N/A Previous Next

LuiKITA84587 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Lui Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) KITA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 84587 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 1895 Place of Birth Samoa (as per enlistment) Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Burial location unknown Next of Kin Lucy Kita (sister), Niue Mother and father born in Samoa (as per enlistment) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10043478 Additional Information Employed as a ship's cook with the Northern Steam Ship Company when he voluntary enlisted in Auckland 26 July 1918. He was sent to Narrow Neck Military Training Camp to join the 4th Contingent. Discharged 5 December 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links N/A Previous Next

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

MoekaINGATU84545 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Moeka Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) INGATU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 84545 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Moeka’a INGATU Moekaa INGATU Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment 27/01/1899 on headstone Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 24/12/1978 Place of Death Mauke, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MAUK19780001 Headstone/Grave Location Cook Islands Christian Church, Oiretumu, Mauke, Cook Islands Next of Kin Ingatu (father), Makitangata (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19784599 Additional Information Enlisted 10 June 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918 due to the signing of the Armistice that ended WWI. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Denis QuinlanO'BRIEN4/1534 Tunnelling Company, New Zealand Engineers, 9th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Regiment Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank: Lieutenant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Denis Quinlan Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) O'BRIEN Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 4/1534 Tunnelling Company, New Zealand Engineers, 9th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Regiment Rarotongan Company Also Known As Date of Birth 29/12/1871 Place of Birth Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand Date of Death 11/10/1957 Place of Death Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1957/37733 First name spelt 'Dennis' on death registration Headstone/Grave Location Orowaiti Cemetery, Westport, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand Next of Kin Rose Ann Hoey O'Brien (wife) Married in Queensland Australia 04/07/1897 Registration number: 1897/C/1326 Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21083400 Additional Information Enlisted 5 October 1915 and embarked at Auckland 18 December 1915 to disembark at Plymouth, UK, on 18 February 1916. Employed in New Zealand Tunnelling Company NZE and appointed Company Sergeant Major 11 December 1916. Detached for service in the Headquarters NZEF, London, on 28 February 1917 and then trained at the 4th Officer Cadet Battalion Oxford and promoted to 2nd-Lieutenant in the Wellington Infantry Regiment 17 October 1917. Returned to New Zealand on SS Tofua November 1917. Left New Zealand 13 June 1918 and arrived in Suez 3 August 1918 with the 3rd Rarotongan Contingent. Posted to Rarotongan Company 10 August 1918. Embarked on SS Malta for New Zealand 14 December 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Headstone image source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/166426625/denis-quinlan-o'brien Further Links Previous Next