Kiro LukeADAM16/1007 New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Kiro Luke Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) ADAM Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1007 New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion Also known as Kiro Luke Adam MANUELA Date of Birth 01/06/1893 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 7/10/1917 Place of Death Belgium Death Registration Number NZ1918/65677 (post war death registration) Headstone/Grave Location New Irish Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Next of Kin Manuel Luke (Step brother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11505894 Additional Information Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/451902/kiro-luke-adam/ On enlistment on the 12th of July 1915, he was employed in Auckland New Zealand. Arrived Suez 26 October 1915. Posted to Auckland Infantry Battalion 19 January 1916. Embarked for France 9 July 1916 and re-joined with the New Zealand (Māori Pioneer) Battalion as a bomber 9 November 1916. Returned from leave to "In the Field" 29 July 1917. Killed in Action while with the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 7 October 1917. Buried “in the field” 3 miles north east of Ypres, Belgium, and later moved to New Irish Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links https://www.cookislandsnews.com/letters-to-the-editor/beautiful-letter-to-fallen-ci-son/ https://www.cookislandsnews.com/local/ripples-of-love-and-friendship-from-belgium/ Previous Next

TuiraTARAI19314 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tuira Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TARAI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19314 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Teuira TARAI Date of Birth 1889 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 18/02/1940 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19490031 Headstone/Grave Location Headstone located at Cook Islands Christian Church, Ivirua Rd, Ivirua, Mangaia, Cook Islands. Burial location unknown Next of Kin Tarai (father), Mangaia, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19445784 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Disembarked at Suez ex Malwa 27 December 1916. Posted to Rarotongan Company on 8 September 1917 and detached to 97th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery on 11 October 1917. Admitted to various hospitals from 24 November 1917 for the next few months. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918. In quarantine at Somes Island, Wellington, New Zealand January/February 1919. Embarked on SS Paloona for Rarotonga and was discharged 20 March 1919. Another document dated 29 May 1950, records date of death as 24/02/1949 Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PiauSIMEONA19305 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Piau Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) SIMEONA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19305 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Piau SIMIONA Simiona PIAU Date of Birth 1896 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 18/05/1965 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19650003 Headstone/Grave Location Teenui Village, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of Kin Piau (father), Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10434198 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Disembarked at Suez from the SS Malwa 27 December 1916 and posted to the NZ Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Admitted to the 26th Stationary Hospital, Moascar with fever 2 January 1917 and transferred to the 27th General Hospital, Abbassia with pneumonia 15 January 1917 to 27 January 1917. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Admitted to the 33rd Casualty Clearing Station in Jaffa 14 July 1917 with malaria and transferred to the 36th Casualty Hospital, Gaza 16 July 1917. Again contracted malaria 21 July 1918 and was evacuated to the 27th General Hospital Abassia and transferred to the Aotea Convalescent Home from 27 July 1918 to 1 August 1918. Rejoined the Rarotongan Company 12 August 1918 before being admitted to the 129th Field Ambulance with measles on 5 September 1918. He was then transferred to 48th Stationary Hospital, Gaza on 15 September 1918 and then to the 44th Staionary Hospital, Kantara on 23 September 1918 until 26 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on the SS Malta on the 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. We have had confirmation from family members that the correct spelling of his surname is “Simiona” as per his headstone on the grave in Atiu. His NZEF military enlistment records his surname as “Simeona” however family say that spelling is incorrect. He has a duplicate military headstone at the RSA Nikao Rarotonga with the surname spelt incorrectly as “Simeona”. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga records name as 'S. Piau'. Headstone/grave images taken April 2019 & April 2025 Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TupouTOROMONA19330 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tupou Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TOROMONA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19330 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Toromona TUPOU Toromoana TUPOU Date of Birth 1890 Place of Birth Rakahanga, Cook Islands Date of Death 1/10/1958 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19580029 Headstone/Grave Location Panama Catholic Cemetery, Panama, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tupou (father), Mareta (mother), Komera (grandfather), Manihiki, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10188441 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Disembarked ex Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916 and posted to New Zealand Training Unit and Depot Regiment. Detached to 97th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery from 11 October 1917. Admitted to hospital 2 March 1918 to 10 March 1918.Transferred to Rarotongan Company 2 April 1918. “Accidentally wounded” 14 April 1918 with "bomb blast and wound to hand" in Palestine. Admitted to 77th Casualty Clearing Station before being transferred to 43rd Stationary Hospital at Kilo 151 on 16 April 1918 and then to 27th General Hospital at Abbassia 18 April 1918 where he had fingers amputated.Transferred to the Aotea Convalescent Home 14 May 1918 to 17 May 1918 and then was at a rest camp from 19 May 1918 to 29 May 1918.Joined NZ Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot before rejoining the Rarotongan Company 12 August 1918. Embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and was discharged 20 March 1919. Pension applied for in May 1919 and this was granted at 10s per week. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

