TereoraTAMAAU84525 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tereora Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TAMAAU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 84525 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 25 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 14/06/1963 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19630012 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown grave location. Undelivered military headstone located at the RSA, Nikao, Rarotonga Next of Kin Tamaau (father), Tuiarongo (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12505646 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga 12 June 1918. 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

Samuel InnisDANRELL28688 Auckland Regiment, 2nd Battalion < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Samuel Innis Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) DANRELL Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 28688 Auckland Regiment, 2nd Battalion Also Known As Sam Date of Birth 07/09/1895 (as per war service record) Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 31/03/1918 Place of Death Somme, France Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France Next of Kin Amalie/Amelia Maria Rasmine Ah Sam (nee Paulsen, later Danrell), mother, born Norway Ching Ah Sam, father, born Canton, China Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE15395578 Additional Information Birth name was Samuel Innis Ah Sam Died of wounds received in action Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/35268/samuel-innis-danrell/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Headstone image source: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/samuel-innis-danrell Portrait source: Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 31-D1541 Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 31-D1542 Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 31-D1543 Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections 31-D1548 Further Links https://ags.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/10677 Previous Next

Duncan DonaldMUNRO628048 Canadian Expeditionary Force, 47th Battalion, British Columbia Regiment < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Duncan Donald Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) MUNRO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 628048 Canadian Expeditionary Force, 47th Battalion, British Columbia Regiment Also Known As Date of Birth 13/08/1880 & 18/08/1880 (as per war service record) 12/08/1880 (as per headstone inscription) Place of Birth Achmelvich, Scotland, United Kingdom Date of Death 11/06/1954 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19540024 Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Teinangaro ki raro te Moana Matake'u Tuka (wife), (aka Teina J Tuka Munro as per headstone inscription) Donald Munro (father) Margaret McLeod (mother) Link to Online Service Record Additional Information Link to war service record - click on third image to open up full record: http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=pffww&id=206939&lang=eng 'The Drovers Son and the Polynesian Princess' https://www.historylinksarchive.org.uk/pictures/document/11500.pdf?r=25797 Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Portrait image source: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5683251 Further Links https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5683251 Previous Next

TauKOPUNGAITI16/1207 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tau Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) KOPUNGAITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 16/1207 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Tauiti KOPUNGAITI Date of Birth 19/06/1878 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 22/02/1949 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19490034 Headstone/Grave Location On the left side of the road driving from the airport to Oneroa near Atuakoro Landing, Oneroa Road, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Miria (adopted father), Mangaia, Vaiamaiti (mother), Rakaiti (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10094948 Additional Information Enlisted 27 September 1915 in Rarotonga. On transfer of the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion to France, he had some time in hospital due to bronchitis. Served in the battalion in France until 6 December 1916 when he was posted to the New Zealand Employment Company. Attached to the New Zealand Engineer Tunnelling Company 8 December 1916 until being evacuated to 1st South African Field Ambulance on 25 December 1916. Evacuated to the UK on the hospital ship Formosa and the 1st New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst 19 January 1917 and to the New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch 21 February 1917. Declared medically unfit due to bronchitis and embarked for New Zealand 21 July 1917 from Plymouth. Discharged 22 November 1917. In April 2023, Mama Tangata Tako took us to the burial site where Private T. RAIVARU 84565 is buried and told us that Private T. KOPUNGAITI is buried in this site in an unmarked and unknown grave. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MetuaAMUPOE60691 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Metua Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) AMUPOE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60691 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Metua HAMPOY Metua HAMBOY Metua AMBOY Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 11/03/1964 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19640026 Headstone/Grave Location Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Miss Rina Amupoe (sister), Mauke, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11926041 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918, disembarked in Suez on 4 August 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company on 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. His military headstone was found submerged in the Nikao Cemetery in April 2017, and his descendants built a memorial in 2018. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

