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- Omao, OMAO | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
OmaoOMAO60654 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Omao Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) OMAO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60654 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Maoa OMAO Date of Birth 31 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Raiatea, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of Death 06/05/1963 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19630019A Headstone/Grave Location Tipuka, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Ruako Omao (wife) Rarotonga, Omao (father), Raiatea. Tapare (mother), Raiatea Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10335518 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 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. Was possibly buried where the Rarotonga International Airport is now located. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next
- Rehoboama, TEARETOA | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
RehoboamaTEARETOA60678 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Rehoboama Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEARETOA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 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 Headstone/Grave Location Matavera, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (next to the old packing shed) Next of Kin Upoko Tamati Tearetoa (wife), Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11176525 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 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. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next
- Banaba, TIPE | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
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
- Pati, MAROTAI | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
PatiMAROTAI60733 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Pati Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MAROTAI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60733 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth About 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 04/05/1974 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19740005 Headstone/Grave Location Teenui, Atiu Next of Kin Metua (sister) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11414011 Additional Information Attested at Rarotonga 4 February 1918 and enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Admitted to ships hospital 26 June 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to Training Regiment, Ismailia 4 August 1918 and transferred to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Buried in an old burial ground in an unmarked grave, Teenui, Atiu. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next
- Tai, NICHOLAS | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
TaiNICHOLAS60677 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tai Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NICHOLAS Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60677 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tai KAITARA Date of Birth 22 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 11/01/1946 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19460170 Headstone/Grave Location Ruatonga, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Kikaitara Nicholas (father), Avatiu, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19805340 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next
- George Joshua, SKUDDER | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
George JoshuaSKUDDER22460 16th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, New Zealand Māori Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) George Joshua Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) SKUDDER Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 22460 16th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, New Zealand Māori Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also known as Date of Birth 22/06/1894 Place of Birth Tonga Date of Death 09/06/1966 Place of Death Kingsland, Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1966/29302 Headstone/Grave Location Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Area 11 Block A Lot No 315 Next of Kin George Charles Skudder (father), Nuku'alofa, Tonga Mary Louisa Cocker (mother) Mary Tonga (Mele Tonga) Prescott (wife) married 9/05/1921, in Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu, Tonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20906160 Additional Information Enlisted 10 April 1916. Embarked for the United Kingdom with the 16th Reinforcements 19 August 1916 and proceeded to active service in France on 15 November 1916 as a Private in the 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment. Transferred to the New Zealand (Māori) Pioneer Battalion 1 January 1918 and then detached to the Rarotongan Company. Embarked for Egypt 21 January 1918 and promoted to Lance Corporal June 1918. Between July and November held the temporary rank of Corporal. Became ill in Palestine November 1918 and was admitted to hospital, subsequently being evacuated to Egypt by sea and then to New Zealand, where he was finally discharged on 7 March 1919. His cause of death was classified by the War Pensions Board as attributable to illness contracted while on active service. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links https://malotonga.com/1HohokoCockersofTonga.html Previous Next
- Mologa, AH MU | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
