ParaiPANU84518 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Parai Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PANU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84518 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 30 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 07/02/1927 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19270415 Headstone/Grave Location Nikaupara, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Panu (father), Iva (mother), Mata Panu (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11055164 Additional Information Enlisted 12 July 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Discharged 7 December 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Robert DeanFRISBIEUS Army serial number: 1 006 445 Mus 2nd Cl. < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Robert Dean Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) FRISBIE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with US Army serial number: 1 006 445 Mus 2nd Cl. Also known as Date of Birth Different dates are recorded on various documents: 16/04/1895 16/04/1896 17/04/1896 Place of Birth Cleveland, Ohio, USA Date of Death 19/11/1948 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19480089 Headstone/Grave Location Cook Islands Christian Church, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Arthur Grazly Frisbie (father) Florence Elizabeth Johnston (mother) Ngatokorua (wife), died January 14, 1939) Children: Charles Mataa Frisbie Florence Johnny Frisbie William Hopkins Frisbie Elaine Metua Frisbie Ngatokorua Frisbie Link to Online Service Record Additional Information The headstone has been painted blue sometime between April and August 2024. No online war service record. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References No known copyright restrictions Further Links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dean_Frisbie https://www.pbshawaii.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/LSS_1018_Florence_Johnny_Frisbie_PT1_Web_Transcript.pdf https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE25192316 Previous Next

WilliamMcCOY7/627 7th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles 3rd and 16th Maori Reinforcements Rarotongan Company, 4th Rarotongan Contingent South African (Boer) War 1899-1902 service number: 6832 WWII service number: 63146 < Back Highest Rank Second Lieutenant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) William Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) McCOY Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 7/627 7th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles 3rd and 16th Maori Reinforcements Rarotongan Company, 4th Rarotongan Contingent South African (Boer) War 1899-1902 service number: 6832 WWII service number: 63146 Also known as Date of Birth 17/04/1886 Place of Birth Melbourne, Australia (as per war service record) Date of Death 5/11/1951 Place of Death Christchurch, New Zealand Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Percy McCoy (father) born New Zealand Mrs A. McCoy (mother) born Australia Emily Jane McCoy (wife), Christchurch New Zealand Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20856629 Additional Information Enlisted 21 August 1914. Served with the Imperial Light Horse during the South African (Boer) War 1899-1902. WIA (Wounded in Action) in the abdomen at Gallipoli. Returned to New Zealand wounded in February 1916. Re-embarked July 1917 and transferred to the Canterbury Mounted Rifles then transferred to the Rarotongan Company and promoted to Second Lieutenant to replace Lieutenant Coull in November 1917. Returned to New Zealand in October 1918 due to health issues from his old wound. Posted to Narrow Neck Military Training Camp November 1918 to embark with the 4th Rarotongan Contingent. Discharged 20 December 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Image source: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C49005 Further Links https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20087334 Previous Next

Only one name recorded on enlistmentAKI19232 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 Recorded (as per enlistment record) AKI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19232 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Aki ETEKE Aki TEAVA Eteke Teava AKI Date of Birth 1887 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 15/04/1964 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19640039 Headstone/Grave Location On the Matavera/Ngatangiia border lagoon side next to a stream, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Ngatokorua (mother), Eteke (father), Atuie Ngatokorua (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9880973 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 and disembarked from the SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916. Admitted to the 26th Stationary Hospital between 19 January 1917 and 3 February 1917. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Admitted to the 66th Casualty Clearing Station with fever 20 August 1917, and then to the 24th Stationary Hospital 23 August 1917 and to the 27th General Hospital, Abbassia 25 August 1917. Transferred to the Aotea Convalescent Home between 1 September 1917 and the 12 September 1917. Pte Aki rejoined the Rarotongan Company 14 September 1917 but was admitted to the 45th Stationary Hospital with sciatica 13 October 1917. Transferred to the 24th Stationary Hospital, Abbassia 22 October 1917 before transferring to Aotea Convalescent Home between 3 November 1917 and 1 December 1917. Admitted to the 71st General Hospital at Helwan on 1 December 1917 to 24 January 1918 before being posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Declared unfit for further military service 5 April 1918 with chronic rheumatism and embarked on the SS Port Darwin for New Zealand 11 July 1918. Discharged 2 October 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Portrait image credit: 31-A13315 (Herman Schmidt), ‘Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections’. Colourised image credit: Cook Islands WW1 Soldiers Research Project Further Links N/A Previous Next

