George ArthurBUSH16/977 (WWI) New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company 7012 South African War (1899-1902) 9th New Zealand Mounted Rifle Contingent < Back Highest Rank Captain First Name/s (as per enlistment record) George Arthur Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) BUSH Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/977 (WWI) New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company 7012 South African War (1899-1902) 9th New Zealand Mounted Rifle Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 26/12/1879 Place of Birth Raglan (Māori: Whāingaroa or Rakarana), Waikato, New Zealand Date of Death 13/9/1930 Place of Death Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1930/10398 Headstone/Grave Location Te Aroha Cemetery, Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand Next of Kin Mrs Adeline Muriel Bush (wife) Robert Smelt Bush (father) Eliza Faulkner (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9820494 Additional Information Commissioned as an Officer commanding Rarotongan Company 01/01/1917 Formerly a Lance-Corporal in the 9th New Zealand Mounted Rifle Contingent during the Boer War. His occupation was accountant. Joined the 2nd Maori Contingent as a 2nd Lieutenant and embarked with them and proceeded to Egypt. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Willochra 11 April 1916 as Reinforcement Officer and appointed to and embarked with the 2nd Rarotongan Contingent. Arrived Suez 27th of December 1916 and assumed the position of Officer Commanding Rarotongan Company 1 January 1917. Formally transferred from the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot in Egypt on 5 November 1917 and on to the separately established Rarotongan Company. Departed Suez via SS Malta 15th of December 1918 and returned to the Cook Islands to discharge troops in Rarotonga. Awarded a MiD (Mentioned in Despatches) 14 June 1918 for "distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty". London Gazette 14 June 1918, p7058. Discharged 28th of May 1919. Died 13 September 1930, in Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand, at the age of 50, and was buried in Te Aroha Cemetery, Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21461587 Previous Next

NgaroTEURUAA84559 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ngaro Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEURUAA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84559 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Metuangaro TEURUAA Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 02/09/1983 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19835/83 Headstone/Grave Location Tavaenga Road Oneroa, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Teuruaa (father), Taviria (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19715120 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

NgamutuTUNGANE19308 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ngamutu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TUNGANE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19308 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Ngatama TUNGANE Tungane NGATAMA Date of Birth 1896 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Vaine Tararo (sister), Mangaia, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21347908 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 June 1916. Posted to Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Discharged 20 March 1919. Service number is incorrect on the Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA, Nikao, Rarotonga. The service number should be 19308 not 19380. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Francis ErnestTIMOTHY20890 10th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Francis Ernest Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TIMOTHY Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 20890 10th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also known as Date of Birth 25/04/1889 Place of Birth Norfolk Island Date of Death 9/06/1921 Place of Death Hamilton, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1921/10739 Headstone/Grave Location Ngāruawāhia Cemetery, Ngāruawāhia, Waikato, New Zealand Unmarked grave Next of Kin Mrs Evelyn Lethart (aunt), Graham Street, Green Lane, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand John Timothy (father) Maria Angelina Laura Evans (mother) Louisa Timothy (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14536041 Additional Information Employed in New Zealand prior to enlistment on 1 August 1916 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Embarked on HMNZT No.69 Tahiti at Wellington 15 November 1916 and disembarked at Devonport, United Kingdom 29 January 1917. Joined New Zealand Pioneer Battalion in France 25 May 1917 and was transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918. He embarked at Marseille 21 January 1918 to disembark at Alexandra 4 February 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 5 March 1918. Returned with Rarotongan Company on SS Malta. On his return to New Zealand difficulty was found in obtaining a passage to Norfolk Island due to Sydney port being closed as a result of the influenza epidemic. As a result he was not discharged but on 26 March 1919 was sent to Trentham Camp for employment until passage was found. On 28 April 1919 he applied for discharge in New Zealand and this was approved 9 May 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/169289439/francis-ernest-timothy Listed on the British and European Nobility Register: https://peerage.org.uk/codex/peerage-record-15574/#i155734 Previous Next

TekapoTEREPAI84540 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tekapo Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEREPAI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84540 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Terepai TAKAPO Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 27/12/1980 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19800001 Headstone/Grave Location Grave located at Ngatiarua Village, Atiu, Cook Islands Headstone located elsewhere in Ngatiarua, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of Kin Terepai (father), Kairangi (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19711648 Additional Information Enlisted 12 June 1918 in Rarotonga and disembarked per SS Paloona at Wellington 22 June 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918. Birth parents as per information received from descendants: Kareora (mother) and Taereterongo (father) 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

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

TeariiTORU60645 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tearii Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TORU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60645 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 23/01/1955 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Cemetery next to the Latter-day Saints Church, Avarua/Avatiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Toru (father), Avatiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12326063 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