MologaAH MU16/1405 4th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Mologa Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) AH MU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1405 4th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also known as Moronae Mologa AH MU Maloga AH MU Date of Birth 16/02/1894 Place of Birth Vaitele, Tuamasaga, Upolu, Samoa Date of Death 22/10/1961 Place of Death Vaitele, Tuamasaga, Upolu, Samoa Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Samoa Next of Kin Mrs 'Ai'fai Ah Mu (wife), Apia, Samoa (as per war service record) Jane Genevieve Taylor (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9881826 Additional Information Enlisted 5 January 1916 at Trentham before training at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp. Disembarked at Suez 23 June 1916 to embark from Alexandra 26 July 1917 for Southampton, United Kingdom 26 July 1916 to arrive 7 August 1916. Left United Kingdom and joined the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion in the field in France on 28 August 1916. He was admitted to 1st Australian Field Ambulance between 9 December 1916 to 17 December 1916 with bronchitis and also the 2nd New Zealand Field Ambulance between 28 December 1916 to 21 January 1917 with bronchitis. On 14 January 1918 he was transferred to the Rarotongan Depot in Egypt and embarked from Marseille 21 January 1918. He arrived at the Rarotongan Company in Palestine 7 March 1918. Embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918. Discharged 23 March 1919 to return to Samoa on SS Talune. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Portrait image source: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C69341 Portrait of Private Mologa Ah Mu (16/1405) at left, 4th Maori Contingent and Private James Swanney (16/1419) at right, 4th Maori Contingent. Portrait taken in Auckland sometime between attestation on 03 February 1916 and departure on 05 May 1916 for the SS Mokoia / HMNZT 52 in Wellington. Photographer: Percival Kingsford Daws (1872-1939), The Crown Studios, 266 Queen Street, Auckland. Image kindly provided from the Christina Heath collection. Image has no known copyright restrictions. Further Links Previous Next
- Peru, KAIVARI | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
PeruKAIVARI5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Peru Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KAIVARI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Kaivari PERU Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 06/04/1953 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19530011 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Kaivari (father), Ritia (mother) Link to Online Service Record Additional Information Brother of Makiroa KAIVARI 60694 (3rd Rarotongan Contingent) who is buried in Mauke, Cook Islands. 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
- K, TINI | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
KTINI5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) K Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TINI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tuakana Tini PAREANGA Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 11/05/1939 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19390905 Headstone/Grave Location Amuri, Aitutaki, Cook Islands 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
- Mare, RUAVAI | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
MareRUAVAI19274 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Mare Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) RUAVAI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19274 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Mareraki Date of Birth 15/03/1897 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 24/12/1949 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19490020 Headstone/Grave Location Inland from Karenga, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Manavakino (mother), Ruavai (father), Uaongo (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18329537 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Disembarked ex Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916 and posted to the Training Units and Depot at Moascar. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Admitted to the 24th Stationary Hospital at Kanatara, the 27th General Hospital at Abbassia and the 66th Casualty Clearing Station from 31 August 1917 to 3 September 1917. Transferred to Aotea Convalescent Home at Abbassia 12 September 1917. Again admitted to the 27th General Hospital 12 September 1917 and discharged to duty 26 September 1917. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 27 September 1917. Admitted to hospital from 4 September 1918 to 26 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at the RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as 'R. Mare'. In February 2022, the headstone was located by Lydia Karena, Oki Karena and Tarerea Kimitaunga inland from Karanga Mangaia beside the Armstrong family orchards. We documented this grave in April 2023, however there was no satellite signal to capture the exact GPS coordinates. The following information was sent to us in January 2019 by Sue McGreal, a descendent of Private Mare Ruavai: "Mare returned to the Cook Islands at the end of WW1 having left his homeland in November 1916. The story is told of his being mighty lucky to return and the name ‘Mareraki’ was used from then on. He married Uaonga Paia in 1921 at Oneroa, Mangaia. They had 4 daughters and 3 sons and lived the first part of their life in Mangaia, then lived in Titikaveka in Rarotonga. He was a planter and sometimes took work in the outer islands like Makatea to have an income. He returned to Mangaia for a few years whilst his family remained in Rarotonga. Mare died in 1949 and is buried on Mangaia. Fondly remembered by his surviving daughter, Mrs Tuku Campion, Nelson, NZ and all of his descendants in the Cook Islands, NZ and Australia." Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next
- Frederick Robert, BLACK | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
Frederick RobertBLACK19109 Wellington Infantry Regiment < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Frederick Robert Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) BLACK Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19109 Wellington Infantry Regiment Also known as Date of Birth 24/02/1882 Place of Birth Liverpool, England Date of Death 5/4/1917 Place of Death Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Walton and Weybridge (Walton-on-Thames) Cemetery, Surrey, England Next of Kin Mrs Alice Ann Black (wife), Black Rock, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10227397 Additional Information On enlistment in Rarotonga 6 April 1916 he was living with his family at Black Rock, Rarotonga. Admitted to Featherston Camp Hospital between 27 May 1916 and 2 June 1916 with a septic ankle. Joined 2nd Battalion Wellington Infantry Regiment in France 23 October 1916. Died 2nd New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames of pneumonia 5 April 1917 aged 36 years. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/402069/frederick-robert-black/ "Son of John Alexander and Anne Black; husband of Alice Ann Black, of Black Rock, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Born at Liverpool, England." Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/frederick-robert-black Further Links https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/frederick-robert-black https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13364616 Previous Next
