KopuPAKARI19247  2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Kopu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PAKARI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19247 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 01/01/1894 (as per headstone inscription) Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 17/07/1975 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19750046 Headstone/Grave Location Arai Te Tonga Rd, Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Moe (mother), Pakari Tauu (father), Upokoina Mataorakore (wife) Link to Online Service Record Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 in Rarotonga. Disembarked from SS Malwa at Suez on 27 December 1916. Joined the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Detached to 97th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery from 11 October 1917 to 9 November 1917. Returned to New Zealand from Egypt on SS Wiltshire departing 26 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. 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

Makea PoriNGOROIS19276 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Makea Pori Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NGOROIS Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19276 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Ngoroio Makea PORI Makea Pori NGOROIO Date of Birth 17/03/1889 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 21/01/1946 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19460174 Headstone/Grave Location Taputapuatea Burial Ground, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Mere Exham (mother), Pori (father), Mariana Te Tupu Ariki (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19804103 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Promoted to Corporal at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 27 August 1916. Disembarked at Suez from SS Malwa 27 December 1916 and posted to the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Admitted to various hospitals with Malaria. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918. Admitted to ships hospital at sea 30 December 1918 and discharged from hospital 3 January 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919. 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 enlistmentSOLOMONA16/1196 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Only one name recorded on enlistment Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) SOLOMONA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1196 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Peter SOLOMONA Petie/Peter POKIPOKI Solomona POKIPOKI Date of Birth 21/01/1892 Place of Birth Manihiki, Cook Islands Date of Death 03/04/1917 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1917/2007 (name registered is Peter Solomon) Headstone/Grave Location Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Poki Poki, (Teinaki Pokipoki), feeding (adoptive) father, Manihiki, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18594865 Additional Information Enlisted 30 September 1915 in Rarotonga and arrived in New Zealand for training 7 October 1915. Disembarked at Suez ex SS Navua 15 March 1916. Posted to the New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion and served in France. On 13 January 1917, he was evacuated to the New Zealand hospital ship Marama departing the United Kingdom 13 January 1917. Died 3 April 1917 in Auckland Hospital of stomach cancer and is buried at Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as 'LCpl S. POKIPOKI'. Commonwealth War Graves Commissions commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/643076/peter-solomona/ "Son of Poki Poki, of Manihiki, Cook Islands, Cook Islands. Served on the Western Front, 1916". Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/643076/peter-solomona/ Further Links N/A Previous Next

OngokoreitiTEAU60740 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ongokoreiti Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEAU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60740 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Atini TEAUITI Date of Birth 40 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 14/12/1919 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19190250 Headstone/Grave Location Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tangianau (mother), Teauiti (father), Tuauri AKA Ngatipi (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10200947 Additional Information Enlisted at Rarotonga 4 February 1918 and at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp 12 March 1918.Initial Cook Islands Rolls had Pte Teau’s named as Atini TEAUITI, with the name TEAU being recorded as per the Malta Roll and NZEF documents. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Marched in from overseas and posted to Training Regiment in Ismailia 4 August 1918. Posted from Training Regiment to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919. Ongokoreiti Teau/Atini Teauiti died of pneumonia 14 December 1919 only six months after his return from war service. He is buried in the Nikao cemetery in Rarotonga. He left behind his wife and four young children. His wife Ngatipi Teau Vaine was from the island of Aitutaki and she received her husband’s war medals 16 March 1930. Headstone records 'Aged 50' at the time of death however we do not believe this is correct. 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 enlistmentTIPOKI16/1221 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 Recorded (as per enlistment record) TIPOKI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1221 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Vaevaeonga TIPOKI Tipoki VAEVAEONGA Date of Birth 1891 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 21/12/1949 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19490098 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Vaevaeonga (father), Oneroa, Mangaia, Vaa (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13522110 Additional Information Enlisted at Rarotonga 28 September 1915 and disembarked in Egypt 15 March 1916 to embark for France as part of the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 9 April 1916. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and embarked for Egypt 21 April 1918. Posted to Rarotongan Company 15 February 1918. Returned to 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

TeokotaiTEOKOTAI60783 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Teokotai Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEOKOTAI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60783 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 25 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Paumotu, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of Death 06/03/1954 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19540107 Headstone/Grave Location Grave location unknown. Undelivered military headstone is located at the RSA, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Teokotai (father), Ngatangiia, Rarotonga, Tangia (mother) Paumotu, Society Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14358256 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga 4 February 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Disembarked at Suez ex. SS Port Lyttleton 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: 06/03/1954 (as per Cook Islands death register) 07/03/1954 (as per military headstone) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MakiteiaaAERERUA84569 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Makiteiaa Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) AERERUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84569 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 22 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 10/12/1968 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19680013 Headstone/Grave Location Oriko, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Roi Aererua (wife), Aererua (father), Mokore (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10193113 Additional Information Enlisted 12 June 1918 at Rarotonga and 10 July 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp, Auckland New Zealand. Discharged 7 December 1918. Date of death on private headstone (08/12/1968) is incorrect. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MautaTURI60775 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Mauta Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TURI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60775 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 31 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Manihiki, Cook Islands Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Tearua (mother), Manihiki, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10322410 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

