< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Nimerota Last name KOPUKOAO Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60778 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 19/20 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of death 17/02/1948 Place of death Mauke, Cook Islands Death registration number MAUK19480014 Next of kin Kopukoao (father), Ngapito / Vainerere (mother), Mou (wife) Headstone/grave location Pirikura, Kimiangatau, Mauke, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11463673 Additional information His brother, Private Tuainerenga KOPUKOAO 60721 is buried in the Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Ngatitautu Last name TAI Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60717 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Ngati Tautu TAI Date of birth 26 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 14/04/1962 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19620036 Next of kin Pukaia (wife), Tai (father), Te Paeru (mother) Headstone/grave location Ruatonga, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18646175 Additional information Date of death: 14/04/1962 (as per Cook Islands death register) 15/04/1962 (as per military headstone) Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Rehoboama Last name TEARETOA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60678 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Reboama TEARETOA Date of birth 1892 Place of birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of death 22/02/1977 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19770010 Next of kin Upoko Tamati Tearetoa (wife), Rarotonga Headstone/grave location Matavera, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (next to the old packing shed) Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11176525 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 Mare Last name AMOA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60699 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 16/06/1898 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 19/02/1945 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19450099 Next of kin Amoa (father), Rarotonga, Poro (mother), Rarotonga, Purumu (wife) Headstone/grave location Muri, Ngatangiia, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10295088 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 Metua Last name AMUPOE Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60691 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Metua HAMPOY Metua HAMBOY Metua AMBOY Date of birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of death 11/03/1964 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19640026 Next of kin Miss Rina Amupoe (sister), Mauke, Cook Islands Headstone/grave location Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11926041 Additional information Headstone found submerged in the Nikao Cemetery in April 2017. Memorial built in the Nikao Cemetery using the headstone in 2018. Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Povaru Last name URIARAU Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60766 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 04/01/1898 Place of birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of death 15/03/1961 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19610018 Next of kin Tamangaro (father) Headstone/grave location Beside the Cook Islands Christian Church, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20405834 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 Teapaina Last name TAOTE Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19331 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Taote TEAPAINA Date of birth 1894 Place of birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of death 14/10/1946 Place of death Atiu, Cook Islands Death registration number ATIU19460009 Next of kin Ravea (mother), Atiu, Cook Islands Headstone/grave location Unknown Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18588569 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 Ken Last name TAVAKA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19318 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tauaka KIU Date of birth 1895 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 10/10/1953 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19530072 Next of kin Kiu (father), Taringa Maki (mother) Headstone/grave location Cemetery next to the Latter-day Saints Church, Avarua/Avatiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9814831 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 Kaimanu Last name TEPEI Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60777 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 30 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 23/08/1929 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19290130 Next of kin Tepei (father), Ruatonga, Rarotonga Headstone/grave location Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10546576 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 Tai Last name PAUA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19321 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Paua TAI Date of birth 1892 Place of birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of death Unknown Place of death Unknown Death registration number Unknown Next of kin Paua (father), Atiu, Cook Islands Headstone/grave location Unknown Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE16646416 Additional information Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board records name as “T PAUA” Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as “PAUA TAI” Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Mai Last name IAVETA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60659 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Maireroa IAVETA Iaveta MAI Iaveta MAIREROA Date of birth 07/03/1898 Place of birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of death 29/02/1948 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19480200 Next of kin Pumatuni Iaveta (father), Mangaia, Puna (mother), Mangaia Headstone/grave location Avaavaroa Rd, Vaimaanga, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13516470 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 Paku Last name TEARIKI Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19311 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Teariki PAKU Paku Teariki KAOKORE Date of birth 1896 Place of birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of death 01/03/1954 Place of death Atiu, Cook Islands Death registration number ATIU19540029 Next of kin Ratapu (mother), 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=IE11214095 Additional information Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Rarotonga records name as “T PAKU” Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as “TEARIKI PAKU” Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Toki Last name TEARIKI Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 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 Next of kin Tokerau Toki (father), Tapapa (mother), Verokura (wife, as per headstone inscription) Headstone/grave location Catholic Cemetery, Atiu, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10865087 Additional information 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 Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Lance Corporal First name/s Tukaroa Last name NGAREA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19282 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Ngarea TIKAROA Tikaroa NGAREA Date of birth 1894 Place of birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of death 18/02/1974 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19740022 Next of kin Mary Marsters (mother), Tikaroa (father), Metua Tearikipati-Pati (wife) Headstone/grave location Muri, Ngatangiia, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11308590 Additional information Grave cleared to build a new house Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Teava Last name TANGATA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19332 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tangata TEAVA Te Ava TANGATA Date of birth 1893 Place of birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of death 06/04/1929 Place of death Atiu, Cook Islands Death registration number Unknown Next of kin Teava (father), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Headstone/grave location Tengatangi, Atiu, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18386361 Additional information Date of death on military headstone is recorded incorrectly as “6-4-92” Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board records name as “T TEAVA” Name missing on the Atiu cenotaph April 2019 Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Abela Last name TOARERE Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60644 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Apera TOAERE (as per military headstone) Date of birth 20/09/1898 Place of birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of death 15/12/1929 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19290150 Next of kin Toarere (father), Aitutaki, Cook Islands Headstone/grave location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12405385 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 Rota Last name ROTA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60754 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 26 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Pukapuka, Cook Islands Date of death 06/01/1919 Place of death At sea Death registration number Unknown Next of kin Rota (father), Pukapuka Headstone/grave location Wellington Provincial Memorial, Wellington (Karori) Cemetery, Karori Road, Wellington, New Zealand Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10413981 Additional information When returning to New Zealand onboard SS Malta following the end of WWI, Private Rota ROTA died from tuberculous meningitis and was buried at sea that day. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/644108/rota-rota/ Images and documents Image credits and references Memorial image source: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/rota-rota Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/644108/rota-rota/ Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Martin Last name MITCHELL Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60682 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 06/05/1897 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 23/12/1949 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19490084 Next of kin Taitapu Mitchell (wife), Avatiu, Rarotonga, Allen Mitchell (father) born New York, USA, Maria (mother) born Mitiaro, Cook Islands Headstone/grave location Panama Catholic Cemetery, Panama, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19783543 Additional information N/A Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next