< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name MAKIROA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1214 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Makiroa TAMAIVA Makiroa CUTHERS Date of birth 17/05/1893 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 30/11/1940 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19400671 Headstone/grave location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of kin Tamaiva Teava (father), William Cuthers (adopted father), Koi (mother), Tutevera Heather (wife) Additional information N/A Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20678729 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name MEITI Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 84573 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Meiti TARIA Date of birth 22 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of death 07/09/1965 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19650054 Headstone/grave location Matavera, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of kin Taria (father), Tina (mother) Additional information N/A Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19445949 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name TARA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 84575 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tara TEAIOITI Teaioiti TARA Date of birth 28 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of death 04/11/1954 Place of death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death registration number MANG19540025 Headstone/grave location Vaitotara, Tavaenga Rd, Oneroa Village, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of kin Teaioiti (father) and Rakiki (mother) == (?? - Rimaonga -wife... is named on the death register) Additional information Date of death: 04/11/1954 (as per Cook Islands death register) 05/11/1954 (as per military headstone) Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10418849 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name TAURA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1202 New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion Also known as Taura TUAKINA Terekia TAURA Date of birth 1894 Place of birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of death 07/01/1917 Place of death United Kingdom Death registration number NZ1918/60568 (post war death registration) Headstone/grave location Walton-on-Thames Church Cemetery, Surrey, United Kingdom Next of kin Tuakina (father), Atiu Additional information Died of tuberculosis. Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board records name as “T TAURA”. Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as “TAURA TUAKINA”. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/402091/taura "Died 07 January 1917 Aged 23" Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9816655 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references Image sources: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/walton-thames-nz-general-hospital-roll-honour https://ww100.govt.nz/private-terekia-tauras-trench-art Commemoration certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/402091/taura Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name MOU Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1209 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Metuoa MOU Mou MANE Date of birth 1890 Place of birth Tahiti Date of death Unknown Place of death Unknown Death registration number Unknown Headstone/grave location Unknown Next of kin Ina (brother), Avarua, Rarotonga Additional information No online war service record Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10732071 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name MATAPUTA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1213 New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Mataputa A NOO Date of birth 22 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of death 05/03/1916 Place of death Auckland, New Zealand Death registration number Unknown Headstone/grave location Devonport (O’Neill’s Point) Cemetery, Bayswater, Auckland, New Zealand Next of kin Noo (parent), Rarotonga Additional information Not listed on the Atiu cenotaph April 2019. Died from phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis) while undergoing training with Māori Contingent Reinforcements in New Zealand. Commonwealth War Graves Commission listing: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/642928/mataputa/ No online war service record. Archives New Zealand online service record Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/642928/mataputa/ Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name PIAPO Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19348 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Piapo TAPUTU Date of birth 1886 Place of birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of death 24/09/1923 Place of death Atiu, Cook Islands Death registration number ATIU19230179 Headstone/grave location Areora, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of kin Taputa (father), Atiu, Cook Islands Additional information Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board records name as “P TAPUTU” Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as “PIAPO TAPUTU” Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19522662 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name PATU Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1215 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Patu TITA Tita PATU Patu URITAUA Date of birth 14/08/1895 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 18/02/1967 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19670011 Headstone/grave location Previously located at Makiroa Mitchell Family Plot, Hillside, Avatiu, Rarotonga Cook Islands. In November 2023, our team was advised by family members that this grave and three others were exhumed and reburied at the family house at Avatiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death: 18/02/1967 (as per Cook Islands death register) 28/02/1967 (as per military headstone) Next of kin Moetaua (brother), Avarua, Rarotonga Additional information New burial location still to be documented and GPS'd Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19500747 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Lance Corporal First name/s N/A Last name PITA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1193 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Pita COWAN Peter COWAN Date of birth 1889 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 27/04/1971 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19710034 Headstone/grave location Matavera, (next to the old packing shed), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of kin Mere Ke (sister), Aureka Ke (mother), Ke (father) Additional information N/A Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12511339 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name TANEAO Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1201 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Taneao KIRITAKAU Date of birth 10/1894 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 16/08/1969 Place of death Auckland, New Zealand Death registration number NZ1969/31180 Headstone/grave location Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Next of kin Kiri (father), Matavera, Rarotonga Additional information Unmarked grave Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18386496 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name PIRANGI Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19296 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 08/09/1893 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 4/10/1916 Place of death Auckland, New Zealand Death registration number NZ1916 Headstone/grave location Devonport (O’Neill’s Point) Cemetery, Bayswater, Auckland, New Zealand Next of kin John Pirangi (father), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Additional information Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/642934/pirangi/ Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19527331 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/642934/pirangi/ Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name TUAPUTA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 84558 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tuaputa UAONGO Date of birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of death 05/10/1953 Place of death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death registration number MANG19530018 Headstone/grave location Opposite Vaivoronga (Water Pool) Oneroa Rd, Oneroa, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of kin Uaongo (father), Tuua (mother) Additional information N/A Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21345552 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Kiro Luke Last name ADAM Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1007 New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion Also known as N/A Date of birth 01/06/1893 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 7/10/1917 Place of death Belgium Death registration number NZ1918/65677 (post war death registration) Headstone/grave location New Irish Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Next of kin Manuel Luke (Step brother) Additional information Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/451902/kiro-luke-adam/ On enlistment on the 12th of July 1915, he was employed in Auckland New Zealand. Arrived Suez 26 October 1915. Posted to Auckland Infantry Battalion 19 January 1916. Embarked for France 9 July 1916 and re-joined with the New Zealand (Māori Pioneer) Battalion as a bomber 9 November 1916. Returned from leave to "In the Field" 29 July 1917. Killed in Action while with the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 7 October 1917. Buried “in the field” 3 miles north east of Ypres, Belgium, and later moved to New Irish Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11505894 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Kiro Luke Last name ADAM Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1007 New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion Also known as N/A Date of birth 01/06/1893 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 7/10/1917 Place of death Belgium Death registration number NZ1918/65677 (post war death registration) Headstone/grave location New Irish Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Next of kin Manuel Luke (Step brother) Additional information Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/451902/kiro-luke-adam/ On enlistment on the 12th of July 1915, he was employed in Auckland New Zealand. Arrived Suez 26 October 1915. Posted to Auckland Infantry Battalion 19 January 1916. Embarked for France 9 July 1916 and re-joined with the New Zealand (Māori Pioneer) Battalion as a bomber 9 November 1916. Returned from leave to "In the Field" 29 July 1917. Killed in Action while with the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 7 October 1917. Buried “in the field” 3 miles north east of Ypres, Belgium, and later moved to New Irish Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11505894 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Kiro Luke Last name ADAM Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1007 New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion Also known as N/A Date of birth 01/06/1893 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 7/10/1917 Place of death Belgium Death registration number NZ1918/65677 (post war death registration) Headstone/grave location New Irish Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Next of kin Manuel Luke (Step brother) Additional information Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/451902/kiro-luke-adam/ On enlistment on the 12th of July 1915, he was employed in Auckland New Zealand. Arrived Suez 26 October 1915. Posted to Auckland Infantry Battalion 19 January 1916. Embarked for France 9 July 1916 and re-joined with the New Zealand (Māori Pioneer) Battalion as a bomber 9 November 1916. Returned from leave to "In the Field" 29 July 1917. Killed in Action while with the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 7 October 1917. Buried “in the field” 3 miles north east of Ypres, Belgium, and later moved to New Irish Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11505894 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Kiro Luke Last name ADAM Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1007 New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion Also known as N/A Date of birth 01/06/1893 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 7/10/1917 Place of death Belgium Death registration number NZ1918/65677 (post war death registration) Headstone/grave location New Irish Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Next of kin Manuel Luke (Step brother) Additional information Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/451902/kiro-luke-adam/ On enlistment on the 12th of July 1915, he was employed in Auckland New Zealand. Arrived Suez 26 October 1915. Posted to Auckland Infantry Battalion 19 January 1916. Embarked for France 9 July 1916 and re-joined with the New Zealand (Māori Pioneer) Battalion as a bomber 9 November 1916. Returned from leave to "In the Field" 29 July 1917. Killed in Action while with the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 7 October 1917. Buried “in the field” 3 miles north east of Ypres, Belgium, and later moved to New Irish Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11505894 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Kiro Luke Last name ADAM Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1007 New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion Also known as N/A Date of birth 01/06/1893 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 7/10/1917 Place of death Belgium Death registration number NZ1918/65677 (post war death registration) Headstone/grave location New Irish Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Next of kin Manuel Luke (Step brother) Additional information Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/451902/kiro-luke-adam/ On enlistment on the 12th of July 1915, he was employed in Auckland New Zealand. Arrived Suez 26 October 1915. Posted to Auckland Infantry Battalion 19 January 1916. Embarked for France 9 July 1916 and re-joined with the New Zealand (Māori Pioneer) Battalion as a bomber 9 November 1916. Returned from leave to "In the Field" 29 July 1917. Killed in Action while with the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 7 October 1917. Buried “in the field” 3 miles north east of Ypres, Belgium, and later moved to New Irish Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11505894 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Kiro Luke Last name ADAM Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1007 New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion Also known as N/A Date of birth 01/06/1893 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 7/10/1917 Place of death Belgium Death registration number NZ1918/65677 (post war death registration) Headstone/grave location New Irish Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Next of kin Manuel Luke (Step brother) Additional information Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/451902/kiro-luke-adam/ On enlistment on the 12th of July 1915, he was employed in Auckland New Zealand. Arrived Suez 26 October 1915. Posted to Auckland Infantry Battalion 19 January 1916. Embarked for France 9 July 1916 and re-joined with the New Zealand (Māori Pioneer) Battalion as a bomber 9 November 1916. Returned from leave to "In the Field" 29 July 1917. Killed in Action while with the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 7 October 1917. Buried “in the field” 3 miles north east of Ypres, Belgium, and later moved to New Irish Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11505894 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next