AllanWILLIAMS16/1385 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Allan Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) WILLIAMS Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1385 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also known as Date of Birth 15/02/1891 (as per service record) Place of Birth Samoa Date of Death 26/07/1918 Place of Death Jaffa, Palestine (now Israel) Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Originally buried at the Jaffa & Sorona Military Cemetery, Palestine. Later moved to the Ramleh Military Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Next of Kin Allan Williams (father) Apia Samoa Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10924795 Additional Information Directed to train at Narrow Neck Camp because he was of mixed race. His platoon did not embark with the main 4th Māori Reinforcements but embarked some days later on 26 June 1916 from Wellington with the 2nd Tunnellers Reinforcements. Disembarked at Plymouth, United Kingdom 22 August 1916. He left for France on 28 August 1916 and joined the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion on 16 September 1916. Became ill and was admitted to a number of hospitals in France and United Kingdom with trench fever. He was posted to New Zealand Engineer Reserve Depot in United Kingdom on discharge from hospital on 4 April 1918 and was transferred to Rarotongan Company. Left for France 7 May 1918 and spent some days at 8th Rest Camp, Marseille, waiting for passage to Egypt. He embarked for Egypt on SS Canberra 5 June 1918 and arrived at Alexandria 14 June 1918 and was posted to the Rarotongan Company 1 July 1918 and was admitted to hospital 21 July 1918. He died of mastoid (ear infection) on 26 July 1918 at 33rd Clearing Hospital Jaffa. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Headstone image at left source: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/allan-williams Headstone image at right (taken September 2024) source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22751607/allan-williams Further Links Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/653570/allan-williams/ Previous Next

MateruaNGAA84511 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Materua Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NGAA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84511 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 22/07/1934 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19340725 Headstone/Grave Location Cook Islands Christian Church, Vaipae, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Ngaa (father), Mataroa (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19803366 Additional Information Enlisted at Rarotonga 12 June 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TauVAROVARO19328 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tau Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) VAROVARO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19328 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 1891 Place of Birth Penrhyn, Cook Islands Date of Death 01/04/1969 Place of Death Penrhyn, Cook Islands Death Registration Number PENR19690001 Headstone/Grave Location Penrhyn, Cook Islands Next of Kin Varovaro (father), Penrhyn, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11146368 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 and disembarked at Suez on 27 December 1916. Joined the Rarotongan Company on 7 April 1917 and on 11 October 1917 he was detached to the 97th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery until 9 November 1917. When on leave in Cairo on 26 May 1918, he accidentally injured his head and was in 27th General Hospital until 3 June 1918. Admitted to 129th Field Hospital with Malaria on 12 August 1918, was moved to the 24th Stationary Hospital on 3 September 1918 and then to the 27th General Hospital on 5 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta on 14 December 1918 and discharged on 20 March 1919. In April 2019, Oirua Rasmussen messaged our Facebook page and confirmed that Tau Varovaro’s grave in Penrhyn is unmarked with no military headstone or private memorial. Oirua Rasmussen shared that he was one of the Boys Brigade company of Penrhyn who gave him a military send off at his burial service Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

AARIANA3rd Rarotongan Contingent No service number on RSA Roll of Honour board Nikao Rarotonga < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) A Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) ARIANA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 3rd Rarotongan Contingent No service number on RSA Roll of Honour board Nikao Rarotonga Also known as Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Unknown 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

