RooTAKOTO19301 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Roo Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TAKOTO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19301 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Takoto ROO Takoto Roo TAURA War service record has spelling variations of surname recorded as TAKATO / TAKOTO / TAKOKO Date of Birth 1892 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 22/10/1959 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19590011 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Takoto (father), Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10173638 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916 and posted to the Rarotongan Company 31 July 1917. Over a 12 month period from August 1917 to August 1918 he was admitted to a number of medical facilities at seperate occasions with dysentery, diarrhoea and malaria. Embarked on SS Malta for New Zealand 14 December 1918 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

EnoaPITA19347 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Enoa Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PITA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19347 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Pita ENUA Pita Enua NGAREPA Date of Birth 03/12/1895 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 17/04/1936 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19360204 Headstone/Grave Location Military plaque located beside a wall at RSA Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Burial location unknown. Next of Kin Enoa (Enua) Ngarepa (father), Ruru (mother), Upokoiva (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10067602 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Disembarked from SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916 and posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 31 July 1917. Detached to the 10th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery from 5 October 1917 to 9 November 1917. Embarked on the 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 enlistmentTAKAROKA16/1198 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) TAKAROKA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1198 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Takaroka OPINI Opini TAKAROKA Takaroka AUPINI Date of Birth 10/08/1893 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 26/12/1964 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1965/23859 Headstone/Grave Location Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Takaroka (father), Matavera, Rarotonga (deceased); Vaine Parekore (sister), Ngatangiia, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19443781 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 28 September 1915. Served with New Zealand Pioneer Battalion until wounded in action with severe shrapnel wounds to both thighs 22 November 1917. Evacuated to 3rd New Zealand field Ambulance and then 53rd General Hospital, Boulogne. Evacuated to England on Hospital Ship St David 4 December 1917. Treated at 2nd London General Hospital from 4 December 1917 to 4 February 1918 then to NZ General Hospital Brockenhurst until 8 April 1918. Returned to France 7 May 1918 and to New Zealand Base Depot in Etaples 9 May 1918. Posted to the Rest Camp and then to Base Supply Depot Marseille for passage to Egypt 16 May 1918. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 1 July 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Two service records online: https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14607865 https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19443781 Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

KurarikiAPA84516 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Kurariki Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) APA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84516 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Kurariki MANAATEKII Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 12/09/1965 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19650028 Headstone/Grave Location Aratea, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin John Apa (aka Mana Tekii APA) (father), Mere APA (mother), Aitutaki, Cook Islands, Tungane Taputa (sister) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9892871 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. Name spelt incorrectly on military headstone as ‘KURARIKO’. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A 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 Recorded (as per enlistment record) PEU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 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

NgaupapuaUPOKOMAKI60692 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ngaupapua Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) UPOKOMAKI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60692 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 23/12/1923 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19230020 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Ngau (father), Mangaia. Tuua (mother), Mangaia Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18781416 Additional Information Did not serve overseas. Declared unfit for service due to 'severe varicose veins'. Name is missing on the Mangaia cenotaph. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

WilliamCAFFERY12/4148 Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) William Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) CAFFERY Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 12/4148 Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion Also known as Michael John CAFFERY Date of Birth 21/09/1882 Place of Birth Auckland, New Zealand Date of Death 30/09/1916 Place of Death Somme, France Death Registration Number NZ1918/60895 (post war death registration) Headstone/Grave Location Killed in action. Body never recovered. Memorialised on the New Zealand Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, France Next of Kin Mrs Rongo Caffery (nee Veia) (wife), Mangaia, Cook Islands. Mrs J Caffery (mother), Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10860173 Additional Information Pte. William CAFFERY 12/4148 was born in Auckland, New Zealand and was a descendant of Tepaeru PAKIRI of Titikaveka, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. He was a resident of the island of Mangaia, Cook Islands circa 1909 where he lived with his wife and two children. Embarked from Wellington 2 April 1916 and arrived Suez 3 May 1916 before embarking for France 10 May 1916. Killed in action “In the Field”, France, and reported missing 30 September 1916. On the 20 December 1916 a Court of Enquiry confirmed that he was “missing, believed killed in action on 30 September 1916.” Named on the New Zealand Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, France. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1462972/william-caffery/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Commemorative certificate image courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission Further Links N/A 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 Recorded (as per enlistment record) MUNRO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 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