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

JohnMITCHELL60672 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) John Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MITCHELL Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60672 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 24/07/1890 Place of Birth Tahiti, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of Death 28/04/1934 Place of Death Tahiti, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Tahiti, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Next of Kin Wina Mitchell (wife), Avatiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Allen Mitchell (father) born New York, USA Maria (mother) born Mitiaro, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10383142 Additional Information Enlisted at Rarotonga 9 February 1918 and at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company in the field 20 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

WilliamTOU84519 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Sergeant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) William Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TOU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84519 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 01/01/1892 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 20/06/1964 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19640065 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tai (father) and Manae (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24382815 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. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

ToruMOEARO60758 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Toru Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MOEARO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60758 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Torumarama MOEARO Date of Birth 21 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 08/07/1962 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19620007 Headstone/Grave Location Cook Islands Christian Church, Ivirua, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Moearo (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19784691 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. 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

SolomonAH SIN60750 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Solomon Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) AH SIN Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60750 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Ah Sin SOLOMONA Date of Birth 28 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 20/10/1963 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19630070 Headstone/Grave Location Panama Catholic Cemetery, Panama, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Mauta Kaikura Ah Sin (wife), Ah Sin (father, born China), Makienge (mother, born Mangaia) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11925964 Additional Information Enlisted 4 February Rarotonga and 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and on the same day was posted to the Rarotongan Company. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. In May 1921 he applied for a war pension for lumbago contracted in Egypt. Date of death: 20/10/1963 (as per Cook Islands death register) 25/10/1963 (as per military headstone) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Te AurahiKORA16/398 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Te Aurahi Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KORA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/398 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion Also known as Peter Te Aurahi KORA Date of Birth 1891 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 14/06/1962 Place of Death Wanganui, New Zealand Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Aramoho Cemetery, Whanganui, New Zealand Next of Kin Kora (father), Aitutaki, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10792982 Additional Information On enlistment 20 October 1914, he was employed in Whanganui, New Zealand and was married with one child. His father Kora from the island of Aitutaki was listed as his next of kin on his service records. Member of the New Zealand Native Contingent in Malta 5 June 1915. Embarked for Gallipoli 30 June 1915. Admitted to a hospital in Mudros 5 October 1915 with typhoid. Evacuated by hospital ship to England Hospital Birmingham 5 December 1915 before being transferred to the 4th London General Hospital. Assessed as unfit due to sickness and returned to New Zealand via New Zealand Hospital Ship Maheno 28 October 1916. Wounded in action although location and date not specified. On 16 January 1917 had a shell splinter removed from his left knee in Whanganui Hospital, New Zealand. Discharged in New Zealand 26 March 1917 as no longer fit due to illness. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Herbert VincentFAIRLIE11/1082 Wellington Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Mounted Signals Troop Rarotongan Company WWII - served as Captain in New Zealand Home Guard < Back Highest Rank Second Lieutenant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Herbert Vincent Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) FAIRLIE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 11/1082 Wellington Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Mounted Signals Troop Rarotongan Company WWII - served as Captain in New Zealand Home Guard Also known as Bert/Bertie FAIRLIE Date of Birth 22/01/1895 Place of Birth Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand Date of Death 16/06/1964 Place of Death Gisborne, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1964/29352 Headstone/Grave Location Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne, New Zealand Next of Kin Herbert Henry Fairlie (father) Bessie “Peti” Pahiwa Fairlie (mother) Mona Margaret (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21471122 Additional Information Enlisted 30 November 1914. Served at Gallipoli from 4 October 1915 to 25 December 1915. Transferred to New Zealand Mounted Signal Troop as Communication Sergeant. Awarded a MiD (Mentioned in Despatches) 15 January 1918. Promoted to Second Lieutenant 25 September 1918 and transferred to Rarotongan Company on 9 October 1918. Returned to New Zealand on SS Malta. Discharged 7 March 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Headstone image source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197597200/herbert-vincent-fairlie Further Links https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10050902 https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C42958 Previous Next

TTOMANUANUA5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) T Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TOMANUANUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Unknown 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 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

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 Recorded (as per enlistment record) TUTAVAKE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 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

Temata VaipunuANAUPOU60725 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Temata Vaipunu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) ANAUPOU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60725 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tematavaipunu ANAUPOU Date of Birth 22 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 17/02/1957 Place of Death Mauke, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MAUK19570014A Headstone/Grave Location Taparere, Ngatiarua, Mauke, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tearii Vaine Anaupou (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11185819 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Embarked on SS Manukau at Wellington 13 June 1918 and disembarked at Suez ex SS Port Lyttleton 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted to hospital 7 October 1918 to 25 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Date of death: 17/02/1957 (as per Cook Islands death register) 19/02/1957 (as per military headstone) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next