MakiroaKAIVARI60694 3rd Rarotongan Contingent  < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Makiroa Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KAIVARI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60694 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Kaivari MAKIROA Date of Birth 27 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 13/10/1966 Place of Death Mauke, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MAUK19660012 Headstone/Grave Location Near Hyde Park, Kimiangatau, Mauke, Cook Islands Next of Kin Akarare Kaivari (brother), Mauke, Cook Islands, Kaivari (father), Mauke, Cook Islands, Ritia (mother), Mauke, Cook Islands. Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19051534 Additional Information Attested in Rarotonga February 1918 and enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Posted to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked SS Malta for New Zealand 14 December 1918 and was discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands death register records the date of death as 13 October 1966. Other documents record the date of death as 12 October 1966. The military headstone was ordered recording the date of death as 12 October 1966. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board records his name as 'M. KAIVANAI'. Brother of Peru KAIVARI (5th Contingent) who is buried on Rarotonga. 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 enlistmentATAATAIVI16/1206 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) ATAATAIVI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1206 New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Harry Arapoiti ATAATAIVI Ataataivi ARAPOITI Date of Birth 17/05/1890 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 26/07/1971 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19710056 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Arapoiti (father), Mangaia Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10176000 Additional Information Enlisted 27 September 1915 in Rarotonga. Disembarked at Suez 15 March 1916 and embarked for France from Port Said 9 April 1916. Admitted to the 7th General Hospital, St. Omar from 28 June 1916 to 9 July 1916 with measles. Accidentally injured his right hand when handling railway lines on 27 March 1917. Admitted to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station 27 March 1917 and 3rd Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne 29 March 1917. Transferred to UK by hospital ship and admitted to the 2nd New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames 30 March 1917 to 30 April 1917 before being transferred to the New Zealand Convalescent Hospital at Hornchurch between 30 April 1917 and 4 June 1917. Transferred to the New Zealand Depot at Codford and admitted to the 3rd New Zealand General Hospital, Codford between 19 June 1917 and 23 July 1917. Transferred to the New Zealand Discharge Depot, Torquay 24 August 1917 before embarking on SS Ruahine at Liverpool for New Zealand. Discharged with 50% pension for three months 3 February 1918. We have not located the resting place of this soldier who we believe was buried in Nikao/Panama area in Rarotonga. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TuaineISERAELA84517 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tuaine Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) ISERAELA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84517 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Iseraela TUAINE Date of Birth 30 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 28/02/1921 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19210166 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Iseraela (father), Ngarua (mother), Takaviri Iseraela (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20454205 Additional Information Attested 12 June 1918 in Rarotonga. Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 10 July 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918 and embarked on SS Paloona and arrived in Rarotonga 15 December 1918. Died in Aitutaki 28/ February 1921 of tuberculosis. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

IvituKE19251 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ivitu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19251 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Ke IVITU Date of Birth 1889 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 12/04/1948 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19480012 Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Mrs Rongomaki (wife), Ivitu (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10889144 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 on Rarotonga and disembarked from SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917 and detached to the 10th Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery from 5 October 1917 to 9 November 1917. Admitted to the 27th General Hospital, Abbassia on 26 November 1917 with pyrexia and was transferred to the 44th Stationary Hospital, Kantara 24 November 1917 and to the Aotea Convalescent Home from the 28 November to 6 December 1917. Rejoined the Rarotongan Company and was admitted to the 129th Field Ambulance with measles 14 August 1918 until 29 August 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 of December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. The Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at the RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as 'K. Ivitu'. While there is no official record in his military documents that he was promoted from Private to Lance Corporal, his discharge certificate states a rank of Lance Corporal Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TaomiaURI60658 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Taomia Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) URI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60658 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Taomia NIATAIBI Date of Birth 04/11/1899 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 20/01/1934 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Uri (father), Mangaia, Taenua (Tainoa) (mother), Mangaia Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10532090 Additional Information Attested 4 February 1918 in Rarotonga and 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. Admitted to the 33rd Casualty Clearing Station at Haifa 21 November to 26 November 1918 with Malaria. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. The wrong service number (60741) is recorded on the headstone. 60741 is the service number of Pte Tuakanaiti TUIKAA (aka Tuikaa TUAKANAITI). These two soldiers are also listed on the Cook Islands RSA Roll of Honour board at the RSA Nikao Rarotonga with the same service number (60741). Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

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

Only one name recorded on enlistmentINGA16/1184 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) INGA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1184 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Inga NGAU Date of Birth 21/08/1895 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 12/12/1918 Place of Death Cairo, Egypt Death Registration Number NZ1918/51901 (post war death registration) Headstone/Grave Location Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) Next of Kin Ngau, Avarua, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10231917 Additional Information Enlisted 27 September 1915 in Rarotonga. Disembarked at Suez 15 March 1916 and embarked for France 9 April 1916. Admitted to the 7th General Hospital at St Omar between 12 and 22 June 1916 with measles. Admitted to 2nd NZ Field Ambulance 3 to 17 January 1917 with chillblains to the feet. Detached to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and embarked for Egypt. Disembarked at Alexandria 4 February 1918. Posted to the New Zealand Rarotongan Company 15 February 1918. Admitted with malaria at various Stationary Hospitals at Gaza, Kantara, Abbrassia and Heliopolis from 4 July to 6 August 1918. Admitted to the 76th Casualty Clearing Station dangerously ill with pneumonia. Died of malaria and bronchial pneumonia at the 28th Casualty Clearing Station, Ludd, Palestine, on 12 December 1918 and was buried at Ramleh Military Cemetery on the same day with Rev. G. E. Woodman, Church of England officiating. His NZEF service was under the name “INGA” and his headstone bears this name. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/inga Commemorative certificate image courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission Further Links N/A Previous Next