Only one name recorded on enlistmentKAU16/1186 New Zealand Māori (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) KAU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1186 New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Kau PUTOKO (alias Piri) Date of Birth 1880 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 10/09/1960 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19600053 Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tua (wife), Avarua, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12405938 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 30 September 1915 and then served in the Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. After 191 days of service he has was discharged medically unfit. According to our research, he is the brother of Pte. Kapi PUTOKO 60759 (3rd Rarotongan Contingent) and is buried in the same family burial plot as his brother in Rarotonga. Date of death: 10/09/1960 (as per Cook Islands death register) 11/09/1960 (as per military headstone) Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at the RSA Rarotonga records his name as “Kau Putoko” and no service number. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

KopuTANGA16/1224 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Kopu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TANGA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1224 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tanga TUANU Date of Birth 1895 Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 10/07/1940 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19400634 Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (family plot behind BT Rentals) Next of Kin Kautai (friend), Uare/Mare (mother), Tuanu (father), Mereana (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10550734 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 28 September 1915. Disembarked at Suez 15 March 1916 and embarked for France at Port Said 9 April 1916. Served in the New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion and for some time was in hospitals in the United Kingdom with pneumonia. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and sailed from Marseille 21 January 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 5 March 1918. Returned to New Zealand 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

TukaroaNGAREA19282 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tukaroa Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NGAREA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19282 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Ngarea TIKAROA Tikaroa NGAREA Date of Birth 1894 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 18/02/1974 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19740022 Headstone/Grave Location Muri, Ngatangiia, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Mary Marsters (mother), Tikaroa (father), Metua Tearikipati-Pati (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11308590 Additional Information Enlisted at Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Disembarked from SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916. Posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot before being posted to the Rarotongan Company 31 July 1917. Detached to 10th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery between 5 October 1917 and 9 November 1917. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Grave cleared to build a new house. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

UaTAMAPENE84506 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ua Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TAMAPENE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84506 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Ua TAMAPENI Date of Birth 22/07/1899 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 02/02/1950 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19500035 Headstone/Grave Location Ureia, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tamapeni (father), Mokopuna (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19444425 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

EnuaROIKINO60734 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Enua Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) ROIKINO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60734 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Enuakore ROIKINO Date of Birth 28 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 03/09/1926 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Headstone location: Muri, Ngatangiia, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Died at sea by drowning. Headstone memorial is at a home in Muri. It is possible that this headstone was given to the family of Pte Rorini KINO 60739 because they were possibly brothers. Headstone relettered by our team in November 2022 Next of Kin Enua Roikino (wife), Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19333368 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Posted to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Injured his right hand "interfering" with a pom-pom cartridge in a camp in Palestine. Admitted to 110th Casualty Clearing Station and then to the 20th and 36th Hospitals, Kantara. Discharged 23 October 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

RuaitiNGAUITI60731 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ruaiti Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NGAUITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60731 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Materuaiti NGAUITI Date of Birth About 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 01/11/1928 (as per headstone inscription) Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Attested at Rarotonga 4 February 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Embarked SS Manuka to Sydney 16 June 1918 and disembarked at Sydney 18 June 1918. Embarked SS Port Lyttleton at Sydney 24 June 1916. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and marched in and posted to Training Regiment at Ismailia. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted to hospital 24 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918. Admitted to Ship's Hospital at Sea 22 January 1919. Discharged 20 March 1919. Military headstone located at Cook Islands Christian Church, Ivirua, Mangaia, Cook Islands. Burial location unknown. Next of Kin Taratangi Ngauiti (wife), Titikaveka, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18781510 Additional Information We have found another document that records the date of death as 22/12/1928 Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