MaRUAPORO19263 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ma Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) RUAPORO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19263 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Ma Ruaporo PEIAA Date of Birth 20/04/1889 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 18/05/1966 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19660066 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Peiaa (father), Tangata Moeone (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10870130 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916. Disembarked at Suez from the SS Malwa 27 December 1916 and was posted to the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Admitted to the 77th Casualty Clearing Station at Jaffa 2 May 1917 with malaria and was transferred to the 47th Stationary Hospital, Gaza on the 6 May 1917 and the 24th Stationary Hospital at Kantara before being transferred to 27th General Hospital, Cairo 9 May 1917. He was admitted to the Aotea Convalescent Home between 13 May 1917 to 17 May 1917 and was then posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot, Moascar. Rejoined the Rarotongan Company 1 July 1918. Admitted to 129th Combined Field Ambulance 5 September 1918 with measles and was evacuated to the 48th Stationary Hospital 15 September 1918, the 44th Stationary Hospital on 23 September and the Military Infection Hospital 26 September 1918 before being admitted to Aotea Convalescent Home between 8 October 1918 and 14 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on the SS Malta 14th of December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. In May 2022, the military headstone was not on the grave and was stored with the family in Titikaveka, Rarotonga. In January 2023, the headstone was restored by Paula Paniani and installed on the refurbished grave Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TearaiRIMA60765  3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tearai Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) RIMA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60765 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Rimaputa TUTAI Date of Birth About 19 years of age on enlistment 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 Ake, Mauke, Cook Islands (mother), Marairenga, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19603736 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918, posted to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Suffered from both malaria and influenza. Discharged 20 March 1919. There is a headstone at the Ivirua Cook Islands Christian Church grounds in Mangaia inscribed with the name “T Rima” and the service number “60765”. However, the date of death inscribed on the headstone 02/05/1942 matches the date of death of Private Rimaputa TUTAI 60650 who is lying in an unmarked grave in the backyard at the house of Atetu Atetu in Ivirua Mangaia. We believe this headstone was for Private Rimaputa TUTAI 60650 buried in Mangaia, however was incorrectly inscribed with the service number 60765 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 enlistmentVAVIA16/1203 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) VAVIA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1203 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Vavia WILLIAMS Date of Birth 09/08/1895 Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 1/10/1916 Place of Death Somme, France Death Registration Number NZ1918/60090 Headstone/Grave Location Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, France Next of Kin Williams (father), Makatea, Mauke, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21648631 Additional Information Enlisted 27 September 1915 in Rarotonga. Left New Zealand for Egypt 5 February 1916. Disembarked at Suez 15 March 1916. Embarked for France at Port Said 9 April 1916. Admitted to 7th General Hospital 31 May 1916. Discharged to unit 13 June 1916. Rejoined from hospital "In the Field" 15 June 1916. WIA (Wounded in Action) 'In the Field' France 1 October 1916. Died of wounds 1 October 1916. Buried at Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Somme, France. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/557256/vavia/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Headstone image source: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/vavia Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission Further Links N/A Previous Next

TongiaTIONI60686 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tongia Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TIONI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60686 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 15/01/1963 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19630002A Headstone/Grave Location Panama Catholic Cemetery, Panama, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Makituki Tioni (wife), Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14376603 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Embarked 13 June 1918 to disembark at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Returned as an invalid on SS Malta and discharged 20 March 1919. Date of death: 15/01/1963 (as per Cook Islands death register) 16/01/1963 (as per military headstone) Until April 2024, the headstone had been on family land at Turangi, Ngatangiia, Rarotonga. The family reunited the headstone with the grave in the Panama Catholic Cemetery, and an unveiling service was held on the eve of Anzac Day, April 24 2024 Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PakuKEA84542 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Paku Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KEA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84542 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Ngapaku KEA Date of Birth 22 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 17/01/1939 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19390499 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Marenga P. Kea (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10446493 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 10 July 1918. Promoted to Lance Corporal 16 July 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