IotevaNGAVAARUA19242 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ioteva Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NGAVAARUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19242 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Ioteva NGAVARUA Ngavaarua IOTEVA Date of Birth 1888 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 23/10/1930 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19300204 Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Taa (mother), Ngavaarua / Ngavarua (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18781576 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916. Arrived in Egypt 27 December 1916 and transferred to New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade, El Arish on 12 March 1917. Marched out to Kantara 7 April 1917. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 23 August 1918. On 4 March 1918 he received an accidental bayonet wound to the head from a comrade. An investigation attached no blame to anyone. Taken to 45th Stationary Hospital and then via the 6th Hospital Train to the 24th Stationary Hospital. From there he was admitted to the New Zealand Aotea Convalescent Home. In October 1917 he strained his back carrying an 8-inch shell at Belah and developed a medical condition that plagued him until discharge as he was declared “no longer fit for military duties as a result of injury”. Returned as an invalid on SS Malta and was discharged 20 March 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

NgapotaMOKOENGA5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ngapota Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MOKOENGA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Kavana MATE Kavana Ngapota Mokoenga MATE Date of Birth 23 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 21/10/1962 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19620017 Headstone/Grave Location Tautu, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Mokoenga (father), Utivaru (mother), May Elder aka Vaarua (wife) 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

PaitaiREMUERA16/1218 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Paitai Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) REMUERA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1218 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Remuera PAITI Remuera ITI Date of Birth 10/04/1895 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 26/03/1948 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19480206 Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (by the road in front of Edgewater Hotel) Next of Kin Paiti (father), Arorangi, Rarotonga. Pokotaa (mother), Ru Parau (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10643497 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 25 September 1915. Embarked for France at Egypt 9 April 1916 and served in the New Zealand Māori Pioneer Battalion until being transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 15 February 1918. After disembarkation from SS Malta in January 1919 he was sick with pneumonia and transferred from Somes Island to Trentham Camp Hospital New Zealand. Remained in New Zealand for treatment until 7 April 1919 and was discharged 5 May 1919. Date of death: 26/03/1948 (as per Cook Islands death register) 21/03/1948 (as per military headstone) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

GeofreyGELLING84514 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Geofrey Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) GELLING Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84514 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Geoffrey GELLING Date of Birth 21 years of age on enlistment London Missionary Society Register records date of birth as 02/05/1897 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 08/06/1954 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19540027 Headstone/Grave Location Titikaveka, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Frank (father) of Manihiki, Cook Islands, Ngaevaeva Teina (mother) born Mangaia, Pati Cuthers (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10095961 Additional Information Enlisted 12 June 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918 due to the signing of the Armistice that ended WWI. Headstone cleaned and relettered September 2024. Headstone lists his battalion as "Maori Battalion' which is incorrect. It should be 'Rarotongan Contingent'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

NgaroTOKI5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ngaro Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TOKI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Vaine Teremoana TOKI Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 20/12/1956 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19560012 Headstone/Grave Location Areora, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of Kin Toki (father), Tapapa (mother), Piritara Tai (wife), Michael Toki (son, as informant on death registration) 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

TeakataaMATEATEA84580 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Teakataa Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MATEATEA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84580 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 24 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 25/12/1934 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19340075 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Tinoparu Taku (sister) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10442527 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 10 July 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918 due to the signing of the Armistice that ended WWI. Embarked on SS Paloona for Rarotonga, and arrived in Rarotonga 15 December 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MareTAUMAA60749 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Mare Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TAUMAA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60749 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 28 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 14/03/1964 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19640028 Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Mare (father), Tieke (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18589467 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 20 September 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Date of death: 14/03/1964 (as per Cook Islands death register) 18/03/1964 (as per military headstone) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next