< 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

< Back Final rank: Warrant Officer Class Two First name/s Carl Last name MARSTERS Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19237 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 23/06/1894 Place of birth Palmerston, Cook Islands Date of death 01/06/1953 Place of death Penhryn Death registration number PENR19530001 Next of kin Marama (mother), William (father), Tutu (wife) Headstone/grave location Penrhyn, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10166958 Additional information 10/10/17 Promoted to Warrant Officer Class 2 and appointed to Company Sergeant Major of the Rarotongan Company. He was the highest ranked Native Cook Islander during WWI. Images and documents Image credits and references No known copyright restrictions Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Teaumarae Last name TEIVA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19324 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Teivaariki TEAUMARAE Date of birth 1896 Place of birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of death 14/09/1916 Place of death Auckland, New Zealand Death registration number NZ1916/10550 Next of kin Akeronga (wife), Cook Islands Headstone/grave location Devonport (O’Neill’s Point) Cemetery, Bayswater, Auckland, New Zealand Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12319351 Additional information Commonwealth War Graves Commissions listing: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/642941/teaumarae-teiva/ Images and documents Image credits and references Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Naku Last name NGATI Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60770 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A 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 Next of kin Tupu (aka Tupuariki) Peipei Ngati (wife), Tupu Ngati (mother), Tekatupu (father) Headstone/grave location Muri, Ngatangiia, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11424855 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 Makuru Last name MATAPO Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60774 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of death 02/06/1945 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19460213 Next of kin Matapo (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=IE11183889 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 Pai Last name TEIPO Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 84543 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 01/09/1899 Place of birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of death 10/02/1919 Place of death Auckland, New Zealand Death registration number NZ1919/675 Next of kin Ngapuna (mother), Teipo (father) Headstone/grave location Devonport (O’Neill’s Point) Cemetery, Bayswater, Auckland, New Zealand Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10174956 Additional information Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/642940/pai-teipo/ Not listed on Atiu cenotaph April 2019 Images and documents Image credits and references Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/642940/pai-teipo/ Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Naero Last name KIRI KIRI Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19253 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Naero KIRIKIRI Kirikiri NAERO Date of birth 1896 Place of birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of death Unknown Place of death Unknown Death registration number Unknown Next of kin Mrs Naero (mother), Atiu, Cook Islands Headstone/grave location Unknown Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10890948 Additional information Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board records name as “K NAERO” Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as “KIRIKIRI NAERO” Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Nikau Last name TETE Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19284 New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion, Rarotongan Company Also known as N/A 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) Next of kin John Mokoenga (father), Aitutaki, Cook Islands Headstone/grave location Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10306324 Additional information Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/475535/nikau-tete/ Images and documents 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

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Kainana Last name MA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19265 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Ma KAINANA Date of birth 1886 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 18/02/1957 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19570101 Next of kin Te Kura (mother), Kainana (father), Mere Te Puretu (wife) Headstone/grave location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Across the road from the Hartel Shop in Tupapa near the fishing club. Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10023121 Additional information Date of death: 18/02/1957 (as per Cook Islands death register) 19/02/1957 (as per military headstone) Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Rarotonga records rank as “Cpl”. Entry in service record on 31/07/1917 reads “All previous entries … are cancelled and the correct rank is Pte.” Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Makitae Last name RIMA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60773 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Rima MAKITAE Date of birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of death 14/02/1950 Place of death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death registration number MANG1950024A Next of kin Rima (father) Headstone/grave location Maungainano, Tavaenga, Oneroa, Mangaia, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19603635 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 Kaka Last name MATAPO Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60713 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 1901 Place of birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of death 14/08/1919 Place of death Christchurch, New Zealand Death registration number NZ1919/5994 Next of kin Matapo (father), Mauke, Cook Islands Headstone/grave location Featherston, South Wairarapa District, Wellington, New Zealand Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10460896 Additional information N/A Images and documents Image credits and references Headstone image source: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/kaka-matapo Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Oiaua Last name KOROITI Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60643 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 29/04/1899 Place of birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of death 04/11/1958 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19580032 Next of kin Teinaiti (father), Mangaia, Ua (mother), Mangaia Headstone/grave location Avatiu/Ruatonga, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19316378 Additional information Date of death: 04/11/1958 (as per Cook Islands death register) 05/11/1958 (as per military headstone) Images and documents Image credits and references Left to right in this photo are the three KOROITI brothers, Pte Oiaua KOROITI 60643, Pte Akaitia KOROITI 60748, Pte Teremaki (TeAkataa) KOROITI 5th Rarotongan Contingent. All three brothers were born on the island of Mangaia. Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Ngaumetua Last name VAEVAEONGO Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60747 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of death 16/06/1963 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19630034 Next of kin Vaa (mother), Vaevaeongo (father), Rima Ria (wife) Headstone/grave location Titikaveka, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10297361 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 Aruake Last name TUAINE Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60762 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 28 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of death 18/01/1920 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19200258 Next of kin Opuhu (mother), Nineve (father), Mata (wife) Headstone/grave location Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21345409 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 Makike Last name AVANUI Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60701 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A 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 Next of kin Ngavii Avanui (brother), Tukuvaine, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Headstone/grave location Buried in an unmarked grave in the family burial ground at Te Kopua, Tavaenga Rd, Mangaia, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10533027 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 Rima Last name RAA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60689 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Rimaputa RAA Rima PAIAA Date of birth 12/01/1899 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 24/11/1966 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19660087 Next of kin Raa (father), Raa Vaine (mother), Marairenga, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Headstone/grave location Are te Tonga Road, Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19566381 Additional information N/A Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Lance Corporal First name/s Pakari Last name KOPU Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19247 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 01/01/1894 (as per headstone inscription) Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 17/07/1975 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19750046 Next of kin Moe (mother), Pakari Tauu (father), Upokoina Mataorakore (wife) Headstone/grave location Arai Te Tonga Rd, Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record Additional information No online war service record Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Ngametua Last name TUIKAA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 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 Next of kin Vairau (mother), Tuikaa (father), Ungaia (wife) Headstone/grave location Ivirua, Mangaia, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12319086 Additional information Could be brother of Private Tuakanaiti TUIKAA 60741(same father in death records) Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next