EdmundDUFFY16/1384 4th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Edmund Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) DUFFY Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1384 4th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also known as Lavea Date of Birth 18/07/1893 1887 (as per headstone inscription) Place of Birth Nanumea, Tuvalu, Ellice Islands Date of Death 1971 Place of Death Apia, Samoa Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Samoa Next of Kin A. Duffy (brother), Apia, Samoa Rosa (wife, as per headstone inscirption) His father was of Irish descent, and his mother Cook Islands descent. Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12408007 Additional Information Enlisted 3 February 1916. Embarked Wellington SS Mokoia 3 May 1916, disembarked Suez 3 May 1916 and then disembarked Southampton, United Kingdom 7 Augut 1916, and posted to New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 9 September 1916. WIA (wounded in action) with a GSW (gun shot wound) to left arm on 10 June 1917 and admitted to 9th Australian Field Ambulance then 32nd Stationary Hospital Wimereux, France. Then moved to 2nd New Zealand General Hospital at Brockenhurst and then to the New Zealand Convalescent Hospital. Rejoined the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 25 December 1917. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and departed for Egypt. Joined the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment & Base Depot 15 February 1918 and joined the Rarotongan Company 17 May 1918. Returned to New Zealand via SS Malta. Discharged in New Zealand 7 March 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Image source: https://digitalnz.org/ (Auckland Libraries Heritage Images Collection) No known copyright restrictions Further Links Previous Next

MatePAORA19260 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Mate Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PAORA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19260 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Paora MATE Paora MATATUI Date of Birth 1896 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 01/08/1919 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19190070 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Paora (father), Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19865798 Additional Information Enlisted 9 July 1916 and arrived Egypt on SS Malwa. Employed at Moascar between January and March 1917 then to Kantara, Egypt and NZ Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot until 11 January 1918. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company and whilst in Palestine was admitted to 24th Stationary Hospital, 45th Stationary and 27th General Hospital for back injury and jaundice. Returned to New Zealand on SS Malta and discharged 20 March 1919. Died 1 August 1919 in Atiu of tuberculosis. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

FrancisLEGER16/1336 9th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Francis Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) LEGER Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1336 9th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also known as Date of Birth 26/12/1895 Place of Birth Tonga Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Kate Leger (aunt) Auckland, New Zealand Eliza Leger (mother), Tonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10781330 Additional Information Employed as a seaman with Union Steam Ship Co Ltd when he enlisted 23 November1915. Disembarked from SS Navua at Suez 15 March 1916 and embarked for France with the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 9 April 1916. Apparently identified as a Niuean as he was transferred to England with this contingent and disembarked from SS Arawa in New Zealand 14 July 1916. He reported for duty at Narrow Neck Camp 25 September 1916 and then embarked at Auckland on SS Tofua 14 October 1916 to arrive in Plymouth, United Kingdom 29 December 1916. He left for France 1 February 1918 and arrived in the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 28 March 1917. He was transferred from New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 14 January 1918 to Egypt sailing from France 21 January 1918 and joined the Rarotongan Company 5 March 1918. He was admitted to 44th Stationary Hospital 31 July 1918 with malaria and rejoined the Rarotongan Company 20 September 1918. Returned on SS Malta however became ill en route and was off-loaded for medical treatment at Fremantle, Australia, in January 1919. Arrived in New Zealand May 1919 and returned to Tonga. He suffered 10 further outbreaks of malaria and returned to New Zealand for treatment. Admitted to the Narrow Neck Military Hospital, Auckland 10 December 1919 for treatment for malaria that he had contracted in Palestine. He was discharged for hospital 3 February 1920 and given a 50% pension for 3 months. Served in the Tongan Defence Force in WWII. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/leger-brothers "The Leger brothers came to New Zealand from Tonga and enlisted for service in 1915. They were sent to join the Niueans and Cook Islanders already in training and sailed with them in February 1916 as part of the 3rd Maori Reinforcements. They served in Egypt and France before returning to New Zealand with the Niueans in mid-1916. The Legers were now added to the 9th Maori Reinforcements and returned to France in October 1916 to serve in the Pioneer Battalion. In January 1918 the brothers were among the Pacific Islanders from the Pioneer Battalion sent from France to join the Rarotongan Company in Palestine. They served with this unit until the war ended" Previous Next

