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

ManaTIKAROA5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Mana Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TIKAROA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Mana TAKIROA Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 28/04/1927 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19270422 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Tikaroa (father), Mary Marsters (mother) 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

TamatiKAINUKU60676 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tamati Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KAINUKU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60676 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Kainuku TAMATI Kainuku AMATI Kainuku Ariki Amati Itaata PARAPU Date of Birth 04/07/1899 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 05/06/1979 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19790026 Headstone/Grave Location Avana, Ngatangiia, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Kainuku (father), Ngatangiia, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19051345 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga 4 February 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company on the same day. 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

KeuWILLIAM60700 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Keu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) WILLIAM Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60700 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as William KEU Date of Birth 21 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 29/11/1970 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19700102 Headstone/Grave Location Panama Catholic Cemetery, Panama, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Unmarked grave. Next of Kin William (father), Mauke, Cook Islands, Pue (mother), Mauke, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24474135 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. Admitted to the 33rd Casualty Clearing Stations in Beirut and assessed as dangerously ill. Out of danger, he sailed from Beirut on 14 November 1918 for Alexandria and was admitted to 21st General Hospital, Cairo. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918. Discharged 20th of March 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Tiale Bau MaraVUIYASAWA16/1364 4th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tiale Bau Mara Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) VUIYASAWA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1364 4th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also known as Ratu Tiale Bau Mara (Charlie) Wimbledon Thomas VUIYASAWA Date of Birth April 1895 (as per war service record) Place of Birth Nakelo, Fiji Date of Death 08/03/1981 Place of Death Suva, Fiji Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Suva Cemetery, Suva, Fiji Next of Kin Mrs Litiana Maapa (mother), Bau, Fiji Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10849972 Additional Information Enlisted 27 December 1915. Sailed for Egypt on SS Mokoia and disembarked at Suez 23 June 1916. Re-embarked from Alexandria for United Kingdom on 26 July 1916 and arrived at Sling Camp 24 August 1916. Posted to the Nw Zealand Pioneer Battalion in France 11 September 1916. Detached from the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 14 January 1918 and sailed to Egypt 15 February 1918 to join the Rarotongan Company 5 March 1918. Admitted to 24th Stationary Hospital at Kantara 10 September 1918 with severe malaria and transferred to 27th General Hospital at Abbassia. Convalesced in the Aotea Convalescent Home until rejoining the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment & Base Depot on 5 October 1918. Returned to New Zealand with the Rarotongan Company on SS Malta. Discharged 7 March 1919. In WWII he was known as J. W. T. Vuiyasawa and served in 1st Battalion Fiji Labour Corps. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiale_Vuiyasawa "Vuiyasawa was born into a chiefly family, the second son of Joni Madraiwiwi I and Litiana Maopa after Lala Sukuna, and the uncle of future Prime Minister Kamisese Mara. He attended school in Levuka before completing his education at Wesley College in Melbourne. In 1916 he enlisted in the New Zealand army, joining the 4th Maori Reinforcements. After serving in Egypt and France with the Pioneer Battalion, he was transferred to the Rarotongan Company who were in Palestine". https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/ratu-tiale-vuiyasawa https://www.fijitimes.com.fj/155-years-on-hundreds-gather-to-bury-chief/ The younger brother of Ratu Joseva Lalabalava Sukuna (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lala_Sukuna) Previous Next

Only one name recorded on enlistmentURI19340 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) URI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19340 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Uri TAOI Date of Birth 1887 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 31/03/1951 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Taoivaini (mother), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10236456 Additional Information Disembarked at Suez 27 December 1916. Posted to the Rarotongan Company on the 7th of April 1917. Admitted to various hospitals with malaria 24 July 1918 to 14 August 1918. Admitted to a rest camp between 15 August 1918 to 6 September 1918 and then transferred to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade Training Regiment and Base Depot. Rejoined the Rarotongan Company 1 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and was discharged on 20 March 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

UmaTIPUTA19312 2nd Rarotongan Contingent  < Back Highest Rank Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Uma Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TIPUTA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19312 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tiputa UMA Umata Date of Birth 1892 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 16/11/1942 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19420027 Headstone/Grave Location Mapumai, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of Kin Uma (father), Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13538112 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Disembarked at Suez from SS Malwa 27 December 1916 and posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Posted to Rarotongan Company 7 July 1917. Returned on SS Malta and discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga records name as 'T. UMA'. Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as 'TIPUTA UMA'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

