< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Mauturi Last name METUAMATE Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60666 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Mouturi METUAMATE Date of birth 23 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of death 15/08/1953 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19530054 Next of kin Ngere Metuamate (wife), Rarotonga, Metuamate (father), Mangaia, Rongomate (mother), Mangaia 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=IE10898501 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 Kino Last name MIRIA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60761 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 25 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of death 15/11/1970 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19700123 Next of kin Miria (father), Apaiaere (mother) Headstone/grave location Titikaveka, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21812023 Additional information Death registration states place of burial as Titikaveka. In 2019, a descendant told our team that this soldier was buried in an unmarked and unknown grave in the burial ground beside the Raina Packing Shed, Titikaveka, Rarotonga Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Tutai Last name TOKORONGA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60674 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tutai TEKORONGO Date of birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 28/11/1942 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19420159 Next of kin Tokoronga (father), Ngatangiia, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Headstone/grave location Avana, Ngatangiia, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13614421 Additional information Grave Location: Backroad Avana, Rarotonga. Unmarked grave. Exact grave location unknown. Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Ingatu Last name NGAIPU Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 84503 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 21 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of death 10/11/1918 Place of death Auckland, New Zealand Death registration number NZ1918/8946 Next of kin Ponina (mother) Aitutaki, Cook Islands Matai Ngaipu (father), Atiu 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=IE11484573 Additional information Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/642932/ingatu-ngaipu/ 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/642932/ingatu-ngaipu/ Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Vaine Last name TEPURETU Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19344 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 1895 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 01/05/1945 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19450108 Next of kin Rima (mother), Terekia (father), Tangi (1st wife), Maki (2nd 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=IE10024465 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 Pirangi Last name TAMAAU Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tamaau PIRANGI Date of birth 1899 (as per headstone) Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 18/09/1973 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19730055 Next of kin Tamaau Puti (father), Tuiarongo Tamaau (mother) Headstone/grave location Arorangi, 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 Pipiki Last name MUITI Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19295 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 1896 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 25/05/1963 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19630025 Next of kin Mrs Tangi (wife), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Headstone/grave location Takuvaine Valley Cemetery, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20477157 Additional information Service number on headstone is recorded incorrectly as 192925 Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Lance Corporal First name/s Metua Mate Last name KUE Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19249 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Kue METUA-MATE Kue METUAMATE Date of birth 1890 Place of birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of death 04/07/1975 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19750042 Next of kin Metuamate (father), Tariatu Mataiko (wife) Headstone/grave location Avatiu Valley Cemetery, Rarotonga Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19317203 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 Temata Vaipunu Last name ANAUPOU Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60725 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tematavaipunu ANAUPOU Date of birth 22 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of death 17/02/1957 Place of death Mauke, Cook Islands Death registration number MAUK19570014A Next of kin Tearii Vaine Anaupou (wife) Headstone/grave location Taparere, Ngatiarua, Mauke, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11185819 Additional information Date of death: 17/02/1957. Date of death on headstone is 19/02/1957 aged 68 Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Tearii Vaatau Last name PAITAI Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60649 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tearii Vaatau MAVE Date of birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 26/06/1967 Place of death Auckland, New Zealand Death registration number NZ1967/43535 Next of kin Moumou (mother), Ngatangiia, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Headstone/grave location Mangere Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE16643604 Additional information Service Records state that he was born in Rarotonga, however, he may have been born in Huahine, Tahiti to Cook Islands parents. Family to confirm. Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Taau Last name TAUNGA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60736 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 26 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 11/06/1957 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19570019 Next of kin Ngapoko (sister), Taunga (father) Headstone/grave location Titikaveka, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18589458 Additional information Date of death: 11/06/1957 (as per Cook Islands death register) 14/06/1957 (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 Raea Last name RAEAMETUA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60709 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of death 17/08/1947 Place of death Mauke, Cook Islands Death registration number MAUK19470008 Next of kin Raeametua (father), Ngatama (mother) Mauke, Cook Islands Headstone/grave location Rangituarua, Kimiangatau, Mauke, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10309282 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 Rataro Last name TEKIA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19304 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Rataro Enua TIKIA Rataro ENUATEKIA Rataro TE KIA Date of birth 1896 Place of birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of death 13/01/1961 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19610007A Next of kin Enua Tikia (father), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Headstone/grave location Kavera, Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19711787 Additional information Surname spelt TIKIA on headstone Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Tunu Last name PARAU Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60668 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Teuru PARAU Date of birth 30 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 06/04/1955 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19550002 Next of kin Tumataiapo (brother), Tupapa, Rarotonga Headstone/grave location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9985564 Additional information N/A Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Corporal First name/s Nio Last name TAIKI Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19275 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 1894 Place of birth Mitiaro, Cook Islands Date of death Unknown Place of death Unknown Death registration number Unknown Next of kin Pito Tamara (father), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Headstone/grave location Unknown Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10194642 Additional information Rank is listed as Lance Corporal on Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at the RSA Rarotonga, however was Corporal on discharge Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Metuanga Last name PEPE Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19291 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Pepe METUANGA Date of birth 1894 Place of birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of death Unknown Place of death Unknown Death registration number Unknown Next of kin Ngariki Bishop (guardian), Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Headstone/grave location Unknown Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10856701 Additional information Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board records name as “P METUANGA” Not listed 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 Metua Last name PAITAI Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19259 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Metuakore PAITAI Date of birth 1888 Place of birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of death 21/12/1955 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19550083 Next of kin Ngaavae (mother), Paitai Araiti (father), Tepora (wife) Headstone/grave location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19861151 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 Manu Last name MARAMA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60716 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 29/11/1893 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 03/05/1956 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19560020 Next of kin Repo Marama (mother), Tukuvaine, Rarotonga Headstone/grave location Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19484013 Additional information Date of death: 03/05/1956 (as per Cook Islands death register) 04/05/1956 (as per military headstone) Appointed Temporary Corporal October 1918 and At Sea December 1918 Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next