NgatureIMENE60742 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ngature Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) IMENE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60742 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 07/12/1978 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19780006A Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tangimetua (brother), Imene (father), Teremoana (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24363244 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918, disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and 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

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

InaMATAITI84528 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ina Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MATAITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84528 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 03/01/1971 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19710001 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (opposite Club Raro resort) Next of Kin Mataiti Maroatai (father), Akaoki (mother), Atiu Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12390963 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. 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

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

Search Results 775 items found for "" Oscar, MEREDITH | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph < Back Final rank: Lance Corporal First name/s Oscar Last name MEREDITH Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1375 4th Māori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also known as Oscar Hammerell MEREDITH Date of birth 25/09/1885 (as per war service record) Place of birth Apia, Samoa Date of death 1922 Place of death Savaii, Samoa Death registration number Unknown Headstone/grave location Unknown Next of kin Mr Meredith (father), Apia, Samoa Mrs Nellie Meredith (wife) Aunchy Thomas Meredith (son) born 07/04/1920 Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12467517 Additional information Enlisted on arrival in New Zealand. Brother of Frank Meredith 16/1376a and as he was of mixed race, he was directed to be trained at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp. Enlisted at Trentham 5 January 1916 and followed same deployment as Frank. When in France had numerous medical admissions for the treatment of bronchitis. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and posted to it on 15 February 1918. Admitted to 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, Moascar 22 March 1918 with bronchitis and medically boarded as unfit 4 May 1918. Invalided to New Zealand 11 July 1918 HMT Port Darwin. Discharged medically unfit 20 October 1918. Died in Savaii, Samoa 1922 from an accidental self-inflicted gun injury. Images and documents Image credits and references Newspaper article source: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SAMZ19220310.2.12 ​ Further links https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14546765 Previous Next Namiro, MAUORE | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph < Back Final rank: Private First name/s Namiro Last name MAUORE Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60657 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as ​ Date of birth 27 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Raiatea, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of death 03/08/1943 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19430241 Headstone/grave location Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of kin Ngametua Mauore (wife), Rarotonga Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11319595 Additional information Enlistment papers indicate he was a French National born in Raiatea but was resident in Rarotonga. He was in New Zealand 16 February 1918 and enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Embarked 13 June 1918 aboard SS Manuka in Wellington, NZ and disembarked per SS Port Lyttleton in Suez 4 August 1918 and marched in to the Training Regiment. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 20 September 1918. Admitted to 48th Stationary Hospital with measles 23 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Pte Mauore’s first wife, Ngametua died 24th April 1923 aged 27 years while giving birth to twins. The twins died nearly a month later. In March 2017, Paula Paniani found the grave of Pte Namiro Mauore in the Nikao cemetery (Nikao Cemetery Restoration Project Rarotonga). Fortunately Pte Mauore’s name was carved into his memorial. There was a slight error in the spelling of the surname - "Mauore" vs "Mouore". On Anzac Day 2017, Paula braved the hot Rarotonga sun to single-handedly re-plaster and paint this soldiers resting place. Pte Namiro Mauore’s official military headstone memorial was unveiled on April 24 2021. Here is a link to the livestream of the headstone unveiling service: https://fb.watch/778pO_Jvhe/ Images and documents Image credits and references N/A ​ Further links N/A Previous Next Tinirau, RANGIMAKEA | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph < Back Final rank: Private First name/s Tinirau Last name RANGIMAKEA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60730 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as ​ Date of birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 03/01/1962 (as per military headstone) Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number Unknown Headstone/grave location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of kin Rangimakea (father), Avarua, Rarotonga Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19570933 Additional information Enlisted in Rarotonga 4 February 1918. Embarked on SS Manuka at Wellington 13 June 1918 and disembarked Sydney 24 June 1918. Embarked on SS Port Lyttleton at Sydney 24 June 1918, and disembarked Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Returned to New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Images and documents Image credits and references N/A ​ Further links N/A Previous Next Pati, MAROTAI | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph < Back Final rank: Private First name/s Pati Last name MAROTAI Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 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 Unknown Next of kin Metua (sister) Archives New Zealand 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. Images and documents Image credits and references N/A ​ Further links N/A Previous Next Takaia, PUATI | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph < Back Final rank: Private First name/s Takaia Last name PUATI Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60664 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as ​ Date of birth 23 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 07/05/1968 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19680037 Headstone/grave location Tikioki, Titikaveka, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of kin Tu John (mother), Puati John (father). Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11246191 Additional information Attested 4 February 1918 at Rarotonga and enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Disembarked at Suez ex SS Port Lyttleton 14 August 1918. Posted to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted to hospital 4 November 1918 and evacuated to 48th Stationary Hospital, Gaza 10 November 1918 and discharged from hospital 15 November 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Buried in an unmarked grave in the same family cemetery as his brother Pte Piri PUATI 60723. Exact grave location unknown. Images and documents Image credits and references N/A ​ Further links N/A Previous Next Kapi, PUTOKO | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph < Back Final rank: Private First name/s Kapi Last name PUTOKO Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60759 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as ​ Date of birth 29 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 20/07/1943 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19430232 Headstone/grave location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of kin Vainetaae Putoko (wife), Putoko (father), Raera (mother) Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11247001 Additional information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918 and embarked from Wellington 13 June 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Reported sick 24 October 1918 and transferred from Haifa on Hospital Ship Assaye 7 November 1918. Disembarked at Alexandria and admitted to hospital at Abbassia. Embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918 for New Zealand and discharged 20 March 1919. Images and documents Image credits and references N/A ​ Further links N/A Previous Next Teokotai, TAOPUA | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph < Back Final rank: Private First name/s Teokotai Last name TAOPUA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60780 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as ​ Date of birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 14/09/1945 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19450155 Headstone/grave location Takuvaine Valley Cemetery, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of kin Taopua (father), Parekura, Rarotonga Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18588457 Additional information Enlisted 12 March 1918 and served with the NZ Mounted Rifle Bde. Training Regiment and Base Depot. Returned to New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Images and documents Image credits and references N/A ​ Further links N/A Previous Next Mata, ANGENE | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph < Back Final rank: Lance Corporal First name/s Mata Last name ANGENE Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19264 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as ​ Date of birth 01/01/1896 Place of birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of death 24/01/1975 Place of death Auckland, New Zealand Death registration number NZ1975/25951 Headstone/grave location Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Next of kin Angene (father), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11477396 Additional information Enlisted 1 June 1916 in Rarotonga. Embarked on SS Manuka 16 November 1916 and disembarked in Egypt 17 December 1916. Posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot 10 March 1917 and to the Rarotongan Company September 1917. Admitted to 27th General Hospital at Abbassia from 17 to 23 August 1918. Posted to Rarotongan Company 1 October 1918. Transferred to the 44th Stationary Hospital 13 to 19 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Name not listed on Atiu cenotaph April 2019. Images and documents Image credits and references N/A ​ Further links N/A Previous Next Bob, SIMIONA | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph < Back Final rank: Private First name/s Bob Last name SIMIONA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60771 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Bob ELEAZARA Date of birth 01/04/1898 Place of birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of death 16/11/1952 Place of death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death registration number AITU19520025 Headstone/grave location Tautu Road, Tautu, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of kin Joseph Simiona (father) (aka Joseph Simiona – Eleazala), Aitutaki, Cook Islands, Teina Ati (mother) Atiu Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10397491 Additional information Enlisted in Rarotonga 4 February 1918 and at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp 12 March 1918. Embarked from New Zealand 13 June 1918 and disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to the NZ Mounted Rifle and Training Regiment and Base Depot. Admitted to 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital from 23 October 1918 to 2 November 1918 and admitted to the Rest Camp in Port Said. