MareRUAVAI19274 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Mare Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) RUAVAI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19274 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Mareraki Date of Birth 15/03/1897 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 24/12/1949 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19490020 Headstone/Grave Location Inland from Karenga, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Manavakino (mother), Ruavai (father), Uaongo (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18329537 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Disembarked ex Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916 and posted to the Training Units and Depot at Moascar. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Admitted to the 24th Stationary Hospital at Kanatara, the 27th General Hospital at Abbassia and the 66th Casualty Clearing Station from 31 August 1917 to 3 September 1917. Transferred to Aotea Convalescent Home at Abbassia 12 September 1917. Again admitted to the 27th General Hospital 12 September 1917 and discharged to duty 26 September 1917. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 27 September 1917. Admitted to hospital from 4 September 1918 to 26 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at the RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as 'R. Mare'. In February 2022, the headstone was located by Lydia Karena, Oki Karena and Tarerea Kimitaunga inland from Karanga Mangaia beside the Armstrong family orchards. We documented this grave in April 2023, however there was no satellite signal to capture the exact GPS coordinates. The following information was sent to us in January 2019 by Sue McGreal, a descendent of Private Mare Ruavai: "Mare returned to the Cook Islands at the end of WW1 having left his homeland in November 1916. The story is told of his being mighty lucky to return and the name ‘Mareraki’ was used from then on. He married Uaonga Paia in 1921 at Oneroa, Mangaia. They had 4 daughters and 3 sons and lived the first part of their life in Mangaia, then lived in Titikaveka in Rarotonga. He was a planter and sometimes took work in the outer islands like Makatea to have an income. He returned to Mangaia for a few years whilst his family remained in Rarotonga. Mare died in 1949 and is buried on Mangaia. Fondly remembered by his surviving daughter, Mrs Tuku Campion, Nelson, NZ and all of his descendants in the Cook Islands, NZ and Australia." Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PaitaiMETUA16/1191 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Paitai Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) METUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1191 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Changed name to Charles Metua Pua WILLIAMS Date of Birth 1895 Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 19/04/1984 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1984/47810 Headstone/Grave Location Waikaraka Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Tangata (uncle), Mauke, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11188368 Additional Information Enlisted 3 September 1915. Disembarked from SS Navua 15 March 1916 at Suez and embarked for France 9 April 1916 before being admitted to the 7th General Hospital between 31 March 1917 and 18 April 1917 with mumps. WIA (Wounded in Action) 7 June 1917 with GSW (Gun Shot Wound) to his back and admitted to the 9th Australian Field Ambulance and 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station 7 June 1917, and to the 14th General Hospital, Wimereux on 8 June 1917 and then to the 1st Convalescent Depot Boulogne 11 June 1917. Rejoined the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 26 June 1917 and was transferred to the Rarotongan Company 20 January 1918 before embarking for Egypt 21 January 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 7 March 1918. Admitted to the 26th Casualty Clearing Station on 31 August 1918 with a sprained back and evacuated via the 44th Stationary Hospital Abbassia on 3 September and then transferred to Aotea Convalescent Home 16 September 1918. Rejoined the Rarotongan Company 9 October 1918. Admitted to the 163rd Field Ambulance 13 October 1918 with malaria and then to the 47th Stationary Hospital, Gaza and to the 24th Stationary Hospital, Kantara. Posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot 19 October 1918. Embarked 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 enlistmentTUTAVAKE16/1220 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) TUTAVAKE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1220 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tutavake RAA Date of Birth 09/08/1895 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 15/10/1918 Place of Death Israel/Palestine Death Registration Number NZ1918/56635 (post war NZ death registration) Headstone/Grave Location Gaza War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) Next of Kin Raa Vaine (mother), Avarua, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12511530 Additional Information Enlisted 30 September 1915 and disembarked in Suez from SS Navua 15 March 1916. Embarked for France with the NZ Pioneer Battalion 9 April 1916. Sent to hospital "In the Field" 28 November 1916. Rejoined from hospital 7 December 1916. Sent back to hospital 8 February 1917. Hospitalised on several occasions from 10 February 1917 to 27 May 1917. Marched into base 29 May 1917. Marched out to Dion 8 August 1917. Rejoined unit from base "In the Field" 9 August 1917. Proceeded on leave 15 August 1917 and awarded 7 days leave 29 October 1917. Detached to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and embarked for Egypt from Marseille 21 January 1918 and disembarked in Alexandria 4 February 1918. Posted to Rarotongan Company 15 February 1918. Admitted sick to 163rd Field Ambulance dangerously ill with dysentery. Transferred to 36th Stationary Hospital, Gaza 13 October 1918. Died 15 October 1918 in Gaza, Egypt and was buried at Gaza Military Cemetery by Chaplain J. J. Isaac on 16 October 1918. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/651542/tutavake/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Headstone image source: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C16046 (photo Alan and Hazel Kerr 2007) - No known copyright restrictions Portrait of Private Tutavake Raa (right) and an unidentified soldier - No known copyright restrictions Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/651542/tutavake/ 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 Recorded (as per enlistment record) ANTHONY Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 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

RangiTANGITORU60681 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Rangi Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TANGITORU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60681 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 24/03/1963 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Cook Islands Christian Church, Oneroa, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tangitoru (father), Mangaia, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9797600 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and transferred to the 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

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 Recorded (as per enlistment record) MATAU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 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

JamAPERAU19246  2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Jam Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) APERAU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19246 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Takitai Teariki APERAU Jim APERAU Date of Birth 1887 (as per headstone inscription) Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 03/09/1967 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19670062 Headstone/Grave Location Matavera, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Te Kuraatua (mother), Te Ariki Aperau (father), Teeinuki (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10074906 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 and embarked at Wellington 16 November 1916 on SS Manuka to disembark at Suez 27 December 1916. Attached to New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot, El Arish and posted to the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Assigned to the 10th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery from 5 October to 9 November 1917. Admitted to various hospitals over the next few months. Embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918 for New Zealand 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

