UPARIAU5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) U Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) PARIAU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth Unknown 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 Unknown Link to Online Service Record Additional Information No online war service record Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

JimmyTERITO60720 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Jimmy Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TERITO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60720 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Jim Tarito BROWN Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 01/05/1965 Place of Death Mauke, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MAUK19650003 Headstone/Grave Location Catholic Cemetery, Araki, Mauke, Cook Islands Next of Kin Terito (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14359268 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918. Disembarked from SS Port Lyttleton 3 August 1918 and admitted to hospital. Discharged to duty and posted to Rarotongan Company 2 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Rarotonga lists his name as 'T. B. TERITI'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

AtiniOKORE84504 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Atini Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) OKORE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 84504 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Ahsin OKORE Date of Birth 18 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 21/01/1976 Place of Death Tokoroa, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1976/33803 Headstone/Grave Location Tokoroa Cemetery, Tokoroa, New Zealand Next of Kin Maine Teaukura (Maine Okore) (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9983751 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 10 July 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918. Emigrated to New Zealand 1957 under the name of Ahsin Okore. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MetuangaPEPE19291 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Metuanga Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) PEPE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19291 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Pepe METUANGA Date of Birth 1894 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 Ngariki Bishop (guardian), Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10856701 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Disembarked Suez 27 December 1916. Discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board records his name as 'P. Metuanga'. 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

Johnston HammondHALL6/1033 Canterbury Infantry Regiment 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Johnston Hammond Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) HALL Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 6/1033 Canterbury Infantry Regiment 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 28/12/1882 Place of Birth Greymouth, West Coast, New Zealand Date of Death 03/12/1944 Place of Death New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1944/27691 Name recorded on death register: Johnstone Hammond HALL Headstone/Grave Location Waikumete Cemetery & Crematorium Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand. Service Persons Area G, Row 7, Plot 67 Next of Kin Miss Jeanie Hall, 9 Alexander Street, Greymouth, New Zealand Ida Muriel Hall (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24364083 Additional Information Enlisted 26 August 1914. Embarked for Gallipoli from Alexandra 12 April 1915 and WIA (Wounded in Action) 5 August 1915 in the foot. Rejoined his unit at Gallipoli 15 September 1915. Promoted to Sergeant 4 August 1916, Warrant Officer Class II 27 August 1916 and 2nd Lieutenant 31 July 1917. Returned to New Zealand 24 October 1917 and posted to Trentham Military Camp. On 4 March 1818 he was at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp and on 4 October 1918 he was nominated for active service to proceed overseas with the 4th Rarotongan Contingent. Due to the signing of the Armistice that ended WWI, the 4th Rarotongan Contingent embarked from New Zealand for Rarotonga on SS Paloona and arrived in Rarotonga 15 December 1918. He was the Officer in Charge for the 4th Rarotongan Contingent on their return to Rarotonga. Discharged 04/04/1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Headstone image source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/248355872/johnstone-hammond-hall Further Links https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24362473 Previous Next

NioTAIKI19275 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Nio Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TAIKI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19275 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 1894 Place of Birth Mitiaro, Cook Islands Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Pito Tamara (father), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10194642 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 and posted to the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Admitted to 66th Casualty Clearing Station 19 August 1917 with a corneal ulcer and then to 24th Stationary Hospital, Kantara 23 August 1917 before being transferred to 27th General Hospital 25 August 1917. Rejoined his company 14 September 1918. Admitted to 128th Combined Field Hospital with diarrhoea between 10 June 1918 and 13 June 1918. Embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged in 20 March 1919. On discharge, his rank was Corporal. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TongaKIRIAU60767 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tonga Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) KIRIAU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60767 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth March 1892 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 30/05/1927 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19270784 Headstone/Grave Location Headstone memorial at Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Teanini Kiriau (wife), Nii Tangiiau (mother), Kiriau (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10890168 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga 4th of February 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp 13 June 1918. Embarked on SS Manuka at Wellington 13 June 1918, disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and transferred to the Rarotongan Company on 20 September 1918. Embarked on the SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. In May 1927 he died after falling from a tree. In 2019, the Nikao Cemetery Restoration Project was alerted to the headstone of soldier L. Corp Tonga KIRIAU 60767 which was sitting under a tree as the original grave was cleared in the 1970’s to make way for the construction of the Rarotonga International Airport. Nikao Cemetery Restoration Project volunteers built a memorial within the Nikao Cemetery February 2020. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PirangiTAMAAU5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Pirangi Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TAMAAU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Tamaau PIRANGI Date of Birth 1899 (as per headstone) Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 18/09/1973 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19730055 Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tamaau Puti (father), Tuiarongo Tamaau (mother) 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