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918. Discharged on 20 March 1919. Images and documents Image credits and references N/A ​ Further links N/A Previous Next Tere, TUAINE | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph < Back Final rank: Private First name/s Tere Last name TUAINE Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 20841 New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion, Rarotongan Company Also known as Tere-ora-metua Otua’u Te Pore Date of birth 1893 Place of birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of death 11/09/1963 Place of death Whakatane, New Zealand Death registration number NZ1963/27939 Headstone/grave location Raetihi Urupa, Whanganui, New Zealand Next of kin Metua (mother), Tautu, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21345462 Additional information Enlisted 24 July 1916 in New Zealand as he was previously employed with the Union Steamship Co. Ltd. Embarked from New Zealand for Egypt 16 November 1916. At port and coaling stops in Australia he missed the boat at Melbourne and was sent to Adelaide to rejoin the ship. Disembarked from SS Malwa in Suez 27 December 1916 and posted to NZ Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 5 March 1918. Returned on SS Malta and discharged in New Zealand 7 March 1919. Images and documents Image credits and references Restored portrait image supplied by descendant Christine Hirawani ​ Further links N/A Previous Next Raitia, TEPURETU | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph < Back Final rank: Sergeant First name/s Raitia Last name TEPURETU Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1200 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Araitia TEPURETU Tepuretu ARAITIA Mataiapo Date of birth 1892 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 12/06/1984 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19840031A Headstone/grave location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (at the family home on the back road) Next of kin Metua R Tepureta (Tepuretu) (wife), Avarua, Rarotonga (Matakeu on headstone) Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10769052 Additional information Employed in Rarotonga as Assistant Postmaster. Enlisted in Rarotonga 25 September 1915. Disembarked in Suez 15 March 1916 to embark for France on 9 April 1916. Wounded in Action (WIA) with gun shot wound to leg, thigh and left shoulder 29 September 1916. Admitted to 1st South General Hospital, Birmingham, and then on 17 March 1917 to the New Zealand General Hospital, Hornchurch. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Arawa 10 January 1918.Treated in Wellington Hospital and discharged 13 April 1918. Served as President of the Cook Islands RSA for many years. Awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in 1967. Images and documents Image credits and references N/A ​ Further links N/A Previous Next Bob, NGATAMA | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph < Back Final rank: Private First name/s Bob Last name NGATAMA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60772 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Papu NGATAMA Date of birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of death 23/11/1927 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19270937 Headstone/grave location Headstone memorial: Muri, Ngatangiia, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of kin Akae (mother) Atiu, Ngatama (father) Mauke, Cook Islands, Tangi (wife) Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10877268 Additional information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp 12 March 1918. Embarked at Wellington 13 June 1918 to disembark at Suez 4 August 1918 to join the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot at Moascar. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Developed Influenza and was transferred to the 110th Field Ambulance 17 October 1918 and the 24th Stationary Hospital at Kantara and then the 27th Stationary Hospital, Abbassia 20 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Date of death: 23/11/1927 (as per Cook Islands death register) 24/11/1927 (as per military headstone) Our team have received information which leads us to believe that this headstone and the neighbouring headstone of Pte Tua Tafifiura were moved from the graves, and the graves were subsequently cleared during the construction of the Muri Beach Club Hotel. Images and documents Image credits and references N/A ​ Further links N/A Previous Next Tekapo, TEREPAI | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph < Back Final rank: Private First name/s Tekapo Last name TEREPAI Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 84540 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Terepai TAKAPO Date of birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of death 27/12/1980 Place of death Atiu, Cook Islands Death registration number ATIU19800001 Headstone/grave location Grave located at Ngatiarua Village, Atiu, Cook Islands Headstone located elsewhere in Ngatiarua, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of kin Terepai (father), Kairangi (mother) Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19711648 Additional information Enlisted 12 June 1918 in Rarotonga and disembarked per SS Paloona at Wellington 22 June 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918. Birth parents as per information received from descendants: Kareora (mother) and Taereterongo (father) Images and documents Image credits and references N/A ​ Further links N/A Previous Next Atini, OKORE | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph < Back Final rank: Private First name/s Atini Last name OKORE Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 84504 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Ahsin OKORE Date of birth 18 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of death 21/01/1976 Place of death Tokoroa, New Zealand Death registration number NZ1976/33803 Headstone/grave location Tokoroa Cemetery, Tokoroa, New Zealand Next of kin Maine Teaukura (Maine Okore) (wife) Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9983751 Additional information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 10 July 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918. Emigrated to New Zealand 1957 under the name of Ahsin Okore. Images and documents Image credits and references N/A ​ Further links N/A Previous Next Kairenga, AUPINI | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph < Back Final rank: Private First name/s Kairenga Last name AUPINI Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 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 Archives New Zealand 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 Image credits and references Document