RangiTIAURE84532 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Rangi Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TIAURE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84532 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 25 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 13/01/1920 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19200257 Headstone/Grave Location Matavera, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Taunga Pee (father) born Rarotonga, Ngamata (mother) born Samoa Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13523594 Additional Information Attested 12 June 1918 in Rarotonga. Arrived in Wellington 21 June 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Camp 10 July 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918 and embarked on SS Paloona for Rarotonga and arrived in Rarotonga 15 December 1918. Commonwealth War Grave (announced October 2019): https://i.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/116716348/forgotten-wwi-war-dead-honoured-100-years-on “On Friday, on the basis of research done by Cate Walker, Howard Weddell, Paula Paniani and Bobby Nicholas, the names of six Cook Islands soldiers were added to the New Zealand and Commonwealth War Graves Commission's official rolls of honour.” https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/75463733/rangi-tiaure/ We GPS’d and documented this grave and headstone in 2019, however when we returned in November 2022 it was apparent that the headstone had been irreparably damaged due to the use of either sandpaper or a power grinder. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Tautu AneruTUKARA60784 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tautu Aneru Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TUKARA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60784 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tukara ANERU Date of Birth 25/09/1894 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 29/07/1961 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19610038 Headstone/Grave Location Cook Islands Christian Church, Matavera, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Andrew Tukara (father), Matavera, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21557331 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 and embarked for Egypt 13 June 1918. Disembarked at Suez and was posted to the Rarotongan Company 4 August 1918. Sick on board SS Malta on return to New Zealand and off-loaded for treatment and quarantine at Fremantle, Western Australia 12 January 1919 with serious influenza and pneumonia. Departed Sydney April 1919 for New Zealand and discharged 9 July 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as 'T. Aneru'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MakikeAVANUI60701 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Makike Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) AVANUI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60701 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 04/01/1978 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG1978001A Headstone/Grave Location Attested at Rarotonga 4 February 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to Training Regiment. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Sick to hospital 24 October 1918 and discharged 29 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918. Was ill on SS Malta and was off loaded for medical treatment in Fremantle, Australia and put into isolation 12 January 1919 with pnuemonia. Discharged 9 July 1919. Buried in an unmarked grave in the family burial ground at Te Kopua, Tavaenga Rd, Mangaia, Cook Islands. Next of Kin Ngavii Avanui (brother), Tukuvaine, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10533027 Additional Information N/A Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

KeithCOWAN23/389 New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion < Back Highest Rank Rifleman First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Keith Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) COWAN Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 23/389 New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion Also known as Keith Rueben COWAN Date of Birth 16/08/1894 Place of Birth Cook Islands Date of Death 18/01/1963 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1963/33735 Headstone/Grave Location Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Peter M Cowan (father), Rarotonga, Mrs B K Cowan (mother), Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13380837 Additional Information Enlisted at Trentham Camp 28 May 1915. Disembarked at Suez 1 November 1915 and embarked for France 6 April 1916. Wounded in action 15 September 1916 with a gun shot wound to left leg. Evacuated 16 September 1916 to 36th Casualty Clearing Station and on 17 September 1916 to the Liverpool Merchants Mobile Hospital and then to the United Kingdom on the hospital ship Brighton and admitted to NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames 22 September 1916. Discharged to the New Zealand Convalescent Hospital at Brockenhurst 6 December 1916 to rejoin his unit. Discharged 23 May 1919. https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C41159?srt=relevance&n=23%2f389&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch&ordinal=0 Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

NgametuaTUIKAA19285 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ngametua Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TUIKAA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19285 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Ramateaunga Date of Birth 18/05/1895 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 28/06/1930 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19300058 Headstone/Grave Location Ivirua, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Vairau (mother), Tuikaa (father), Ungaia (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12319086 Additional Information Enlisted at Rarotonga 1 July 1918. Disembarked at Suez 27 December 1918. Significant time spent in hospitals due to sickness. Served in the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Sick on SS Malta during the return voyage to New Zealand and was off-loaded for medical treatment and quarantine at Fremantle, Western Australia in January 1919. Returned to New Zealand via Melbourne and Sydney and discharged 9 July 1919. When our team revisited Mangaia in April 2023 to film the CITV documentary series ”Finding our way back . . . to Mangaia”, we were pleased to see that the gravesite and headstone had been fully refurbished and beautified since our previous visit in October 2018. Could be the brother of Private Tuakanaiti TUIKAA 60741 (same father in death records). Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