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

TokiTEARIKI84529 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Toki Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TEARIKI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 84529 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Teariki TOKI Paulo Teariki Taurakira TOKI Date of Birth 31/08/1899 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 08/11/1978 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19780002 Headstone/Grave Location Catholic Cemetery, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tokerau Toki (father), Tapapa (mother), Verokura (wife, as per headstone inscription) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10865087 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. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Rarotonga records name as 'T TOKI'. Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as 'TEARIKITAURAKIRA TOKI'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TearikiURIKAPU19338 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Teariki Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) URIKAPU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19338 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Teariki Pa PUIA Teariki Puia TURU Date of Birth 1895 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 26/07/1980 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19800039 Headstone/Grave Location Opposite Panama Catholic Cemetery, Panama, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Turu (father), Rapea (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10425716 Additional Information Enlisted 1st of July 1916. Disembarked at Suez 27 December 1916 and posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Admitted to 26th Stationary Hospital, Ismalia 15 March 1917. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 5 March 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919. Initially listed as died in Atiu 10 June 1930 under the name of Puai Tua, however the SS Malta Roll has the surname as Urikapuia. In February 1933 War Graves Department then advised that 19338 Puai TUA has the same regimental number as Teariki Urikapu. In October 1933 the Resident Commissioner of Atiu advised the correct name should be Puia Tua and he was alive so no further action was to take place. His personal service file stated he died 10 June 1930. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his service number as 19388 which is incorrect as that service number belongs to a New Zealand Māori soldier. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TaiNICHOLAS60677 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tai Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) NICHOLAS Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60677 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Tai KAITARA Date of Birth 22 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 11/01/1946 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19460170 Headstone/Grave Location Ruatonga, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Kikaitara Nicholas (father), Avatiu, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19805340 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per 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

OnoTAAKI60743 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ono Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TAAKI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 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

Only one name recorded on enlistmentARII16/1139 "D" Coy., 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 Given (as per enlistment record) ARII Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 16/1139 "D" Coy., New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Ara ARII Date of Birth 1892 Place of Birth Mitiaro, Cook Islands Date of Death 24/08/1916 Place of Death France Death Registration Number NZ1918/59643 (New Zealand post war death registration) Headstone/Grave Location Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Nord, France Next of Kin Pito Vaine (friend), Rarotonga, Takake (brother), Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11184768 Additional Information Enlisted 27 September 1915 in Rarotonga. Disembarked from SS Navua at Suez 15 March 1916 and embarked with the New Zealand (Māori) Pioneer Battalion for France 9 April 1916. Admitted to the 50th Northumberland Casualty Clearing Station 19th of August 1916, and declared dangerously ill with pneumonia 21 August 1916. Died 24 August 1916 in France. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/44216/ara-arii/ "Son of the late Taiki and Kainga Arii, of Rarotonga, Cook Islands" Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Headstone image credit: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/ara-arii Commemorative certificate image courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission Further Links N/A Previous Next

AioTARIPO60727 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Aio Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TARIPO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60727 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 11/11/1898 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 30/08/1959 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19590057 Headstone/Grave Location Taputapuatea Burial Ground, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Taripo (father) born Tahiti, Society Islands, Tauira (mother) born Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19445958 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918. Disembarked in Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted to hospital 26 September 1918 and again with pyrexia in Gaza 30 September 1918 and with malaria 1 October 1918. Discharged to duty 2 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14th of December 1918. Discharged 20th of March 1919. Date of death: 30/08/1959 (as per Cook Islands death register) 31/08/1959 (as per military headstone) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Findlay JohnMONTGOMERY2/810 New Zealand Field Artillery < Back Highest Rank: Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Findlay John Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) MONTGOMERY Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 2/810 New Zealand Field Artillery Also Known As Date of Birth 23/03/1894 (as per enlistment) New Zealand Births, Deaths, Marriages records year of birth as 1895 Place of Birth Palmerston North, New Zealand Date of Death 03/10/1963 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19630073 Headstone/Grave Location Headstone location: RSA Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Elizabeth Montgomery (wife) Marion Jane Freeman (mother) John Montgomery (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13493306 Additional Information Rank is listed as Corporal on WWI discharge. Rank of Gunner on headstone plaque. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links Previous Next

RingiaREKE84555 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ringia Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) REKE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 84555 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 28 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 09/03/1933 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19330004 Headstone/Grave Location Poeaiai Rd, behind Babe’s Hotel, Tavaenga Rd, Oneroa, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Reke (father), Vaikeiti (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19603873 Additional Information Attested at Rarotonga 12 June 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 10 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

PipikiMUITI19295 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Pipiki Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) MUITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19295 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 1896 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 25/05/1963 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19630025 Headstone/Grave Location Takuvaine Valley Cemetery, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Mrs Tangi (wife), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20477157 Additional Information Enlisted 1 June 1916 and arrived in Egypt 27 December 1916. Posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot from 27 December 1916 to 27 July 1918 in Moascar and Gaza. On 27 July 1918 until 12 August 1918 he was admitted to the 44th Stationary Hospital with sandfly fever. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 30 August 1918. Embarked on the SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Service number on headstone is recorded incorrectly as 192925. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next