courtesy of National Archives Cook Islands ​ Further links N/A Previous Next Mologa, AH MU | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph < Back Final rank: Private First name/s Mologa Last name AH MU Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1405 4th Māori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also known as Moronae Mologa AH MU Maloga AH MU Date of birth 16/02/1894 Place of birth Vaitele, Tuamasaga, Upolu, Samoa Date of death 22/10/1961 Place of death Vaitele, Tuamasaga, Upolu, Samoa Death registration number Unknown Headstone/grave location Samoa Next of kin Mrs 'Ai'fai Ah Mu (wife), Apia, Samoa (as per war service record) Jane Genevieve Taylor (wife) Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9881826 Additional information Enlisted 5 January 1916 at Trentham before training at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp. Disembarked at Suez 23 June 1916 to embark from Alexandra 26 July 1917 for Southampton, United Kingdom 26 July 1916 to arrive 7 August 1916. Left United Kingdom and joined the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion in the field in France on 28 August 1916. He was admitted to 1st Australian Field Ambulance between 9 December 1916 to 17 December 1916 with bronchitis and also the 2nd New Zealand Field Ambulance between 28 December 1916 to 21 January 1917 with bronchitis. On 14 January 1918 he was transferred to the Rarotongan Depot in Egypt and embarked from Marseille 21 January 1918. He arrived at the Rarotongan Company in Palestine 7 March 1918. Embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918. Discharged 23 March 1919 to return to Samoa on SS Talune. Images and documents Image credits and references Portrait image source: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C69341 Portrait of Private Mologa Ah Mu (16/1405) at left, 4th Maori Contingent and Private James Swanney (16/1419) at right, 4th Maori Contingent. Portrait taken in Auckland sometime between attestation on 03 February 1916 and departure on 05 May 1916 for the SS Mokoia / HMNZT 52 in Wellington. Photographer: Percival Kingsford Daws (1872-1939), The Crown Studios, 266 Queen Street, Auckland. Image kindly provided from the Christina Heath collection. Image has no known copyright restrictions. ​ Further links ​ Previous Next John, COULL | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph < Back Final rank: Second Lieutenant First name/s John Last name COULL Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 22541 11th & 17th Māori Reinforcements 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as ​ Date of birth 01/03/1884 Place of birth Aberdeen, Scotland Date of death 20/5/1963 Place of death Whanganui, New Zealand Death registration number NZ1963/42166 Headstone/grave location Aramoho Cemetery, Whanganui, New Zealand Next of kin George Coull (father), Saint John's Hill, Wanganui, New Zealand Mrs Elizabeth Mary Coull (wife), Auckland Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12391069 Additional information Enlisted at Trentham Camp 26 October 1915. Posted as 2nd Lieutenant to Narrow Neck Military Training Camp 24 July 1916 with Bush and Fromm and selected as a Reinforcement Officer for the 2nd Rarotongan Contingent 1 November 1916. Disembarked Egypt 27 December 1916 and posted to Rarotongan Company 28 December 1916 as a Platoon Commander. Tried by General Court Martial in Egypt September 1917 for drunkenness and found not guilty. He was the subject of an adverse report from Captain Bush and General Chaytor on his character and behaviour and he was returned to New Zealand on 25 October 1917. Discharged 9 January 1918 "service not required". Images and documents Image credits and references Headstone image source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/236771754/john-coull ​ Further links https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10060215 Previous Next James Clarence, GRIFFITH | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph < Back Final rank: 2nd Lieutenant First name/s James Clarence Last name GRIFFITH Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 12/2580 Auckland Infantry Battalion Royal Flying Corps Also known as ​ Date of birth 12/02/1893 Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand Date of death 14/08/1970 Place of death Hūnua, Auckland, New Zealand Death registration number NZ1970/46780 Headstone/grave location Papakura Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Lawn Row K, Plot 38 Next of kin Rev S. Griffith, Dunedin, New Zealand (father) Ivy Scott Griffith (wife) Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11414268 Additional information Address and employer before enlistment: A. B. Donald Ltd., Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Travelled to New Zealand from Rarotonga in March 1915 and in April 1915 enlisted at Trentham Military Training Camp, Trentham, Upper Hutt, near Wellington New Zealand. He was discharged from the Auckland Infantry to a commission in the Royal Flying Corps in September 1916. Shot down over hostile territory 12 July 1917 and was recorded as a Prisoner of War in Karlsruhe, and later in Augustabad, Bei Nau-Brandenburg and in Schweidnitz, Schlesien. Repatriated to New Zealand 25 December 1918. Images and documents Image credits and references https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C44730 ​ Further links https://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/collegians-at-war/prisoners-war https://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/roll-of-honour/search?page=576 Previous Next Previous 1 2 3 4 5 ... 