NgapotaMOKOENGA5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ngapota Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MOKOENGA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Kavana MATE Kavana Ngapota Mokoenga MATE Date of Birth 23 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 21/10/1962 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19620017 Headstone/Grave Location Tautu, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Mokoenga (father), Utivaru (mother), May Elder aka Vaarua (wife) 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

PaitaiREMUERA16/1218 New Zealand Maori 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) REMUERA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1218 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Remuera PAITI Remuera ITI Date of Birth 10/04/1895 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 26/03/1948 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19480206 Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (by the road in front of Edgewater Hotel) Next of Kin Paiti (father), Arorangi, Rarotonga. Pokotaa (mother), Ru Parau (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10643497 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 25 September 1915. Embarked for France at Egypt 9 April 1916 and served in the New Zealand Māori Pioneer Battalion until being transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 15 February 1918. After disembarkation from SS Malta in January 1919 he was sick with pneumonia and transferred from Somes Island to Trentham Camp Hospital New Zealand. Remained in New Zealand for treatment until 7 April 1919 and was discharged 5 May 1919. Date of death: 26/03/1948 (as per Cook Islands death register) 21/03/1948 (as per military headstone) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

GeofreyGELLING84514 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Geofrey Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) GELLING Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84514 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Geoffrey GELLING Date of Birth 21 years of age on enlistment London Missionary Society Register records date of birth as 02/05/1897 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 08/06/1954 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19540027 Headstone/Grave Location Titikaveka, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Frank (father) of Manihiki, Cook Islands, Ngaevaeva Teina (mother) born Mangaia, Pati Cuthers (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10095961 Additional Information Enlisted 12 June 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918 due to the signing of the Armistice that ended WWI. Headstone cleaned and relettered September 2024. Headstone lists his battalion as "Maori Battalion' which is incorrect. It should be 'Rarotongan Contingent'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A 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

TeakataaMATEATEA84580 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Teakataa Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MATEATEA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84580 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 24 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 25/12/1934 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19340075 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Tinoparu Taku (sister) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10442527 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. Embarked on SS Paloona for Rarotonga, and arrived in Rarotonga 15 December 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MareTAUMAA60749 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Mare Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TAUMAA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60749 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 28 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 14/03/1964 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19640028 Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Mare (father), Tieke (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18589467 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 20 September 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Date of death: 14/03/1964 (as per Cook Islands death register) 18/03/1964 (as per military headstone) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TaereTEAEA60662 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Taere Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEAEA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60662 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 23 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 02/01/1928 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19280469 Headstone/Grave Location Arutanga, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Teaea (father), Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14318088 Additional Information Enlisted 13 March 1918. Disembarked SS Port Lyttleton at Suez 4 August 1918. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Contracted malaria and admitted to 33rd Casualty Clearing Station, Beirut and returned from Beirut to Alexandria by sea 22 November 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

KaimanuTEPEI60777 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Kaimanu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEPEI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60777 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 30 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 23/08/1929 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19290130 Headstone/Grave Location Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tepei (father), Ruatonga, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10546576 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp 12 March 1918. Posted to Rarotongan Company 18 September 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

WilliamMARSTERS15568 15th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) William Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MARSTERS Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 15568 15th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company Rarotongan Company Also known as Date of Birth 21/06/1891 Place of Birth War service documents record both Rarotonga and Palmerston Cook Islands (family to confirm island of birth) Date of Death 21/05/1940 Place of Death Te Kuiti, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1940/29151 Headstone/Grave Location Te Kuiti Old Cemetery, Te Kuiti, Waitomo District, Waikato, New Zealand Next of Kin Mrs Crowe (friend) Christchurch, New Zealand Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10320156 Additional Information On enlistment at Trentham Camp on the 6 April 1916, he was working for the Public Works Department in Christchurch. Embarked per HMNZ Waitemata in Wellington 25 July 1916. Disembarked at Devonport and marched into Sling Camp 3 October 1916 WIA (Wounded In Action) 7 June 1917 and evacuated to the 77th Field Ambulance and then transferred to New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 3 July 1917. Evacuated sick 13 November 1917 and transferred to a number of hospitals before being admitted to the New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch. After discharge on 19 March 1918 he was transferred to the Rarotongan Detachment in Egypt. He moved to the 8th Rest Camp and then the 3rd New Zealand Depot Unit of Supply at Marseille for passage to Egypt on 16 May 1918. Joined the Rarotongan Company 15 June 1918, and returned to New Zealand on the SS Malta ill with malaria. Discharged 13 June 1919. Information received from Sheryl Marsters May 2019: "I am the wife of the late Howard Marsters and have some info about William in addition to what you already have. William is the son of Ann Marsters (Palmerston) & Raki Raki (Aitutaki). William married a pakeha woman named Lillian Samuels whom he met when he was hospitalised on Somme Island after being injured in the war. She was a nurse there. They then settled in Pio Pio and William worked as a chef in Te Kuiti until his passing. The couple had no children. The photo of him buying bread in Belgium has been used in many places including the War Memorial Museum in Wellington. When Howard & I visited the museum & we saw the photo with William's name and cited him as a Maori soldier, Howard asked to speak to the curator to ensure he knew that William was one of the 500 Cook Island soldiers that served in the NZ Army. Hope that helps fill in some gaps." Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Colourised image: https://www.facebook.com/jecinci/ Further Links N/A Previous Next