NgametuaTUIKAA19285 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ngametua Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TUIKAA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 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 Headstone/Grave Location Ivirua, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Vairau (mother), Tuikaa (father), Ungaia (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12319086 Additional Information Enlisted at Rarotonga 1 July 1918. Disembarked at Suez 27 December 1918. Significant time spent in hospitals due to sickness. Served in the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Sick on SS Malta during the return voyage to New Zealand and was off-loaded for medical treatment and quarantine at Fremantle, Western Australia in January 1919. Returned to New Zealand via Melbourne and Sydney and discharged 9 July 1919. When our team revisited Mangaia in April 2023 to film the CITV documentary series ”Finding our way back . . . to Mangaia”, we were pleased to see that the gravesite and headstone had been fully refurbished and beautified since our previous visit in October 2018. Could be the brother of Private Tuakanaiti TUIKAA 60741 (same father in death records). 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 enlistmentTUTAVAKE16/1220 New Zealand Maori 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 Given (as per enlistment record) TUTAVAKE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 16/1220 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Tutavake RAA Date of Birth 09/08/1895 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 15/10/1918 Place of Death Israel/Palestine Death Registration Number NZ1918/56635 (post war NZ death registration) Headstone/Grave Location Gaza War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) Next of Kin Raa Vaine (mother), Avarua, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12511530 Additional Information Enlisted 30 September 1915 and disembarked in Suez from SS Navua 15 March 1916. Embarked for France with the NZ Pioneer Battalion 9 April 1916. Sent to hospital "In the Field" 28 November 1916. Rejoined from hospital 7 December 1916. Sent back to hospital 8 February 1917. Hospitalised on several occasions from 10 February 1917 to 27 May 1917. Marched into base 29 May 1917. Marched out to Dion 8 August 1917. Rejoined unit from base "In the Field" 9 August 1917. Proceeded on leave 15 August 1917 and awarded 7 days leave 29 October 1917. Detached to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and embarked for Egypt from Marseille 21 January 1918 and disembarked in Alexandria 4 February 1918. Posted to Rarotongan Company 15 February 1918. Admitted sick to 163rd Field Ambulance dangerously ill with dysentery. Transferred to 36th Stationary Hospital, Gaza 13 October 1918. Died 15 October 1918 in Gaza, Egypt and was buried at Gaza Military Cemetery by Chaplain J. J. Isaac on 16 October 1918. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/651542/tutavake/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Headstone image source: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C16046 (photo Alan and Hazel Kerr 2007) - No known copyright restrictions Portrait of Private Tutavake Raa (right) and an unidentified soldier - No known copyright restrictions Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/651542/tutavake/ Further Links N/A Previous Next

ToaPEU5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Toa Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) PEU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Raiatea, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of Death 27/12/1950 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19500103 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Peu (father) Link to Online Service Record Additional Information 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

ParaiPANU84518 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Parai Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) PANU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 84518 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 30 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 07/02/1927 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19270415 Headstone/Grave Location Nikaupara, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Panu (father), Iva (mother), Mata Panu (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11055164 Additional Information Enlisted 12 July 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Discharged 7 December 1918. 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 Given (as per enlistment record) NGAPO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 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

JohnHARPER20618 7th Reinforcements, New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) John Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) HARPER Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 20618 7th Reinforcements, New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also Known As Date of Birth 30/04/1889 Place of Birth Tonga Date of Death 30/04/1889 Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Mrs Emily Harper (mother), Nuku'alofa, Tonga Tupou Moimoi (wife), Nuku'alofa, Tonga Nani Hapa (child) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10446445 Additional Information Enlisted 9 May 1916 and embarked in Wellington 19 August 1916 to disembark in Devonport, United Kingdom 25 October 1916. Admitted to the New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch 27 October 1916 until 12 November 1916. Left for France 9 January 1917 and on 14 January 1917 he was admitted to the 20th General Hospital. In 1917 he had numerous admissions to a variety of medical facilities for illness. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918. Embarked for Egypt 5 June 1918 and arrived at Alexandra 14 June 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 1 July 1918 and admitted to the 33rd Casualty Clearing Station at Jaffa on 2 August 1918 with malaria, transferred to 24th Stationary Hospital 3 August 1918 then 24th Stationary Hospital, Abbassia on 5 August 1918. Discharged Aotea Convalescent Home 18 August 1918. On 10 October 1918 he sustained a GSW (Guns Shot Wound) to the left side of his face and jaw, and was admitted to 76th Casualty Clearing Station at Ludd. Captain Bush's monthly report said this was a suicide attempt and left him with a "very severe wounds to head". Returned as an invalid on SS Malta and on board a Court of Enquiry found that this wound was self inflicted. He was certified as not fit to stand trial by Court Martial. In September 1919 he was a patient at the Woodside Jaw Hospital, Dunedin, and then the orthopaedic ward of Trentham Military Camp Hospital. He returned to Tonga 6 January 1922. His name appears on the Tongan War Memorial as Hapa. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12389951 Previous Next