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- Piri, PUATI | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
PiriPUATI60723 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Piri Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PUATI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60723 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 27 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 18/01/1930 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19300158 Headstone/Grave Location Tikioki, Titikaveka, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tu Puati (mother), Titikaveka, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10511960 Additional Information Enlisted 4 February 1918 in Rarotonga and at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and transferred to the Rarotongan Company 17 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next
- Moeau, METUA | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
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
- Robert, NICHOLAS | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
RobertNICHOLAS60718 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Robert Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NICHOLAS Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60718 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Meau NICHOLAS Meau MANAVAROA Date of Birth 10/03/1896 (as per military service record) Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 21/01/1959 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19590004 Headstone/Grave Location Avana, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (Nicholas family cemetery) Next of Kin Miss Nga Pokotiao Nicholas (sister), Ngatangiia, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Manavaroa (father), Mokora (mother), Mrs Te Keru Tupangaial (listed as widow on death registration) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19805192 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Date of death: 21/01/1959 (as per Cook Islands death register) 22/01/1959 (as per military headstone) Another soldier's military records are also in the Archives New Zealand online record. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next
- Tuainekore, KAUVAREVAI | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
TuainekoreKAUVAREVAI84582 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tuainekore Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KAUVAREVAI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84582 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 34 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 12/11/1924 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19240075 Headstone/Grave Location Poeaiai Rd, behind Babe’s Hotel, Tavaenga Rd, Oneroa, Mangaia, Cook Islands. Headstone on the grave has the wrong name and service number Next of Kin Kauvarevai (father) and Taukupu (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19053870 Additional Information Enlisted 14 June 1918 and discharged 7 December 1918. Name is missing on the Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at the RSA Nikao Rarotonga. While the date of death on this headstone (12/11/1924) is correct, the headstone has the incorrect service number and name. This headstone belongs to Tutai Tuakanakore/Kanune 84534 who died in Rarotonga 24 December 1967. Our research leads us to believe that this soldier’s headstone has been incorrectly named and placed on the grave of Tuainekore KAUVAREVAI Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next
- Mate, PAORA | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
MatePAORA19260 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Mate Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PAORA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19260 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Paora MATE Paora MATATUI Date of Birth 1896 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 01/08/1919 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19190070 Headstone/Grave Location Areora, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of Kin Paora (father), Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19865798 Additional Information Enlisted 9 July 1916 and arrived Egypt on SS Malwa. Employed at Moascar between January and March 1917 then to Kantara, Egypt and NZ Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot until 11 January 1918. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company and whilst in Palestine was admitted to 24th Stationary Hospital, 45th Stationary and 27th General Hospital for back injury and jaundice. Returned to New Zealand on SS Malta and discharged 20 March 1919. Died 1 August 1919 in Atiu of tuberculosis. Headstone located by our team in an abandoned house May 2025. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next
- Okiakama, TUATIAKI | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
OkiakamaTUATIAKI60745 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Okiakama Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TUATIAKI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60745 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Oki TUATIAKI Akama TUATIAKI Date of Birth 19/10/1891 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 14/06/1976 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1976/35624 Headstone/Grave Location Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand. No headstone or marker. Next of Kin Tuatiaki (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21345576 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918. Embarked for Egypt 13 June 1918. Served in the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Returned to New Zealand on SS Malta departing Egypt 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next