IsaiaMANUELA5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Isaia Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MANUELA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Isaia MANUERA Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 23/07/1946 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19461178 Headstone/Grave Location Araura, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Unknown Link to Online Service Record Additional Information No online war service record Enlisted in Rarotonga 28 October 1918. Disembarked in Wellington 6 November 1918. Due to the signing of the Armistice on November 11 1918, he was discharged 13 November at Trentham Military Camp. Embarked on SS Moana for Rarotonga 30 November 1918 and arrived in Rarotonga 6 December 1918. The 5th Rarotongan Contingent soldiers from Aitutaki departed Rarotonga 12 January 1919 on the schooner Toafa Haamia bound for Aitutaki. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

RaeaRAEAMETUA60709 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Raea Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) RAEAMETUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60709 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 17/08/1947 Place of Death Mauke, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MAUK19470008 Headstone/Grave Location Rangituarua, Kimiangatau, Mauke, Cook Islands Next of Kin Raeametua (father), Ngatama (mother) Mauke, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10309282 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 in Rarotonga. Disembarked 3 August 1918 at Suez. Admitted to the Government Hospital and transferred to the 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, Moascar between 4 August 1918 and 1 October 1918. Posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Embarked 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

PaiaTU19337 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Paia Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19337 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tu PAIA Tu PAEA Date of Birth 29/12/1893 Place of Birth Tahiti, French Polynesia Date of Death 20/12/1968 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO1968043B Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Paia (father), Tahiti, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21345303 Additional Information Enlisted at Rarotonga 1 June 1916. Disembarked ex. SS Malwa in Suez 27 December 1916 and posted to Training Units and Depot at Moascar. Admitted to various hospitals from 11 February 1917 to 12 October 1917. Transferred to Rarotongan Company at Belah 25 October 1917. Admitted to hospital 6 September 1918 with measles and at various hospitals at Gaza, Kantara, Heliopolis until 18 October 1918 and was then Discharged to Duty. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands death register records place of burial as Takuvaine, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Tui Teariki VaivakaPORI5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Acting Sergeant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tui Teariki Vaivaka Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PORI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tui Teariki Vaivaka PORI Makea Date of Birth 23/06/1899 (as per headstone inscription) Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 12/01/1978 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19780018 Headstone/Grave Location Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Ngoroio Pori Makea (father), Tepivai (mother) Link to Online Service Record Additional Information NZDF reference number 396/29496. 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

Only one name recorded on enlistmentMOU16/1209 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) MOU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1209 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Metuoa MOU Mou MANE Date of Birth 1890 Place of Birth Tahiti, French Polynesia Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Ina (brother), Avarua, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10732071 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 27 August 1915. Embarked for France from Egypt 9 April 1916 as part of the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion. Admitted to the 12th Casualty Clearing Station from 19 April 1916 to 28 April 1916. Admitted to the 1st New Zealand Field Ambulance 15 December 1916 and to the 14th General Hospital 16 December 1916 with severe pneumonia. Transferred to the United Kingdom by Hospital Ship 5 January 1917 and admitted to the New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst until 13 February 1917 when he was transferred to the New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch 13 February 1917. He was employed at Hornchurch until 14 February 1918 when he was transferred to the New Zealand Engineer Reserve Depot at Christchurch, United Kingdom. Returned to France 7 May 1918 and was transferred to 3rd New Zealand Depot Unit of Supply at Marseille 20 May 1918 and embarked for Egypt on SS Canberra 5 June 1918. He was sentenced to 28 days Field Punishment No.2 on 24 June 1918 for creating a disturbance and striking a non-commissioned officer and served this at the Detention Compound, Ismailia. On 30 July 1918 he was posted to the Rarotongan Company. On 6 October 1918 he was admitted to 110th Field Ambulance with malaria and transferred to 36th Stationary Hospital and on 12 October 1918 transferred by hospital train and admitted to 27th General Hospital, Gaza. Admitted to Aotea Convalescent Home at Heliopolis 12 October 1918 to 18 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919 and returned to Tahiti. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TurangataiKAKAO60735 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Turangatai Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KAKAO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60735 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 34 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 2/10/1948 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19480018 Headstone/Grave Location Military headstone memorial in Ivirua CICC grounds, Ivirua, Mangaia, Cook Islands. Burial location unknown. Next of Kin Rimaongo (sister), Mangaia Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9960025 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga 12 February 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918.Embarked 13 June 1918 for Egypt. Disembarked 4 August 1918 at Suez. Posted 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