NamiroMAUORE60657 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Namiro Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MAUORE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60657 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 27 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Raiatea, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of Death 03/08/1943 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19430241 Headstone/Grave Location Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Ngametua Mauore (wife), Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11319595 Additional Information Enlistment papers indicate he was a French National born in Raiatea but was resident in Rarotonga. He was in New Zealand 16 February 1918 and enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Embarked 13 June 1918 aboard SS Manuka in Wellington, NZ and disembarked per SS Port Lyttleton in Suez 4 August 1918 and marched in to the Training Regiment. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 20 September 1918. Admitted to 48th Stationary Hospital with measles 23 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Pte Mauore’s first wife, Ngametua died 24th April 1923 aged 27 years while giving birth to twins. The twins died nearly a month later. In March 2017, Paula Paniani found the grave of Pte Namiro Mauore in the Nikao cemetery (Nikao Cemetery Restoration Project Rarotonga). Fortunately Pte Mauore’s name was carved into his memorial. There was a slight error in the spelling of the surname - "Mauore" vs "Mouore". On Anzac Day 2017, Paula braved the hot Rarotonga sun to single-handedly re-plaster and paint this soldiers resting place. Pte Namiro Mauore’s official military headstone memorial was unveiled on April 24 2021. Here is a link to the livestream of the headstone unveiling service: https://fb.watch/778pO_Jvhe/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

InaMATAITI84528 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ina Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MATAITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84528 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 03/01/1971 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19710001 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (opposite Club Raro resort) Next of Kin Mataiti Maroatai (father), Akaoki (mother), Atiu Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12390963 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. 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

TerepaiNGAATA19280 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Terepai Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NGAATA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19280 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 1896 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 5/11/1949 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19490079 Headstone/Grave Location Located in an unmarked grave in an overgrown cemetery, Takuvaine Valley, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tauturu (father), Atiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10804532 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916 and disembarked in Egypt 27 December 1916 to be posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment & Base Depot. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 20 May 1917. Admitted to 54th Casualty Clearing Station 4 July 1917 and to the 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, El Arish on 6 July 1917, to 24th Stationary Hospital, Kantara 7 July 1917 and the 27th General Hospital, Abbassia 10 July 1917. Transferred to Aotea Convalescent Home 14 July 1917 to 21 July 1917 and posted back to the Moascar depot before rejoining the Rarotongan Company 4 August 1917. Admitted to 45th Stationary Hospital with pyrexia on 21 November 1917 and on 26 November 1917 to 27th General Hospital, Abbassia, before being admitted to Aotea Convalescent Home until 6 December 1917. From 7 December 1917 to 23 December 1917 he was at a rest camp. He rejoined the Rarotongan Company 3 January 1918 and on 3 April 1918 was admitted to 24th Stationary Hospital before being transferred to 27th General Hospital 5 April 1918. Transferred to the Aotea Convalescent Home 18 April 1918. Rejoined the Rarotongan Company 1 July 1918 and embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at the RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as ’N. Terepai’. Unmarked grave (May 2024). Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PioTUAKANAORURU19290 2nd & 3rd Rarotongan Contingents  < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Pio Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TUAKANAORURU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19290 2nd & 3rd Rarotongan Contingents Also known as Moeroa TUAKANAORURU (name on death register) Date of Birth 17/01/1895 Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 05/08/1928 Place of Death Mauke, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MAUK19280006 Headstone/Grave Location Ngaau Family Burial Ground, Pirikura, Kimiangatau, Mauke, Cook Islands Next of Kin Are Auri (mother), Tuakana Oura (father), Akereu (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE17208123 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916. When in Egypt he became repeatedly ill with tuberculosis and was medically boarded for discharge 31 May 1917. Invalided to New Zealand from Suez on SS Port Sydney and discharged 22 November 1917. He then enlisted in the 3rd Rarotongan Contingent at Rarotonga 4 February 1918 and embarked at Wellington 13 June 1918 and disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked on SS Wandilla at Beirut 22 November 1918 and disembarked at Alexandria 24 November 1918 and was admitted to hospital. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Kaikoura 6 March 1919 and was discharged 9 July 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next