William ArthurWRIGHT25/245 New Zealand Rifle Brigade Company Sergeant Major 5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Company Sergeant Major (5th Rarotongan Contingent) Corporal (New Zealand Rifle Brigade) First Name/s (as per enlistment record) William Arthur Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) WRIGHT Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 25/245 New Zealand Rifle Brigade Company Sergeant Major 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 01/07/1885 Place of Birth Invercargill, New Zealand Date of Death 020/3/1980 Place of Death Rotorua, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1980/43988 Headstone/Grave Location Rotorua Cemetery, Rotorua, New Zealand Next of Kin Superintendent Wright (father), Police Department, Dunedin, New Zealand Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21251405 Additional Information Working as a clerk with Union Steam Ship Co Ltd in Rarotonga prior to enlistment. Enlisted at Trentham Camp 12 October 1915. Joined 3rd Battalion 3rd New Zealand (Rifles) Brigade. WIA (Wounded in Action) 15 September 1916 at the Somme with a GSW (Gun Shot Wound) to the thigh. Admitted to a Casualty Clearing Station on 15 September 1916 then to 23rd General Hospital, Etaples, on 19 September 1916 and then to 2nd NZ General Hospital Walton-on-Thames. Embarked on New Zealand Hospital Ship Marama at Southampton 13 January 1917 and discharged in New Zealand 4 April 1917. Employed in Rarotonga and provided on a voluntary basis preliminary training to the troops before they travelled to New Zealand. As the 3rd Rarotongan Contingent sailed for New Zealand, the Deputy Commissioner of the Cook Islands wrote to New Zealand that "Mr Wright, the Union Company's Manager, a returned soldier, has done very valuable work training the troops. They now make a credible showing". He continued this training role and joined the 5th Rarotongan Contingent as the Company Sergeant Major. Listed as 'C.S.M. Wright C.' on Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao, Rarotonga Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

GeorgeTUAINE12/1812 3rd Reinforcements, 1st Battalion Auckland Infantry Regiment, Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Sergeant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) George Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TUAINE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 12/1812 3rd Reinforcements, 1st Battalion Auckland Infantry Regiment, Rarotongan Company Also known as Tuainekara Tinirau TAMATOA Date of Birth 21/7/1893 as per service record Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 26/08/1966 Place of Death Christchurch, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1966/36435 Headstone/Grave Location Ashes were uplifted from New Zealand and returned to Aitutaki, Cook Islands for interment at Araura, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tauite (father). Spelling as per service record Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10457241 Additional Information Enlisted at Trentham Military Camp New Zealand on the 4 December 1914 stating that he was born in Aitutaki Cook Islands and that his occupation was a seaman. Embarked at Alexandria 12 April 1915 for Gallipoli. Wounded in action with shrapnel to his left thigh and admitted to 17th General Hospital on 19 May 1915 then Glymenopouls Hospital, Alexandria from 6 June 1915 to 23 June 1915 and was then employed as a storeman at the New Zealand Advance Base at Mustapha Barracks, Alexandria from the end of June 1915 to 11 February 1916 when he rejoined his battalion. He embarked for France 6 April 1916. Transferred to New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 2 March 1917. Contracted pleurisy in October 1917 and was evacuated to 1st New Zealand General Hospital at Brockenhurst, the New Zealand Convalescent Hospital at Hornchurch and the New Zealand Engineer Reserve Depot at Christchurch, United Kingdom. Returned to France 7 May 1918 and was transferred to Depot Unit of Supply, Marseille for passage to Egypt on 16 May 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 1 July 1918 and returned on SS Malta and was discharged in New Zealand 7 March 1919. He re-enlisted for Home Service in Auckland on 11 August 1919, but his discharge date is unknown. Age at death recorded as 68 years on memorial plaque. Brother of Private Rima PA 16/1195. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MakikeAVANUI60701 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Makike Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) AVANUI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60701 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 04/01/1978 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG1978001A Headstone/Grave Location Attested at Rarotonga 4 February 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to Training Regiment. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Sick to hospital 24 October 1918 and discharged 29 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918. Was ill on SS Malta and was off loaded for medical treatment in Fremantle, Australia and put into isolation 12 January 1919 with pnuemonia. Discharged 9 July 1919. Buried in an unmarked grave in the family burial ground at Te Kopua, Tavaenga Rd, Mangaia, Cook Islands. Next of Kin Ngavii Avanui (brother), Tukuvaine, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10533027 Additional Information N/A Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

RehoboamaTEARETOA60678 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Rehoboama Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEARETOA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60678 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Reboama TEARETOA Date of Birth 1892 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 22/02/1977 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19770010 Headstone/Grave Location Matavera, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (next to the old packing shed) Next of Kin Upoko Tamati Tearetoa (wife), Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11176525 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

