TauANIVA60683 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tau Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) ANIVA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60683 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rurutu, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of Death 1965 Place of Death Rurutu, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Aniva (father), Rurutu, Pua (mother), Rurutu Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11188788 Additional Information Working in Rarotonga at time of enlistment. Enlisted 12 March 1918. Embarked on SS Manuka at Wellington 13 June 1918. Disembarked at Suez and posted to the Rarotongan Company 4 August 1918. Embarked on SS Malta for New Zealand 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TakotoMATA19268 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Takoto Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MATA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19268 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Matakeu TAKOTO Mata TAKOTO Matakeu AUAI 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 Headstone/Grave Location Teenui, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of Kin Takato (brother) Atiu, Cook Islands, Auai (father), Pare (mother), Kirimoke (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12350961 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 in Rarotonga. Disembarked ex. Malwa 27 December 1916 and served with the Rarotongan Company in Jaffa. Embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Died 2 June 1925 in Atiu of tuberculosis. Other records state he died 3 June 1925. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as 'M. TAKATO'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TioniTUAKANA84554 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tioni Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TUAKANA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84554 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as John TUAKANA John MARSTERS Tione MARSTERS John Trego Tamaono MARSTERS Date of Birth 25 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Palmerston, Cook Islands Date of Death 20/02/1964 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19640027 Headstone/Grave Location Undelivered military headstone located at RSA Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Grave is located at Avatiu Valley Road/Uruau Drive, Avatiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Next of Kin Tamaono Tuakana (father) and VaeVae Marsters (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21345474 Additional Information Attested 12 June 1918 in Rarotonga. Arrived in Wellington 21 June 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Camp 10 July 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918 and embarked on SS Paloona for Rarotonga which arrived in Rarotonga 15 December 1918. There are errors on the private plaque due to errors on other documents. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Ships crew, date unknown. Private Tioni TUAKANA is bottom row at left. Image source: Agnes Armstrong, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Further Links N/A Previous Next

Only one name recorded on enlistmentUPOKOKEU19341 2nd Rarotongan Contingent  < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Only one name recorded on enlistment Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) UPOKOKEU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19341 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Poea UPOKOKEU Upokokeu POEA Date of Birth 1896 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 29/03/1960 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19600006 Headstone/Grave Location Teenui, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of Kin Ngaetu (wife), Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21358670 Additional Information Disembarked from SS Malwa at Suez on 27 December 1916 and posted to the Rarotongan Company 30 November 1917. Injured his hand at Jaffa on 23 February 1918. Embarked on SS Malta for New Zealand and discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga records name as 'U. POEA'. Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as 'UPOKOKEU'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

OpuraTEPEI60710 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Opura Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEPEI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60710 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 24 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 27/11/1962 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19620056 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tungata Tepei (wife), Rarotonga, Tepei (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14752511 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918, embarked on the SS Manuka at Wellington 13 June 1918 and disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and were discharged 20 March 1919 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

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

PitiauIORANGI19243 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Sergeant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Pitiau Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) IORANGI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19243 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Pitian IORANGI Piti IORANGI Daniel IORANGI Iorangi Pitau DANIELA Date of Birth 1894 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 02/06/1943 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19430206 Headstone/Grave Location Eliazara Burial Ground, Ruatonga, Rarotonga Next of Kin Tutakiau (father), Tamaine Tutai (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10728492 Additional Information Disembarked at Suez 27 December 1916. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Attached to 10th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery from 5 October 1917 to 9 November 1917. Promoted to Sergeant 27 November 1917. Admitted to 129th Combined Field Ambulance 9 September 1918 with malaria and then on 15 September 1918 to 48th Stationary Hospital in Gaza with measles. Transferred to 44th Stationary Hospital Kantara 27 September 1918 and to the Military Infectious Hospital Heliopolis 12 October 1918 until 18 October 1918. Embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Malta Roll records his name as 'Daniel Iorangi'. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as 'I. P. Daniela'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MakiroaPAREINA60738 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Makiroa Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PAREINA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60738 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 36 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Tungane (wife), Rarotonga Moari Partina Vaine (wife) on war service record Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19866792 Additional Information Attested at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Granted LWP (Leave Without Pay) 20 April 1918 due to being found medically unfit for service. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PaoraTEKII5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Paora Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEKII Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Paora Tekii VARU Date of Birth 20/10/1897 (as per headstone) Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 09/04/1980 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19800017 Headstone/Grave Location Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tekii Varu (father), Maria Tekii (mother), Ngatupuna Matara Aiteina (wife) Link to Online Service Record Additional Information The 5th Rarotongan Contingent disembarked in Wellington 6 November 1918 and were discharged 13 November at Trentham Military Training Camp due to the signing of the Armistice on November 11 1918 that ended World War One. No online war service record Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

BobNGAPO16/1227 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Bob Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NGAPO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1227 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, Rarotongan Company Also known as Robert NGAPO Date of Birth 01/05/1892 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 27/10/1921 Place of Death Thames, Coromandel, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1921/6499 Headstone/Grave Location Shortland Cemetery, Thames, New Zealand Next of Kin Bob Ngapo (father), Aitutaki, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9982163 Additional Information Born in Aitutaki Cook Islands and living in New Zealand on enlistment. Enlisted 21 October 1915 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand, disembarked at Suez 15 March 1916 and posted to the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion. Embarked for France 9 April 1916. Wounded in Action 7 June 1916 with a gun shot wound in the back. Admitted to the 2nd Australian Field Ambulance, then the 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station on 7 June 1917 and then the 2nd Canadian General Hospital in Etaples, France. Transferred to the 6th Convalescent Depot 11 June 1917 and discharged on 14 June 1917 to rejoin his unit on 26 June 1917. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918, embarked for Egypt from Marseille 21 January 1918 and was posted to the NZ Mounted Rifles Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot before being posted to the Rarotongan Company on 5 March 1918. Returned to New Zealand on SS Malta and was discharged in New Zealand 7 March 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

