TouPURAU84538 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tou Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PURAU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84538 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Touariki PURAU Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 21/09/1972 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19720004 Headstone/Grave Location Tengatangi, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of Kin Pia Purau (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11086343 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga 12 June 1918. 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

RuaVAINEMAKI84550 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Rua Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) VAINEMAKI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84550 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Vainemaki RUA Date of Birth 21 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 21/02/1969 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19690029 Headstone/Grave Location Numunga Burial Grounds, Titikaveka, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Unmarked and unknown grave. Next of Kin Ngarua Vainemaki (father) and Vavia (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21360191 Additional Information Attested 12 June 1918 in Rarotonga. Arrived in Wellington 21 June 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Camp 10 July 1918. Discharged on 7 December 1918 and embarked on SS Paloona for Rarotonga which arrived in Rarotonga 15 December 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

RotaROTA60754  3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Rota Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) ROTA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60754 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Rota Vaemau ROTA Date of Birth 26 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Pukapuka, Cook Islands Date of Death 06/01/1919 Place of Death At sea Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Commemorated on the Wellington Provincial Memorial, Wellington (Karori) Cemetery, Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand Next of Kin Rota (father), Pukapuka Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10413981 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918, embarked at Wellington 13 June 1918 and disembarked Suez 3 August 1918. Admitted to the 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, Moascar 4 December 1918 and diagnosed tubercular meningitis adenitis. Embarked on SS Malta for New Zealand 14 December 1918. When returning to New Zealand onboard SS Malta following the end of WWI, Private Rota ROTA died from tuberculous meningitis and was buried at sea that day. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/644108/rota-rota/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Memorial image source: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/rota-rota Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/644108/rota-rota/ Further Links N/A Previous Next

BrownTIA60698 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Brown Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TIA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60698 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 34 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Raiatea, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of Death 24/11/1939 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19390592 Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tahiri Tia (wife), Arorangi, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13624064 Additional Information French citizen living in Rarotonga at time of enlistment. Posted to Rarotongan Company 20 September 1918 and employed as cook from 19 November 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919. In April 2024, we were contacted by descendant Mereani Pirake who took us to the newly built grave. Plans are now underway to have a military headstone installed Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

UpokoURIA84563 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Upoko Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) URIA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84563 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 27 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 19/05/1950 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19500004 Headstone/Grave Location Poeaiai Rd, behind Babe’s Hotel, Tavaenga Rd, Oneroa, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Aerengaroi Uria (wife), Uria (father), Araia (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21358616 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga 12 June 1918. Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 10 July 1918. Discharged 6 December 1918 due to the signing of the Armistice that ended WWI. Date of death: 19/05/1950 (as per Cook Islands death register) 20/05/1950 (as per military headstone and Roll Call) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

UtuRATIA60726 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Utu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) RATIA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60726 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Rurutu, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Ratia (father), Rurutu, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19573357 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Embarked 13 June 1918 for Egypt, and disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. 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

DariuOKORE19286 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Dariu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) OKORE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19286 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tariu OKORE Okore TARIU Date of Birth 15/01/1895 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 08/04/1968 Place of Death Wellington, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1968/33253 Headstone/Grave Location Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand Next of Kin Tariu (father), Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19835431 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 31 July 1917 and discharged 20 March 1919. SS Malta Roll has his name recorded as 'Okore Dariu', while the Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board Nikao Rarotonga records his name as 'O. Tariu'. Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as “OKORE TARIU”. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TTAVAITAI5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) T Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TAVAITAI 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

