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 Recorded (as per enlistment record) WRIGHT Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 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

KairengaAUPINI19231 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Kairenga Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) AUPINI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19231 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Aupini KAIRENGA Tama HAUPINI Date of Birth 1892 Place of Birth Manihiki, Cook Islands Date of Death 12/07/1947 Place of Death Rakahanga, Cook Islands/Manihiki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Memorial headstone location: Rakahanga Next of Kin Kairenga Tama (father), Rakahanga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10305196 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Arrived in Egypt 27 December 1918 and attached to the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand 14 December 1918 on the SS Malta and discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board records his name as “A. Kairenga” Date of death: 12/07/1947. Died at sea with wife and three adopted children while sailing from Rakahanga, Cook Islands to Manihiki, Cook Islands. All occupants considered drowned and bodies never recovered. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga lists his name as “A Kairenga” Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Document courtesy of National Archives Cook Islands Further Links N/A Previous Next

SolomanISAACS16/1033 New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Soloman Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) ISAACS Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1033 New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Solomona ISAACS Solomana ISAAKA Isaac SOLOMONA Date of Birth 21/12/1894 (as per service record) Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 03/09/1923 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19230304 Headstone/Grave Location Tautu, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Henry Issacs (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9910777 Additional Information Enlisted in Auckland New Zealand at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp 21 October 1915. Disembarked at Suez 15 March 1916 and embarked for France 9 April 1916.Admitted to 11th Static Hospital 7 September 1916 with trench fever, transferred to UK by hospital ship 12 September 1916 and admitted to NZ General Hospital, Brokenhurst 14 September 1916.Transferred to the NZ Depot Codford 7 October 1916 and returned to France 15 November 1916. Attached to the NZ Tunnelling Company NZE 6 December 1916 until rejoining the NZ Pioneer Battalion 26 February 1917. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and embarked for Egypt from Marseille 21 January 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 15 February 1918. Admitted to 128th Field Ambulance from 16 May to 26 May 1918, and on 2 August 1918 admitted to 33rd Static Hospital, Jaffa dangerously ill with pneumonia. Out of danger by 6 August 1918, he was transferred to 36th Stationary Hospital, Gaza, then to 27th General Hospital, Cairo on 12 August to 23 August 1918. Admitted to Aotea Convalescent Home on 23 September to 29 September 1918 when he joined the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base depot. Embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged in New Zealand 7 March 1919. Died from tuberculosis 3 September 1923 in Aitutaki. Older brother of Private Tauei ISAACS 5th Rarotongan Contingent Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links https://ww100.govt.nz/solomon-isaacs-courage-and-commitment https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sponsored-stories/1916-courage-commitment-new-zealands-story/TMSMQXM25K47ZQZHXHQEWYQNBU/ Previous Next

DariuOKORE19286 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Dariu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) OKORE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19286 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tariu OKORE Okore TARIU Date of Birth 15/01/1895 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 08/04/1968 Place of Death Wellington, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1968/33253 Headstone/Grave Location Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand Next of Kin Tariu (father), Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19835431 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 31 July 1917 and discharged 20 March 1919. SS Malta Roll has his name recorded as 'Okore Dariu', while the Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board Nikao Rarotonga records his name as 'O. Tariu'. Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as “OKORE TARIU”. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

RuaVAINEMAKI84550 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Rua Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) VAINEMAKI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84550 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Vainemaki RUA Date of Birth 21 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 21/02/1969 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19690029 Headstone/Grave Location Numunga Burial Grounds, Titikaveka, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Unmarked and unknown grave. Next of Kin Ngarua Vainemaki (father) and Vavia (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21360191 Additional Information Attested 12 June 1918 in Rarotonga. Arrived in Wellington 21 June 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Camp 10 July 1918. Discharged on 7 December 1918 and embarked on SS Paloona for Rarotonga which 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

UtuRATIA60726 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Utu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) RATIA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60726 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Rurutu, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Ratia (father), Rurutu, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19573357 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Embarked 13 June 1918 for Egypt, and disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to 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

UpokoURIA84563 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Upoko Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) URIA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84563 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 27 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 19/05/1950 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19500004 Headstone/Grave Location Poeaiai Rd, behind Babe’s Hotel, Tavaenga Rd, Oneroa, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Aerengaroi Uria (wife), Uria (father), Araia (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21358616 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga 12 June 1918. Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 10 July 1918. Discharged 6 December 1918 due to the signing of the Armistice that ended WWI. Date of death: 19/05/1950 (as per Cook Islands death register) 20/05/1950 (as per military headstone and Roll Call) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

BrownTIA60698 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Brown Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TIA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60698 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 34 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Raiatea, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of Death 24/11/1939 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19390592 Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tahiri Tia (wife), Arorangi, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13624064 Additional Information French citizen living in Rarotonga at time of enlistment. Posted to Rarotongan Company 20 September 1918 and employed as cook from 19 November 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919. In April 2024, we were contacted by descendant Mereani Pirake who took us to the newly built grave. Plans are now underway to have a military headstone installed Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