AllanWILLIAMS16/1385 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Allan Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) WILLIAMS Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1385 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also known as Date of Birth 15/02/1891 (as per service record) Place of Birth Samoa Date of Death 26/07/1918 Place of Death Jaffa, Palestine (now Israel) Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Originally buried at the Jaffa & Sorona Military Cemetery, Palestine. Later moved to the Ramleh Military Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Next of Kin Allan Williams (father) Apia Samoa Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10924795 Additional Information Directed to train at Narrow Neck Camp because he was of mixed race. His platoon did not embark with the main 4th Māori Reinforcements but embarked some days later on 26 June 1916 from Wellington with the 2nd Tunnellers Reinforcements. Disembarked at Plymouth, United Kingdom 22 August 1916. He left for France on 28 August 1916 and joined the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion on 16 September 1916. Became ill and was admitted to a number of hospitals in France and United Kingdom with trench fever. He was posted to New Zealand Engineer Reserve Depot in United Kingdom on discharge from hospital on 4 April 1918 and was transferred to Rarotongan Company. Left for France 7 May 1918 and spent some days at 8th Rest Camp, Marseille, waiting for passage to Egypt. He embarked for Egypt on SS Canberra 5 June 1918 and arrived at Alexandria 14 June 1918 and was posted to the Rarotongan Company 1 July 1918 and was admitted to hospital 21 July 1918. He died of mastoid (ear infection) on 26 July 1918 at 33rd Clearing Hospital Jaffa. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Headstone image at left source: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/allan-williams Headstone image at right (taken September 2024) source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22751607/allan-williams Further Links Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/653570/allan-williams/ Previous Next

MateruaNGAA84511 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Materua Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NGAA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84511 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 22/07/1934 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19340725 Headstone/Grave Location Cook Islands Christian Church, Vaipae, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Ngaa (father), Mataroa (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19803366 Additional Information Enlisted at Rarotonga 12 June 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

TauVAROVARO19328 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tau Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) VAROVARO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19328 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 1891 Place of Birth Penrhyn, Cook Islands Date of Death 01/04/1969 Place of Death Penrhyn, Cook Islands Death Registration Number PENR19690001 Headstone/Grave Location Penrhyn, Cook Islands Next of Kin Varovaro (father), Penrhyn, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11146368 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 and disembarked at Suez on 27 December 1916. Joined the Rarotongan Company on 7 April 1917 and on 11 October 1917 he was detached to the 97th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery until 9 November 1917. When on leave in Cairo on 26 May 1918, he accidentally injured his head and was in 27th General Hospital until 3 June 1918. Admitted to 129th Field Hospital with Malaria on 12 August 1918, was moved to the 24th Stationary Hospital on 3 September 1918 and then to the 27th General Hospital on 5 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta on 14 December 1918 and discharged on 20 March 1919. In April 2019, Oirua Rasmussen messaged our Facebook page and confirmed that Tau Varovaro’s grave in Penrhyn is unmarked with no military headstone or private memorial. Oirua Rasmussen shared that he was one of the Boys Brigade company of Penrhyn who gave him a military send off at his burial service Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

AARIANA3rd Rarotongan Contingent No service number on RSA Roll of Honour board Nikao Rarotonga < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) A Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) ARIANA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 3rd Rarotongan Contingent No service number on RSA Roll of Honour board Nikao Rarotonga 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

MakiroaKAIVARI60694 3rd Rarotongan Contingent  < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Makiroa Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KAIVARI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60694 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Kaivari MAKIROA Date of Birth 27 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 13/10/1966 Place of Death Mauke, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MAUK19660012 Headstone/Grave Location Near Hyde Park, Kimiangatau, Mauke, Cook Islands Next of Kin Akarare Kaivari (brother), Mauke, Cook Islands, Kaivari (father), Mauke, Cook Islands, Ritia (mother), Mauke, Cook Islands. Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19051534 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga February 1918 and enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Posted to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked SS Malta for New Zealand 14 December 1918 and was discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands death register records the date of death as 13 October 1966. Other documents record the date of death as 12 October 1966. The military headstone was ordered recording the date of death as 12 October 1966. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board records his name as 'M. KAIVANAI'. Brother of Peru KAIVARI (5th Contingent) who is buried on Rarotonga. 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 enlistmentATAATAIVI16/1206 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) ATAATAIVI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1206 New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Harry Arapoiti ATAATAIVI Ataataivi ARAPOITI Date of Birth 17/05/1890 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 26/07/1971 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19710056 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Arapoiti (father), Mangaia Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10176000 Additional Information Enlisted 27 September 1915 in Rarotonga. Disembarked at Suez 15 March 1916 and embarked for France from Port Said 9 April 1916. Admitted to the 7th General Hospital, St. Omar from 28 June 1916 to 9 July 1916 with measles. Accidentally injured his right hand when handling railway lines on 27 March 1917. Admitted to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station 27 March 1917 and 3rd Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne 29 March 1917. Transferred to UK by hospital ship and admitted to the 2nd New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames 30 March 1917 to 30 April 1917 before being transferred to the New Zealand Convalescent Hospital at Hornchurch between 30 April 1917 and 4 June 1917. Transferred to the New Zealand Depot at Codford and admitted to the 3rd New Zealand General Hospital, Codford between 19 June 1917 and 23 July 1917. Transferred to the New Zealand Discharge Depot, Torquay 24 August 1917 before embarking on SS Ruahine at Liverpool for New Zealand. Discharged with 50% pension for three months 3 February 1918. We have not located the resting place of this soldier who we believe was buried in Nikao/Panama area in Rarotonga. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next