Only one name recorded on enlistmentATAATAIVI16/1206 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) ATAATAIVI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1206 New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Harry Arapoiti ATAATAIVI Ataataivi ARAPOITI Date of Birth 17/05/1890 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 26/07/1971 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19710056 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Arapoiti (father), Mangaia Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10176000 Additional Information Enlisted 27 September 1915 in Rarotonga. Disembarked at Suez 15 March 1916 and embarked for France from Port Said 9 April 1916. Admitted to the 7th General Hospital, St. Omar from 28 June 1916 to 9 July 1916 with measles. Accidentally injured his right hand when handling railway lines on 27 March 1917. Admitted to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station 27 March 1917 and 3rd Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne 29 March 1917. Transferred to UK by hospital ship and admitted to the 2nd New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames 30 March 1917 to 30 April 1917 before being transferred to the New Zealand Convalescent Hospital at Hornchurch between 30 April 1917 and 4 June 1917. Transferred to the New Zealand Depot at Codford and admitted to the 3rd New Zealand General Hospital, Codford between 19 June 1917 and 23 July 1917. Transferred to the New Zealand Discharge Depot, Torquay 24 August 1917 before embarking on SS Ruahine at Liverpool for New Zealand. Discharged with 50% pension for three months 3 February 1918. We have not located the resting place of this soldier who we believe was buried in Nikao/Panama area in Rarotonga. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Henry WilkinsonJACKSON16/1334 3rd Māori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Henry Wilkinson Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) JACKSON Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1334 3rd Māori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also known as Date of Birth 02/01/1886 Place of Birth Norfolk Island Date of Death 19/10/1965 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealamd Death Registration Number NZ1965/32795 Headstone/Grave Location Waikumete Cemetery & Crematorium, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Rita Ethel Williams (wife) John Jackson (father) Evelina Eglantine Christian (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13533945 Additional Information Enlisted 20 November 1915. Arrived Suez 15 March 1916 and posted to the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion and sailed from Port Said for France 9 April 1916. Sick in 2nd Australian General Hospital, France 28 July 1916 and was transferred on Hospital Ship Cambria to United Kingdom 30 July 1916 and then onto the New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch 14 August 1916. On 30 December 1916 was sentenced to 30 days detention by District Court Martial for desertion from 18-19 October 1916 to 10 November 1916. Was in Sling Camp 1 January 1917 to 16 June 1917. Posted to the New Zealand Engineer Reserve Depot 16 July 1917, Christchurch, United Kingdom, before being posted to France 23 July 1917. On 11 August 1917 he joined the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 9 June 1918 and on 15 June 1918 received a movement order transferring him from Marseille to Egypt on HMT Manitou. Admitted to 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital 30 June 1918 with an injured spine and posted to Rarotongan Company 18 July 1918. Classified as unfit 5 October 1918 and returned to New Zealand as an invalid on SS Malta. Discharged 8 May 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Image source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/253614536/henry-wilkinson-jackson Further Links https://peerage.org.uk/codex/peerage-record-16724/ Previous Next

MakuruMATAPO60774 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Makuru Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MATAPO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60774 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 02/06/1946 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19460213 Headstone/Grave Location Beside the Cook Islands Christian Church, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Matapo (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11183889 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Embarked from Wellington 13 June 1918 and disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot 4 August 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. The headstone was voluntarily relettered in December 2025. Descendants are planning to rebuild the grave. 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

TaiPAUA19321 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tai Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PAUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19321 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Paua TAI 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 Unknown Next of Kin Paua (father), Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE16646416 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 in Rarotonga. Disembarked from SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916 and posted to the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Admitted to 24th Stationary Hospital 23 August 1917 and then to 27th General Hospital at Abbassia on 25 August 1917. Rejoined his unit on 9 September 1917. Admitted to the 43rd Stationary Hospital on 15 October 1917 with diarrhoea and on 17 October 1917 was transferred to the 44th Stationary Hospital before being transferred to the 27th General Hospital Abbassia on 22 October 1917. Admitted to the Aotea Convalescent Home from 9 November 1917 to 28 November 1917 and was posted to the NZ Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment & Base Depot before being posted back to the Raroton-gan Company 2 December 1917. 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

NgaumetuaVAEVAEONGO60747 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ngaumetua Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) VAEVAEONGO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60747 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 16/06/1963 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19630034 Headstone/Grave Location Titikaveka, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Vaa (mother), Vaevaeongo (father), Rima Ria (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10297361 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 and disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted to 33rd Casualty Clearing Station in Jaffa 26 September 1918 with pyrexia and then transferred to 69th General Hospital at Belah from 29 September 1918 to 22 October 1918. Posted to New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot 23 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 12 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