Only one name recorded on enlistmentTARINGA16/1199 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) TARINGA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1199 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Taringa MATEAENGA Date of Birth 1895 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 15/08/1916 Place of Death France Death Registration Number NZ1918/60937 (post war death registration) Headstone/Grave Location Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France Next of Kin Mateaenga (father), Atiu Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19446005 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 25 September 1915 and embarked for Egypt on SS Navua 5 February 1916. Embarked for France 9 April 1916 as part of the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion. From 3 to 13 June 1916 he was admitted to the 7th General Hospital, St Omers, with measles and rejoined the battalion on 15 June 1916 at Armentieres. On 4 August 1916 he was admitted and was transferred from 2nd New Zealand Field Ambulance to the 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, France. He died of pneumonia 15 August 1916 and is buried at Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as “TARINGA MATEAENGA” Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/204118/taringa/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MetuaPAITAI19259 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Metua Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PAITAI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19259 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Metuakore PAITAI Date of Birth 1888 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 21/12/1955 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19550083 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Ngaavae (mother), Paitai Araiti (father), Tepora (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19861151 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Arrived in Egypt 27 December 1916 and posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade at El Arish from the NZ Mounted Rifle Depot Moascar. Rejoined New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot 7 April 1917 and posted to the Rarotongan Company. Admitted to 33rd Casualty Clearing Station, Jaffa 25 July 1918 and at 24 Stationary Hospital, Kantara 17 August 1918. Discharged from Duty 18 August 1918. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 1 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and was discharged 20 March 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TTAVAITAI5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) T Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TAVAITAI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Unknown Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Unknown Link to Online Service Record Additional Information The 5th Rarotongan Contingent disembarked in Wellington 6 November 1918 and were discharged 13 November at Trentham Military Training Camp due to the signing of the Armistice on November 11 1918 that ended World War One. No online war service record. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

VaitotiTUPA19310 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Vaitoti Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TUPA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19310 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tupa VAITOTI Date of Birth 06/03/1883 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 03/06/1948 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19480028A Headstone/Grave Location Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Epi (father-in-law), Ranginui (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21348658 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 in Rarotonga. Posted to the Rarotongan Company and attached to 97th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery from 11 October 1917 to 9 November 1917. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA, Nikao, Rarotonga records name as “T VIATOTI” Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PitiauIORANGI19243 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Sergeant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Pitiau Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) IORANGI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19243 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Pitian IORANGI Piti IORANGI Daniel IORANGI Iorangi Pitau DANIELA Date of Birth 1894 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 02/06/1943 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19430206 Headstone/Grave Location Eliazara Burial Ground, Ruatonga, Rarotonga Next of Kin Tutakiau (father), Tamaine Tutai (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10728492 Additional Information Disembarked at Suez 27 December 1916. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Attached to 10th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery from 5 October 1917 to 9 November 1917. Promoted to Sergeant 27 November 1917. Admitted to 129th Combined Field Ambulance 9 September 1918 with malaria and then on 15 September 1918 to 48th Stationary Hospital in Gaza with measles. Transferred to 44th Stationary Hospital Kantara 27 September 1918 and to the Military Infectious Hospital Heliopolis 12 October 1918 until 18 October 1918. Embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Malta Roll records his name as 'Daniel Iorangi'. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as 'I. P. Daniela'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PakuTEARIKI19311 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Paku Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEARIKI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19311 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Teariki PAKU Paku Teariki KAOKORE Date of Birth 1896 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 01/03/1954 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19540029 Headstone/Grave Location Ngatiarua, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of Kin Ratapu (mother), Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11214095 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916 and disembarked 1916 ex SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916. Employed with the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Embarked on SS Malta for New Zealand 14th December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Rarotonga records name as 'T PAKU'. Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as 'TEARIKI PAKU'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TaeroTIONI TUTAI60781 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Taero Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TIONI TUTAI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60781 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth About 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Tahiti, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of Death 27/07/1951 Place of Death Rurutu, Tahiti, French Polynesia Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Tioni Tutai (father), Ngatangiia, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14376972 Additional Information On enlistment on the 12 March 1918 he was employed in Rarotonga. Embarked 13 June 1918 and disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted sick to 76th Clearing Station at Belah 13 October 1918 until 23 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1918. We have unconfirmed information that he may have passed away on 28 July 1951 in Tahiti, and we welcome any family to please confirm. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

AruakeTUAINE60762 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Aruake Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TUAINE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60762 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 28 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 18/01/1920 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19200258 Headstone/Grave Location Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Opuhu (mother), Nineve (father), Mata (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21345409 Additional Information Arrived in Wellington from Rarotonga on the 25 February 1918, then proceeded by train to Auckland arriving on 27 February 1918. Sailed from Wellington on 13 June 1918 to Sydney with the 30th Maori Reinforcements. They spent a week in Sydney and participated in a patriotic parade before embarking on a vessel with other Australian troops before finally arriving in Egypt on 4 August 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919 after serving with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force for one year and 33 days. Pte Tuaine, along with other Cook Islanders embarked on the vessel SS Paloona bound for Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Died 18 January 1920 at the age of 28 years in Avarua, Rarotonga. As he was from the outer island of Aitutaki, Pte Tuaine was unable to be returned home to Aitutaki to be buried on his own family land, so he was buried in the Government Registered Crown Land Nikao Cemetery opposite the international airport in Rarotonga. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

NioTAIKI19275 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Nio Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TAIKI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 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