KaitiKA60737 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Kaiti Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60737 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 12/03/1897 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Ka Vaine (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19050899 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Was sick in hospital Cairo 25 October 1918 and again on SS Malta when returning to New Zealand. He was off-loaded for medical treatment in quarantine at Fremantle, Australia with serious pneumonia and influenza on 12 January 1919 and returned to New Zealand with Rarotongan Contingent Medic Sergeant Percy Shearman in a party of 13 sick soldiers. Discharged 9 July 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Kea RongomataneMATAIO19270 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Company Quartermaster Sergeant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Kea Rongomatane Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MATAIO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19270 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Rongomatane Mataio KEA Date of Birth 1883 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 20/09/1930 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19300213 Headstone/Grave Location Taputapuatea Burial Ground, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Kea te tupua-o-AVAIKI (father), Teiva (mother), Ngamaru (Kea Mataio) (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12417909 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 in Rarotonga. Promoted to Lance Corporal at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 30 July 1916 and promoted to Sergeant 27 August 1916. Disembarked at Suez ex SS Malwa 27 December 1916 and posted to New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Marched out to El Arish 22 January 1917. Marched out to Kantara 10 March 1917. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 March 1917. Admitted to Hospital “in the field” 30 August 1917. Relinquished T/Sgt 31 August 1917 and appointed Company Quarter Master Sergeant 10 October 1917. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. His name on the Cook Islands Roll of Honour board RSA Nikao Rarotonga and on his military headstone is recorded as 'R.M. KEA'. 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 enlistmentTAKAROKA16/1198 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) TAKAROKA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1198 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Takaroka OPINI Opini TAKAROKA Takaroka AUPINI Date of Birth 10/08/1893 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 26/12/1964 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1965/23859 Headstone/Grave Location Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Takaroka (father), Matavera, Rarotonga (deceased); Vaine Parekore (sister), Ngatangiia, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19443781 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 28 September 1915. Served with New Zealand Pioneer Battalion until wounded in action with severe shrapnel wounds to both thighs 22 November 1917. Evacuated to 3rd New Zealand field Ambulance and then 53rd General Hospital, Boulogne. Evacuated to England on Hospital Ship St David 4 December 1917. Treated at 2nd London General Hospital from 4 December 1917 to 4 February 1918 then to NZ General Hospital Brockenhurst until 8 April 1918. Returned to France 7 May 1918 and to New Zealand Base Depot in Etaples 9 May 1918. Posted to the Rest Camp and then to Base Supply Depot Marseille for passage to Egypt 16 May 1918. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 1 July 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Two service records online: https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14607865 https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19443781 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 enlistmentARAPO16/1204 1st, 2nd and 3rd Rarotongan Contingents < 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) ARAPO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1204 1st, 2nd and 3rd Rarotongan Contingents Also known as Arapo ARATAI Arapo MAKIAUNGA Date of Birth 1895 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 08/02/1970 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19700021 Headstone/Grave Location Inave, Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Makiaunga AKA Aratai (father), Onerao, Mangaia. Areenu AKA Neke (mother), Tata Peia (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11516669 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 24 September 1915. When training with the 1st Contingent he became ill and slipped back to the 2nd Contingent. He was found to be medically unfit for service and was discharged from the 2nd Contingent. On 13 December 1917 he was assessed fit in Rarotonga and this was confirmed in Auckland 12 April 1918. A second enlistment commenced on 12 March 1918. Disembarked in Suez with the 3rd Contingent 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1918. Name is not recorded on the Roll of Honour board at the RSA, Nikao Rarotonga Cook Islands. His brother Pte Kakino ARATAI 84578 served in the 4th Rarotongan Contingent. Surname spelt as ‘Aratia’ on private/civilian headstone. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TutaraONGOROAITI84548 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tutara Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) ONGOROAITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84548 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 25 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 11/12/1943 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19430273 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Tereakama Ongoroaiti (wife) Mangaia Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19845554 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

AuraTERA60646 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Aura Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TERA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60646 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 22 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rurutu, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of Death 27/04/1925 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19250612 Headstone/Grave Location Matavera, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tera Aura (father), Rurutu, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14334200 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Camp and disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 20 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918. On discharge the medical board identified tuberculosis. Died in Rarotonga 27 April 1925 of tuberculosis. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

KaoTOKOMAURI19255 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Kao Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TOKOMAURI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19255 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Kao UARENGA Kao VARENGA Date of Birth 12/06/1883 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 18/10/1933 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19330016 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Maki (sister) Tokakainga (brother-in-law). Wife recorded on enlistment as “Tangiaere deceased” Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE17208000 Additional Information 1st July 1916 was “discharged in consequence of being medically unfit for active service” (old injury to right hip). Re-enlisted in 3rd Rarotongan Contingent 16/02/1918. Granted Leave Without Pay 20/04/1918 Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MotuitiKERAITI84562 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Motuiti Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KERAITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84562 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as MOTUITI Date of Birth 32 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 09/04/1921 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19210012 Headstone/Grave Location Poeaiai Rd, behind Babe’s Hotel, Tavaenga Rd, Oneroa, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Putaiterangi UA (sister), Keraiti (father), Mareva (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21825348 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 12 June 1918 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

MautaTURI60775 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Mauta Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TURI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60775 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 31 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Manihiki, Cook Islands Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Tearua (mother), Manihiki, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10322410 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Embarked 13 June 1918 for Egypt, and disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. 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

PaupauareTOKORUAKORE60693 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Paupauare Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TOKORUAKORE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60693 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 16/07/1977 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19770062 Headstone/Grave Location Unmarked grave located in the Vakapora Cemetery, Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tokoruakore (father), Mangaia, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE17208401 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Arrived at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot 11 August 1918. Returned to New Zealand on SS Malta 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