RimaRAA60689 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Rima Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) RAA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60689 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Rimaputa RAA Rima PAIAA Date of Birth 12/01/1899 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 24/11/1966 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19660087 Headstone/Grave Location Are te Tonga Road, Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Raa (father), Raa Vaine (mother), Marairenga, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19566381 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 20 September 1918. Embarked SS Malta for New Zealand 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

Temata VaipunuANAUPOU60725 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Temata Vaipunu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) ANAUPOU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60725 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tematavaipunu ANAUPOU Date of Birth 22 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 17/02/1957 Place of Death Mauke, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MAUK19570014A Headstone/Grave Location Taparere, Ngatiarua, Mauke, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tearii Vaine Anaupou (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11185819 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Embarked on SS Manukau at Wellington 13 June 1918 and disembarked at Suez ex SS Port Lyttleton 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted to hospital 7 October 1918 to 25 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Date of death: 17/02/1957 (as per Cook Islands death register) 19/02/1957 (as per military headstone) 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 enlistmentMAHOA16/1212 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) MAHOA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1212 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Mahoa NAHI Maoa NAHI Mahoa NAHEI Date of Birth 1895 Place of Birth Bora Bora, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of Death 03/02/1956 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19560003 Headstone/Grave Location Takuvaine Valley, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Piharao or Nehei (father), Parapara, Rarotonga, Teatuanui (mother), Urikore (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21442001 Additional Information Attested at Rarotonga 24 September 1915. Arrived at Suez 15 March 1916 and embarked for France 9 April 1916. Wounded in action (shrapnel wounds) at the battle of the Somme on 15 September 1916. Embarked and returned to New Zealand per SS Rotorua 17 November 1916. Embarked on SS Paloona from Wellington to Rarotonga 1 March 1917 and was discharged medically unfit from the 1st Rarotongan Contingent 26 March 1917. Also known as Mahoa Nahei, and under this name he re-enlisted on 12 February 1918 into the 3rd Rarotongan Contingent, but was granted leave without pay on 20 April 1918. The National Archives of the Cook Islands record that he claimed a pension in 1920. Date of death: 03/02/1956 (as per Cook Islands death register) 03/03/1956 (as per military headstone) 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 Recorded (as per enlistment record) TAKAKE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 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) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TeavaTANGATA19332 2nd Rarotongan Contingent  < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Teava Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TANGATA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19332 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tangata TEAVA Te Ava TANGATA Date of Birth 1893 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 06/04/1929 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Tengatangi, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of Kin Teava (father), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18386361 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916, and posted to the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Evacuated from Haifa on the Hospital Ship Assaye to Egypt on the 7 November 1918. Died in Atiu 6 April 1929 of tuberculosis. His official military headstone records his date of death incorrectly as '6 - 4 - 92' when it should say '6 - 4 - 29'. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as 'T. Teava'. His name is not recorded on the Atiu cenotaph April 2019. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

VaiKOROA84557 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Vai Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KOROA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84557 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 24 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 27/05/1955 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19550022 Headstone/Grave Location Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Koroa (Father), Mama (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19318661 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 12 June 1918 and discharged 7 December 1918 due to the signing of the Armistice that ended WWI. Date of death: 27/05/1955 (as per Cook Islands death register) 28/05/1955 (as per military headstone) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TaioriPAKU84544 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Taiori Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PAKU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84544 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 03/03/1920 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19200095 Headstone/Grave Location Headstone is on Rarotonga with family (2024) Next of Kin Paku Tamauti (father), Takaiti (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19861586 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga 12 June 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 10 July 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918. Date of death: 3/3/1920 (as per Cook Islands death register) 15/12/1918 (as per headstone inscription) Pte. Taiori Paku is a brother of Pte. Teariki Kaokore Paku 19311. Not listed on the Atiu cenotaph April 2019 Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Tearii VaatauPAITAI60649 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tearii Vaatau Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PAITAI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60649 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tearii Vaatau MAVE Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 26/06/1967 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1967/43535 Headstone/Grave Location Mangere Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Moumou (mother), Ngatangiia, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE16643604 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga 4 February 1918 and 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. Service records state that he was born in Rarotonga, however, he may have been born in Huahine, Tahiti to Cook Islands parents. Family to confirm. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

OnoTAAKI60743 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ono Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TAAKI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60743 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 28 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 03/12/1943 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19430062 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Patara (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9818109 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted sick to a field Ambulance between 3 and 5 October 1918 and admitted to the ships hospital on SS Malta for NZ 19 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

RevaNGAVAARUA60729 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Reva Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NGAVAARUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60729 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Reva NGAVAERUA Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 04/09/1956 Place of Death Mauke, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MAUK19560008 Headstone/Grave Location Beside Vodafone office, Ngatiarua, Mauke, Cook Islands Next of Kin Ngavaarua (father), Mauke, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18781358 Additional Information Enlisted 16 February 1918. Discharged 20 April 1918 as he was found to be medically unfit before proceeding on service. It appears that he stayed in New Zealand and was returned to Rarotonga with the 5th Contingent when the war ended. Date of death: 04/09/1956 (as per Cook Islands death register) 03/09/1956 (as per military headstone) Last name on headstone is misspelt ‘NGAVAERUA”. His service number is not listed on headstone. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga and the Mauke Roll of Honour board in Mauke records his name as 'REVA' with no service number. 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 Recorded (as per enlistment record) PE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 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