Only one name recorded on enlistmentTEINA16/1225 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 Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEINA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1225 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as D TEINA D TEIVA Date of Birth 1891 Place of Birth Tahiti, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of Death 22/08/1918 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19180111 Headstone/Grave Location Undelivered military headstone in the name of “D TEINA” is located at the RSA Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga Next of Kin Father was from Niue, Ina (mother), Aorangi, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9925261 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 27 September 1915 and was declared medically unfit before proceeding on service and discharged. Date of death: 22/08/1918 (as per Cook Islands death register) 12/08/1918 (as per military headstone). His name is not on the Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at the RSA Nikao Rarotonga. 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

RaivaruTEARII84565 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Raivaru Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEARII Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84565 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Raivara TeArii Raivara TERII Date of Birth 21 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 29/04/1953 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19530004 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 Taumarie TeArii (wife), Tearii (father), Teura (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11176678 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. Date of death: 29/04/1953 (as per Cook Islands death register) 03/05/1953 (as per military headstone, Roll Call and war service documents) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

George WilliamWHEELER8/2760 Otago Infantry Battalion, "D" Coy. 2nd Battalion < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) George William Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) WHEELER Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 8/2760 Otago Infantry Battalion, "D" Coy. 2nd Battalion Also known as Date of Birth 16/12/1892 Place of Birth Reading, Berkshire, England Date of Death 01/10/1916 Place of Death Somme, Northern France Death Registration Number Headstone/Grave Location Memorialised at Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, Somme, France Next of Kin Ernest (Father) Elizabeth Ann Biggs (mother), died 1899 Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20837149 Additional Information Killed in Action. His father Ernest was an employee of the Union Steam Ship Company and his family were living in Rarotonga between approximately 1915 and 1919. Ernest's second wife Louisa gave birth to a son, Philip George Arthur, in Rarotonga 15/05/1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Image source: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/george-william-wheeler Further Links Previous Next

TaimauNAKA19278 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Taimau Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NAKA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19278 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Naka TAIMAU Nakatauraa TAIMAU Date of Birth 1892 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 26/05/1955 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19550026 Headstone/Grave Location Cemetery next to the Latter-day Saints Church, Avarua/Avatiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Akatuiti (mother), Taimau (father), Uti (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10856936 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1st July 1916. Embarked from New Zealand 11 November 1916, arrived in Egypt 27 December 1916 and posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Training Regiment and Base Depot at Moscar. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 31 July 1917. Admitted ill to the 71st Casualty Clearing Station 21 July 1918 and transferred to 24th Stationary Hospital 23 July 1918 to 14 September 1918. Embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 of March 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Frank WilliamTARARO16/1228 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Frank William Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TARARO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1228 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 25/02/1892 Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 05/08/1973 Place of Death Mauke, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MAUK19730007 Headstone/Grave Location Rangituarua, Kimiangatau, Mauke, Cook Islands Next of Kin Noovao (father), Mauke, Cook Islands, Raetea Ngakoe (mother), Teaurava (1st wife), Lina Amupoe (2nd wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24693340 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 21 October 1915. Disembarked at Suez 15 March 1916 ex. SS. Navarua. Embarked for France at Port Said 9 April 1916. Sent to hospital 23 October 1916, New Zealand Field Ambulance and admitted to Clearing Station 29 October 1916. Developed a painful swelling (upper left arm) and was admitted to Number 14 General Hospital, Boulogne 3 November 1916 and then transferred to England aboard HS Dennis 8 November 1916 and admitted to 2nd NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames. Diagnosed with sarcoma of humerus and his arm was amputated at the shoulder on 14 November 1916. Embarked on 4 June 1917 on the NZ Hospital Ship Marama and on return to New Zealand was admitted to the Devonport Convalescent Home, Auckland. He was discharged 5 October 1917 on account of his medical condition. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

ManuMARAMA60716 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Temporary Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Manu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MARAMA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60716 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 29/11/1893 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 03/05/1956 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19560020 Headstone/Grave Location Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Repo Marama (mother), Tukuvaine, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19484013 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Disembarked at Suez 3 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: 03/05/1956 (as per Cook Islands death register) 04/05/1956 (as per military headstone) Appointed Temporary Corporal October 1918 and At Sea December 1918 Headstone voluntarily relettered with family permission by our team May 2025. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

KaARUAKE84547 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ka Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) ARUAKE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84547 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Ka Iosua Aruake MANUELA Date of Birth 22/05/1897 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 29/11/1944 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19441120 Headstone/Grave Location Nikaupara, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Aruake Manuela (father), Mere (aka Emere Strickland) (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10183452 Additional Information Enlisted 10 July 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand and discharged 7 December 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 enlistmentTEMARU19307 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) TEMARU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19307 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Temaru NGAAU Ngaau TEMARU Date of Birth 05/03/1896 Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 29/05/1953 Place of Death Mauke, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MAUK19530004 Headstone/Grave Location Liverpool, Oiretumu, Mauke, Cook Islands Next of Kin Ngaau (father), Mauke, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19712583 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Disembarked ex SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 14 April 1917. Discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour records name as 'T. Ngaau'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

JimPORI16/1216 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Jim Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PORI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1216 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as David Simpson Pori MAKEA Date of Birth 1896 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 08/06/1970 Place of Death Hastings, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1970/33060 Headstone/Grave Location Waiputa Māori Cemetery, Hastings, New Zealand Next of Kin Pori Te Pou Makea (father), Te Pivai Simpson (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10373418 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 27 September 1915 and disembarked ex. SS Navua in Suez 15 March 1916. Embarked for France from Port Said 9 April 1916 with the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 5 March 1918. Embarked for New Zealand ex 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