44 Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Tauei Last name ISSACS Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tauei ISAAKA Date of birth 24 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of death 22/05/1971 Place of death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death registration number AITU19710009 Next of kin Younger brother of Corporal Soloman ISAACS 16/1033 Headstone/grave location Piritia, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record Additional information Unmarked grave. No online war service record Images and documents Image credits and references N/A ​ Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Corporal First name/s Soloman Last name ISSACS Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1033 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Solomona ISAACS Solomana ISAAKA 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 Next of kin Henry Issacs (father) Headstone/grave location Family Plot, Tautu, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9910777 Additional information Older brother of Private Tauei ISAACS 5th Rarotongan Contingent Images and documents Image credits and references N/A ​ Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s John Everett Otis Rautuarii Last name WINCHESTER Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 84585 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 29/03/1899 Place of birth Tahiti, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of death 1963 Place of death Unknown Death registration number Unknown Next of kin Joseph Winchester (father), Society Islands (French Polynesia) Headstone/grave location Unknown Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21012085 Additional information N/A Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Pora Last name TUTAI Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19326 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tutai PORA Tangata Tutai PORA Paora TUTAI Date of birth 08/02/1893 (as per headstone) Place of birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of death 25/07/1951 Place of death Atiu, Cook Islands Death registration number ATIU19510010 Next of kin Ua (wife), Atiu, Cook Islands Headstone/grave location Ngatiarua, Atiu, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21354273 Additional information Date of death: 25/07/1951 (as per Cook Islands death register) 23/07/1951 (as per headstone inscription) Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Taoro Last name TONGIA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60776 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 29/06/1968 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19680052 Next of kin Tongia (father) Headstone/grave location Ruatonga, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9912320 Additional information Unmarked grave (April 2024) Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Pani Last name TURUA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19306 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Turua PANI Date of birth 1893 Place of birth Penrhyn, Cook Islands Date of death Unknown Place of death Unknown Death registration number Unknown Next of kin Pani (father), Penrhyn, Cook Islands Headstone/grave location Unknown Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21354010 Additional information N/A Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: L/Cpl First name/s Putua Last name KAINUKU Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60800 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 07/08/1896 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 09/07/1964 Place of death Tahiti Death registration number Unknown Next of kin Teatuanui Kainuku Vaine (wife) Headstone/grave location Uranie Cemetery, Tipaerui, Papeete, Taihiti, French Polynesia Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10008630 Additional information N/A Images and documents Image credits and references No known copyright restrictions Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Tai Last name NICHOLAS Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60677 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tai KAITARA Date of birth 22 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 11/01/1946 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19460170 Next of kin N/A Headstone/grave location Ruatonga, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19805340 Additional information N/A Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Tangiia Last name TEAITU Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60652 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 1881 (as per civilian headstone) Place of birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of death 14/05/1971 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO1971037A Next of kin Tangimetua Teaitu (wife), Titikaveka, Rarotonga Headstone/grave location Behind the Cook Islands Christian Church, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9798410 Additional information N/A Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Teariki Takina Last name TEARIAROA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60707 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 26 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of death 02/11/1943 Place of death Mauke, Cook Islands Death registration number Unknown Next of kin Teariaroa (father), Mauke, Cook Islands Headstone/grave location Makatea, Oiretumu, Mauke, Cook Islands. Gravesite cleared. Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11176628 Additional information November 2022, Teararoa Mani took us to a location at Makatea where he believes the home and burial site was. Images and documents Image credits and references Document source: National Archives Cook Islands Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Takoto Last name MATA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19268 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Matakeu TAKOTO Mata TAKOTO Date of birth 1893 Place of birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of death 02/06/1925 Place of death Atiu, Cook Islands Death registration number ATIU19250217 Next of kin N/A Headstone/grave location Teenui, Atiu, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12350961 Additional information N/A Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Terepai Last name NGAATA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19280 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 1896 Place of birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of death Unknown Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number Unknown Next of kin Tauturu (father), Atiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Headstone/grave location Located in an unmarked grave in an overgrown cemetery, Takuvaine Valley, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10804532 Additional information Grave is unmarked (May 2024) Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next