UruNIOTAMANU84526 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Uru Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NIOTAMANU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84526 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tangauru Tu NIO-TAMANU Date of Birth 09/02/1900 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 22/10/1995 Place of Death Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1995/50838 Headstone/Grave Location Papakura Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Niotamanu (father), Kimiangatau, Atiu Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19812247 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. Not listed on Atiu cenotaph April 2019. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TaomiaTOTOROAERE60679 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Taomia Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TOTOROAERE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60679 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 27 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 27/11/1956 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19560012 Headstone/Grave Location Cook Islands Christian Church, Oneroa, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Totoroaere (father), Mangaia, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24379006 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918, embarked on the SS Manuka at Wellington 13 June 1918 and disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Military headstone located in the Oneroa CICC grounds. Pte Totoroaere was buried at the site of the Mangaia College playground. After the land was declared to be used as a school, the headstone was relocated to the Oneroa CICC grounds where a memorial was built. This information was sent by a descendant to the Nikao Cemetery Restoration Project Facebook page. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TikaTAVERO60732 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tika Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TAVERO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60732 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tikakore TETONGA Date of Birth 21 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 13/06/1951 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19510004 Headstone/Grave Location Buried in a family burial site at Auraka Makatea, on the top of the hospital road in Oneroa, Mangaia, Cook Islands. Exact grave unknown. Next of Kin Maata Tavero, Vaine (wife), Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12475091 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918. Disembarked in Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted to hospital with Malaria 18 November 1918. After disembarkation from SS Malta was sick and remained in New Zealand for treatment at Trentham Military Camp. Embarked for Rarotonga on SS Moana 1 April 1919. Discharged 6 May 1919 In July 2019, Mr Ruddi Revake, a relative of Pte Tika Tavero (his maternal grandfather’s brother) shared information with us that Pte Tika Tavero is buried in a family burial site at Auraka Makatea, on the top of the hospital road in Oneroa Mangaia but he does not know the exact grave. His birth name was Tika Tetonga but was adopted by Tavero. He was told this by his mother Teio Puia who is the daughter of Revake who is Tika’s brother. Tika has a son in Tokoroa New Zealand (2023). His name is Ponarae Tetonga Tika. When we met with Ruddi at the burial ground in April 2023, he told us that Tika was a policeman after the war and died in 1952. We have since located a death record showing that his date of death was 13/06/1951. He married twice. He married his first wife Maata in 1916 in Avarua Rarotonga and she died in 23/05/1944. They had three children. In 1945 he married Angareu Arapoiti (the sister of Cook Islands WWI soldier Ataataivi Araipoti 16/1206) who had two previous husbands; Topa Enoka (married 1925), Tangitungane Tiraapu (married 1934). Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

ArthurBROWN84512 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Bugler First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Arthur Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) BROWN Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84512 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Arthur BROWNE Date of Birth 15/04/1899 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 28/06/1932 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19320043 Headstone/Grave Location Panama Catholic Cemetery, Panama, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tinomana Tuoro Ariki (father), Mere/Mary (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14738562 Additional Information Enlisted 12 June 1918 and discharged 7 December 1918. Military documents records the surname as both “Brown” and “Browne” however he signed his name "BROWNE" Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MoeTAIA60724 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Moe Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TAIA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60724 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 23/10/1919 Place of Death Mauke, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MAUK19190044 Headstone/Grave Location Cook Islands Christian Church, Oiretumu, Mauke, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tetauiraariki (brother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10579330 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918. Assessed as medically unfit and did not serve overseas. Discharged 15 June 1918. 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 Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEARIKI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 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

KopuPAKARI19247  2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Kopu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PAKARI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19247 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 01/01/1894 (as per headstone inscription) Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 17/07/1975 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19750046 Headstone/Grave Location Arai Te Tonga Rd, Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Moe (mother), Pakari Tauu (father), Upokoina Mataorakore (wife) Link to Online Service Record Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 in Rarotonga. Disembarked from SS Malwa at Suez on 27 December 1916. Joined the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Detached to 97th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery from 11 October 1917 to 9 November 1917. Returned to New Zealand from Egypt on SS Wiltshire departing 26 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. 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

TeatamiraUANGAKORE5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Teatamira Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) UANGAKORE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Makirere TATA Date of Birth 12/01/1899 (as per headstone inscription) Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 03/05/1989 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Cook Islands Christian Church, Arutanga, Aitutaki, Cook Islands 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. Also served as a Coastwatcher during WWII. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next