NimerotaKOPUKOAO60778 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Nimerota Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KOPUKOAO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60778 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 19/20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 17/02/1948 Place of Death Mauke, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MAUK19480014 Headstone/Grave Location Pirikura, Kimiangatau, Mauke, Cook Islands Next of Kin Kopukoao (father), Ngapito / Vainerere (mother), Mou (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11463673 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Camp. Embarked on SS Manukau at Wellington 13 June 1918. Disembarked at Suez ex SS Port Lyttleton 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. From 14 October 1918 to 7 November 1918 was admitted sick to the Casualty Clearing Station and then to the 24th Stationary Hospital, Gaza. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 9 July 1919. Our team documented this grave and repainted the lettering to the grey granite military headstone with members of the Mauke community during our “Mauke Soldier Search Mission” in November 2022. You can view that series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEVPyjBZLTn7bKKrrAGFWrzeM9eNP0-tW His brother, Private Tuainerenga KOPUKOAO 60721 died in Rarotonga and is buried in the Nikao Cemetery, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PotaruPO19287 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Potaru Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19287 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Po PUTAURA Date of Birth 1896 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 29/09/1989 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Avatiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Putaura (father), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11245703 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916 and disembarked from SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916. Admitted to 26th Stationary Hospital from 2 January 1917 to 10 January 1917 with diphtheria and posted to New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde. Training Regiment and Base Depot. Detached to 97th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery from 11 October 1917 to 9 November 1917. Admitted to 24th Stationary Hospital, Kantara 6 March 1918 to 12 March 1918. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 2 April 1918. Admitted to hospital from 14 to 17 July 1918. Admitted to hospital with malaria 25 October 1918 to 2 November 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 Newspaper article courtesy of Cook Islands News Further Links N/A Previous Next

ErnestMITCHELL16/1378 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 4th Reinforcements < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ernest Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MITCHELL Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1378 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 4th Reinforcements Also known as Harry MITCHELL Date of Birth 08/10/1893 Place of Birth Vava'u, Tonga Date of Death 24/09/1916 Place of Death Somme, Northern France Death Registration Number NZ1918/59607 (post war death registration) Headstone/Grave Location Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers, Somme, France Next of Kin Mr Ernest Hamilton Mitchell, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (father) Jane Smith (formerly Mele Matele Mitchell), Faleula, Samoa (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21641432 Additional Information Enlisted 23 December 1915. As he was of mixed race, he was directed to train at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Posted to the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 9 September 1916. Killed in Action in France 24 September 1916. Field burial 50 yards east of McCormick's Post Cemetery, about 3/4 miles west of Flers and 3.5 miles north east of Combles. Final burial at Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers, France. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/193894/ernest-mitchell/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Headstone image source: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/ernest-mitchell Portrait of E. Mitchell. Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1917, v.5, n.1. Image has no known copyright. Source: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/search?n=ernest+mitchell Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/193894/ernest-mitchell/ Further Links N/A Previous Next

NgaroTOKI5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ngaro Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TOKI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Vaine Teremoana TOKI Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 20/12/1956 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19560012 Headstone/Grave Location Areora, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of Kin Toki (father), Tapapa (mother), Piritara Tai (wife), Michael Toki (son, as informant on death registration) 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

JamesLANCE2/746 New Zealand Field Artillery < Back Highest Rank Second Lieutenant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) James Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) LANCE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 2/746 New Zealand Field Artillery Also known as Launcelot Russell GUBBINS (birth name) James A LANCE (alias on enlistment) Date of Birth 22/03/1884 Place of Birth Lima, Peru, South America Date of Death 23/4/1918 Place of Death Somme, Northern France Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium Next of Kin Son of John Russell Gubbins and Mary Margaret Gubbins (nee Dickson), of 22, Carlton Hill, St. John's Wood, London, England Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11137771 Additional Information At enlistment, he was employed as a planter with W.J. Stevenson of Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Killed in action 23/04/1918. Memorial at St. Luke Churchyard, Formby, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/433158/launcelot-russell-gubbins/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/launcelot-russell-gubbins https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191003456/launcelot-russell-gubbins Further Links N/A Previous Next

TeinakoreMIRIA60680 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Teinakore Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MIRIA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60680 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 22/09/1974 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1974/38721 Headstone/Grave Location Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Miria (father), Mangaia. Apaiaere (mother), Mangaia Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10218669 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 and embarked for Egypt 13 June 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted to the 163rd Casualty Clearing Station 15 October 1918 with malaria and then transferred to the 36th Stationary Hospital, Gaza 17 October 1918 and then to the 24th Stationary Hospital at Abbassia 24 October 1918 before being admitted to the 27th General Hospital between 2 November 1918 and 8 November 1918. Embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. 'Rarotongan' misspelt on plaque as 'Raratongan'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next