NikauTETE19284 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Nikau Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TETE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19284 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, Rarotongan Company Also Known As Nikau TETEVANO John MOKOENGA 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) Headstone/Grave Location Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Next of Kin John Mokoenga (father), Aitutaki, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10306324 Additional Information Enlisted 9 July 1916 and disembarked SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916 and posted to the NZ Mounted Rifles Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 17 March 1917 and detached to 10th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery from 5 October 1917 to 9 November 1917. Admitted to Casualty Clearing Station at Ludd on 2 October 1918 and then 47th Stationary Hospital at Gaza 4 October 1918. Died 12 October 1918 in Egypt from influenza and pneumonia. Buried in European Cemetery, Kantara with Chaplain A.E. Forest C/F officiating. Later interred in Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Palestine. Rarotongan Government roll of servicemen prepared in 1926 indicates his surname and Christian names were transposed. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as 'Nikau', while his Commonwealth War Graves Commission military headstone records his name as 'Nikau Tete'. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/475535/nikau-tete/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) 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

AkavaTAPAPA19239 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Akava Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TAPAPA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19239 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Tapapa AKAVA Date of Birth 1895 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 19/10/1918 Place of Death Egypt Death Registration Number NZ1918/54578 Headstone/Grave Location Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt Next of Kin Mrs Tapapa (mother), Areora, Atiu, Tapapa Ngamarama (father) Areora, Atiu Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10322153 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 in Rarotonga. Disembarked Suez from SS Malwa 27 December 1916. Employed at the NZ Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot at Moascar until 7 April 1917 when he posted to the Rarotongan Company. Became ill 29 September 1918 and was evacuated from Palestine. Died of pneumonia at 27th General Hospital Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt 19 October 1918. Buried at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery with chaplain Padre La Villier officiating. Resident Commissioner commented that when the medals were received in 1921 they were "to be held in trust for Ngamatama (child of deceased)". Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/113716/akava-tapapa/ "Son of Tapapa Ngamarama, of Areora, Atiu, Cook Islands" Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as “TAPAPA AKAVA” Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Headstone image source: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/akava-tapapa Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/113716/akava-tapapa/ Further Links N/A Previous Next

GeorgeTUINUKUAFE60798 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) George Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TUINUKUAFE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60798 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As George TU'INUKUAFE Date of Birth 14/08/1893 Place of Birth Tonga, Friendly Islands Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin John Tuinukuafe (father), Vavau, Tonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13448467 Additional Information Was working in Auckland New Zealand as a gardener for two years prior to enlistment. Attested 26 March 1918 and posted to Rarotongan Company. Departed Egypt for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1919. Discharged in New Zealand 7 March 1919 at his request. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links Previous Next

TimiTEURUAA60660 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Timi Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TEURUAA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60660 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Jimmy TEURUAA Date of Birth 30/11/1898 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 07/03/1975 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19750005 Headstone/Grave Location Cook Islands Christian Church, Matavera, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tauiria Miria (mother), Teuruaa (father), Rongo Paku (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19715175 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand and embarked at Wellington on SS Manuka 16 June 1918. Disembarked per SS Port Lyttleton at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company. Admitted sick at Moascar 26 November 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

MatePAORA19260 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Mate Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) PAORA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 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

JoeKAVAE16/1208 New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Joe Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) KAVAE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 16/1208 New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Apike Date of Birth 10/05/1895 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 12/12/1935 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19350162 Headstone/Grave Location Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Kavae AKA Apike (father), Aitutaki, Cook Islands. Mareta (mother), Maki (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9970913 Additional Information Enlisted 27 September 1915 in Rarotonga. Disembarked in Suez 15 March 1916, and embarked for France 9 April 1916. Admitted to hospital 2 June 1916 and rejoined Māori Pioneers from the hospital 16 June 1916. On duty with his Unit “In the Field” 3 August 1917. Detached to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and embarked for Egypt 21 January 1918. Disembarked at Alexandria 4 February 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company 15 February 1918. Admitted to the 128th Field Ambulance 30 July to 10 August 1918 with malaria and again admitted with a relapse to the 76th Casualty Clearing Station at Ludd before being transferred to the 47th Stationary Hospital at Gaza from 17 to 21 November 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Upon his death, he was unable to be returned home to the island of Aitutaki for burial and was therefore buried in the “Government Registered Crown Land” Nikao Cemetery in Rarotonga. Local and foreign volunteers from the Nikao Cemetery Restoration Project financed and rebuilt Pte Joe Kavae’s resting place in June 2016. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TaomiaMATAITI5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Taomia Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) MATAITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Unknown Date of Death 20/01/1934 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19340006 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Engu Iti (father), Titi (mother) Link to Online Service Record Additional Information 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