Harry CuthbertNORTHCROFT13/110 Auckland Mounted Rifles < Back Highest Rank Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Harry Cuthbert Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NORTHCROFT Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 13/110 Auckland Mounted Rifles Also known as Date of Birth 22/02/1889 Place of Birth Thames, New Zealand Date of Death 19/05/1915 Place of Death Gallipoli, Turkey Death Registration Number NZ1918/37080 (post war death registration) Headstone/Grave Location Walker's Ridge Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey (Gallipoli) Next of Kin Henry William Northcroft (father), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Margaret Northcroft (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19818713 Additional Information Enlisted 14 August 1914 into the Auckland Mounted Rifles. On enlistment his occupation was recorded as solicitor. Embarked from New Zealand 13 October 1914 and disembarked Suez 3 December 1914. Killed in action at Gallipoli 19 May 1915. Living with his parents in Rarotonga at the time of his enlistment. His father, Henry William Northcroft was the resident magistrate and the Chief Justice and Resident Commissioner of the Cook Islands between 1913 and 1915. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/4041307/harry-cuthbert-northcroft/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Headstone image source: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/harry-cuthbert-northcroft Harry Cuthbert Northcroft. The Kiwi: Official Organ of the Auckland University College, 11, 1916. NZGC 378.95 K62, Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission Further Links https://ags.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/10317 https://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/collegians-at-war/their-stories/harry-northcroft Previous Next

TairiMAKA84539 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tairi Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MAKA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84539 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tairi Leon Tairi Leong Tairi Leonard All were versions of his Catholic baptismal name Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 25/09/1974 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19740012 Headstone/Grave Location Catholic Cemetery, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of Kin Maka (father), Tungane (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20678518 Additional Information Enlisted 10 July at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Discharged 6 December 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TauANIVA60683 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tau Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) ANIVA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60683 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rurutu, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of Death 1965 Place of Death Rurutu, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Aniva (father), Rurutu, Pua (mother), Rurutu Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11188788 Additional Information Working in Rarotonga at time of enlistment. Enlisted 12 March 1918. Embarked on SS Manuka at Wellington 13 June 1918. Disembarked at Suez and posted to the Rarotongan Company 4 August 1918. Embarked on SS Malta for New Zealand 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

AratangiTOPAITI5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Aratangi Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TOPAITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Unknown Date of Death 11/11/1977 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19770087 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Turi Turua (wife), V. A. Benioni (daughter), Numaiti (mother), Topaiti (father) Link to Online Service Record Additional Information The 5th Rarotongan Contingent disembarked in Wellington 6 November 1918 and were discharged 13 November at Trentham Military Training Camp due to the signing of the Armistice on November 11 1918 that ended World War One. No Online war service record. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

WilliamTOU84519 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Sergeant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) William Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TOU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84519 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 01/01/1892 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 20/06/1964 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19640065 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tai (father) and Manae (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24382815 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

Archibald Francis RoyMcALLEY35836 Wellington Mounted Rifles Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Sergeant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Archibald Francis Roy Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) McALLEY Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 35836 Wellington Mounted Rifles Rarotongan Company Also known as Date of Birth 11/03/1896 Place of Birth Ohingaiti, New Zealand Date of Death 15/12/1964 Place of Death Whanganui, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1964/43536 Headstone/Grave Location Whanganui Cemetery, Whanganui, New Zealand Next of Kin Robert James McAlley (father), Hunterville, New Zealand Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18938453 Additional Information One of the Europeans in charge of the Rarotongan Company Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next