OnogokoritiMAKIRU19261 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Onogokoriti Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MAKIRU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19261 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Makiru ONOGOKOREITI Onogokoroiti / Ongoriti / Ongariti / Ongo-Kariti MAKIRU (as per service documents) Date of Birth 1897 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 08/01/1956 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19560029 Headstone/Grave Location Headstone location: Cook Islands Christian Church, Ivirua Rd, Ivirua, Mangaia, Cook Islands. Burial location unknown. Next of Kin Tuaine (mother), Ongokoreti (father), Uaongo (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20678724 Additional Information Attested 1 July 1916 in Rarotonga. Disembarked at Suez ex. SS Malwa 27 December 1916. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 4 April 1917. Admitted to hospitals with various ailments from 27 July 1917 to 14 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918, became sick and was admitted to Ship’s Hospital 7 January 1919. Off-loaded at Fremantle, Australia to quarantine and receive medical treatment. Returned to New Zealand via Sydney. Discharged 5 August 1919. His military headstone is located at the Ivirua CICC cemetery along with others whose burial location is unknown. We re-lettered these headstones in October 2018. The service number 84556 on this headstone is incorrect and belongs to Private Mitiakarere PE. The correct service number is 19261. The date of death on the headstone (07/01/1956) is also incorrect. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

BanabaTIPE60653 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Commonwealth War Grave (announced October 2019) < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Banaba Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TIPE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60653 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Commonwealth War Grave (announced October 2019) Also known as Date of Birth 28 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 02/08/1920 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19200135 Headstone/Grave Location On a hill above Amuri, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Mii Banaba Tipe, (wife), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10327125 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp New Zealand. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Admitted to a Field Ambulance 11th of October 1918 and from Haifa sailed by Hospital Ship Assaye to Alexandra. There he disembarked on 18 October 1918 and was admitted to 21st General Hospital until 9 November 1918 and discharged to duty 14 November 1918. Embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. On discharge was unfit due to illness contracted on active service due to tuberculosis of the lung. Died 2 August 1920 in Aitutaki of tuberculosis. Commonwealth War Grave (announced October 2019): https://i.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/116716348/forgotten-wwi-war-dead-honoured-100-years-on “On Friday, on the basis of research done by Cate Walker, Howard Weddell, Paula Paniani and Bobby Nicholas, the names of six Cook Islands soldiers were added to the New Zealand and Commonwealth War Graves Commission's official rolls of honour.” https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/75463735/banaba-tipe/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Rua ItiRUAVAIKATAU60714 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Rua Iti Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) RUAVAIKATAU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60714 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Rua VAIKATAU Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 24/06/1965 (as per military service records and headstone only) Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Rua Vaikatau (father), Muri, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Mata (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18329758 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga 12 March 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 6 June 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. Our research indicates that this soldier is likely to be buried in Titikaveka, Rarotonga. Undelivered military headstone located at RSA, Nikao, Rarotonga. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MatakeitiTREGO84571 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Matakeiti Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TREGO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84571 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Matekeiti John TREGO Ariki Date of Birth 28 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 07/12/1948 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19480024 Headstone/Grave Location Cook Islands Christian Church, Oneroa, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tai Trego (wife), John Trego (father), Pai (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21457542 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. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

AnevaTAENUA19238 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Aneva Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TAENUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19238 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 07/11/1885 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 13/05/1918 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19180157 Headstone/Grave Location Matavera, Rarotonga Cook Islands (near the old packing shed). Next of Kin Tokoua (father), Rai Tara (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10268441 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Discharged as medically unfit 26 August 1916 before proceeding to service overseas. Advice received from the RSA in Rarotonga 4 June 1926 stated he had died, however the date he died was not recorded. The Cook Islands correspondence relating to a request for a military headstone states that he died 21 October 1918. While his military headstone reflects this date, the Cook Islands death register records his date of death as 13 May 1918, as stated by the informant, local Police Constable Kiriparu on 11 June 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Only one name recorded on enlistmentKAU16/1186 New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Only one name recorded on enlistment Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KAU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1186 New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Kau PUTOKO (alias Piri) Date of Birth 1880 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 10/09/1960 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19600053 Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tua (wife), Avarua, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12405938 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 30 September 1915 and then served in the Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. After 191 days of service he has was discharged medically unfit. According to our research, he is the brother of Pte. Kapi PUTOKO 60759 (3rd Rarotongan Contingent) and is buried in the same family burial plot as his brother in Rarotonga. Date of death: 10/09/1960 (as per Cook Islands death register) 11/09/1960 (as per military headstone) Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at the RSA Rarotonga records his name as “Kau Putoko” and no service number. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TereKAINUKU5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Acting Sergeant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tere Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KAINUKU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 14/01/1890 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 11/07/1975 Place of Death Tokoroa, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1975/43661 Headstone/Grave Location Tokoroa Cemetery, Tokoroa, New Zealand Next of Kin Unknown Link to Online Service Record Additional Information The 5th Rarotongan Contingent disembarked in Wellington 6 November 1918 and were discharged 13 November at Trentham Military Training Camp due to the signing of the Armistice on November 11 1918 that ended World War One. No online war service record. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next