JohnCAMPBELL60661 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) John Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) CAMPBELL Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60661 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as John Alexander CAMPBELL Date of Birth 1899 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 25/12/1919 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19190251 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Alexander Campbell (father), born Jamaica, Marara (mother), Aitutaki, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12395024 Additional Information Attested 16 February 1918 and enlisted 12 March 1918. Declared medically unfit for service and did not serve overseas (beyond New Zealand). Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MataorakoreMATEATEA84574 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Mataorakore Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MATEATEA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84574 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 36 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 19/12/1949 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19490087 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Tinoparu Taku (sister) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10449473 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

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MoeauMETUA16/1188 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Moeau Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) METUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1188 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 04/10/1895 Place of Birth Papua New Guinea Date of Death 27/03/1924 Place of Death Wellington, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1924/3657 Headstone/Grave Location Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand Next of Kin Moeau (father), Arorangi, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10211363 Additional Information Enlisted at Rarotonga 29th September 1915. Served in France and later became ill and was evacuated to the UK. On 27 August 1917 he was declared medically unfit and embarked for New Zealand on the New Zealand Hospital Ship Marama 21 November 1917. Discharged 16 April 1918. His death was attributed to his war service. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PatiMAROTAI60733 3rd Rarotongan Contingent  < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Pati Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MAROTAI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60733 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth About 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 04/05/1974 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19740005 Headstone/Grave Location Teenui, Atiu Next of Kin Metua (sister) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11414011 Additional Information Attested at Rarotonga 4 February 1918 and enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Admitted to ships hospital 26 June 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to Training Regiment, Ismailia 4 August 1918 and transferred to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Buried in an old burial ground in an unmarked grave, Teenui, Atiu. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

JohnMITCHELL60672 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) John Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MITCHELL Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60672 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 24/07/1890 Place of Birth Tahiti, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of Death 28/04/1934 Place of Death Tahiti, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Tahiti, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Next of Kin Wina Mitchell (wife), Avatiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Allen Mitchell (father) born New York, USA Maria (mother) born Mitiaro, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10383142 Additional Information Enlisted at Rarotonga 9 February 1918 and at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company in the field 20 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

PoriniARAPAI60647 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Porini Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) ARAPAI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60647 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Polinahe ALAPAI Date of Birth 08/01/1894 or 1898 as per military record Place of Birth Manihiki, Cook Islands Date of Death 24/05/1946 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19460211 Headstone/Grave Location Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin J W Alapai (father), Honolulu. Here (mother), Manihiki, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11318016 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 and embarked at Wellington for Suez on 13 June 1918. Posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot at Ismalia on 4 August 1918. Embarked on the SS Malta at Suez on 14 December 1918. Medically examined on 12 February 1919 in Wellington and was identified as a possible influenza carrier and remained in New Zealand for further treatment. Embarked on SS Moana 7 April 1919 and was discharged from the NZEF 4 June 1919. Half a granite military headstone was located at the Nikao Cemetery in 2014. It was later identified as belonging to Pte Porini ARAPAI aka Polinahe ALAPAI 60647. Descendants ordered a new military headstone and a private plaque that were unveiled in September 2018. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

NikauTETE19284 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, Rarotongan Company Commonwealth War Grave < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Nikau Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TETE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19284 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, Rarotongan Company Commonwealth War Grave Also known as Nikau TETEVANO John MOKOENGA Date of Birth 1898 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 12/10/1918 Place of Death Egypt Death Registration Number NZ1918/67400 (New Zealand post war death registration) Headstone/Grave Location Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Next of Kin John Mokoenga (father), Aitutaki, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10306324 Additional Information Enlisted 9 July 1916 and disembarked SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916 and posted to the NZ Mounted Rifles Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 17 March 1917 and detached to 10th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery from 5 October 1917 to 9 November 1917. Admitted to Casualty Clearing Station at Ludd on 2 October 1918 and then 47th Stationary Hospital at Gaza 4 October 1918. Died 12 October 1918 in Egypt from influenza and pneumonia. Buried in European Cemetery, Kantara with Chaplain A.E. Forest C/F officiating. Later interred in Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Palestine. Rarotongan Government roll of servicemen prepared in 1926 indicates his surname and Christian names were transposed. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as 'Nikau', while his Commonwealth War Graves Commission military headstone records his name as 'Nikau Tete'. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/475535/nikau-tete/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Headstone image source: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/nikau-tete Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/475535/nikau-tete/ Further Links N/A Previous Next

NakuNGATI60770 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Naku Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NGATI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60770 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 28/12/1892 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 16/02/1975 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19750031 Headstone/Grave Location Muri, Ngatangiia, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tupu (aka Tupuariki) Peipei Ngati (wife), Tupu Ngati (mother), Tekatupu (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11424855 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga 9 February 1918 and at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Disembarked at Suez ex. SS Port Lyttleton 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 December 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TuanuRIMA60695 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tuanu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) RIMA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60695 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tuanuiti RIMA Date of Birth 25 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 11/12/1928 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19280029 Headstone/Grave Location Opposite Tikura Community Hall, Oneroa, Mangaia Next of Kin Ngaupoka Rima (wife), Mangaia, Rima (father), Atiu, Ngau (mother), Mangaia Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE17483706 Additional Information Enlisted 4 February 1918 at Rarotonga and at Narrow Neck Military Training Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted to various hospitals at Jaffa, Gaza and Kantara from 25 to 30 September 1918 and was then discharged to duty. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. One child documented on enlistment - Tutai, born 1915. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next