KaveririOPITAIA60756 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Kaveriri Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) OPITAIA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60756 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Kaveriri OPETAIA Opetaia KAVERIRI Date of Birth 26 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 05/10/1948 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19480076 Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tauariki Opitaia, (wife), Opitaia (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9784333 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. On arrival in Egypt was posted to the NZ Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Sick in hospital between 19 and 27 October 1918 and admitted to the 69th General Hospital at Deir El Belah between 6 and 20 November 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 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 enlistmentTIMANI84553 4th 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) TIMANI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84553 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Timani TAURA Taura TAURA Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 12/01/1974 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19740036 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Taura (father) born Rarotonga, Mangungu (mother) born Aitutaki, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14239984 Additional Information Enlisted 12 June 1918 and disembarked in Wellington 21 June 1918. Discharged and embarked on the SS Paloona for Rarotonga 7 December 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

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

JioneTALIAULI16/1335 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Jione Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TALIAULI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1335 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also known as Sione/John TALIAULI/TALIA'ULI Date of Birth 21/06/1892 Place of Birth Tonga Date of Death 11/10/1918 Place of Death Israel/Palestine Death Registration Number Headstone/Grave Location Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) Next of Kin Malkai Tukuafu (brother), Nuku'alofa, Tonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10308730 Additional Information Medical student living in Blenheim, New Zealand when he enlisted 23 November 1915. Embarked at Wellington 4 February 1916. Disembarked from SS Navua 15 March 1916 and worked in the Government Hospital, Suez as an interpreter. Contracted measles and admitted to the Emergency Clearing Camp Zeitoun 31 March 1916 until 10 May 1915. Returned to New Zealand on SS Ulimaroa ex Suez on 11 June 1916 with the returning Niuean Contingent and employed as an interpreter on the ship. Arrived in New Zealand 16 July 1916 and sent to the Epsom Convalescent Home in Auckland. Posted to Narrow Neck Military Training Camp 12 August 1916 and embarked on HMNZT No.73 Opawa at Wellington 2 January 1917 and arrived Simons Town 24 February 1917 and embarked on SS Walmer Castle to disembark at Devonport, United Kingdom 27 March 1917 prior to being posted to Sling Camp and attached to the New Zealand Medical Corps. Joined the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion in France 3 September 1917. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and embarked for Egypt 4 February 1918 where joined the Rarotongan Company 5 March 1918. Sent to hospital 5 October 1918 and admitted to 76th Casualty Clearing Station 10 October 1918 and died of pneumonia 11 October 1918. Buried Ramleh War Cemetery, Chaplain G.E. Woodmonsey officiated at the funeral. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/653411/jione-taliauli/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Headstone image source: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/jione-taliauli Further Links Previous Next

TauANIVA60683 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tau Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) ANIVA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60683 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rurutu, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of Death 1965 Place of Death Rurutu, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Aniva (father), Rurutu, Pua (mother), Rurutu Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11188788 Additional Information Working in Rarotonga at time of enlistment. Enlisted 12 March 1918. Embarked on SS Manuka at Wellington 13 June 1918. Disembarked at Suez and posted to the Rarotongan Company 4 August 1918. Embarked on SS Malta for New Zealand 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 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 enlistmentTAURA16/1202 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) TAURA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1202 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Taura TUAKINA Terekia TAURA Date of Birth 1894 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 07/01/1917 Place of Death Surrey, United Kingdom Death Registration Number NZ1918/60568 (post war death registration) Headstone/Grave Location Walton-on-Thames Church Cemetery, Surrey, United Kingdom Next of Kin Tuakina (father), Atiu Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9816655 Additional Information Enlisted 28 September 1915 in Rarotonga. Disembarked at Suez 15 March 1916 and embarked with the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion for France from Alexandria 9 April 1916. Admitted sick to hospital "In the Field" 19 October 1916 and was evacuated through the 3rd NZ Field Ambulance, 3rd Canadian General Hospital, Hospital Ship St. Denis to 2nd New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, England. Died of tuberculosis 7 January 1917. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga records name as 'T. TAURA'. Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as 'TAURA TUAKINA'. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/402091/taura "Died 07 January 1917 Aged 23" Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Image sources: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/walton-thames-nz-general-hospital-roll-honour https://ww100.govt.nz/private-terekia-tauras-trench-art Commemoration certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/402091/taura Further Links N/A Previous Next

TiakanaPOTAI60641 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tiakana Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) POTAI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60641 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tiakana Ngati KAO (as per headstone) Date of Birth 23/01/1899 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 04/09/1950 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1950/28083 Headstone/Grave Location Hillsborough Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Kao Potai (father), Rarotonga. Rangi (mother), Rarotonga, Leonie (wife, as per headstone inscription) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12497582 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde. Training Regiment and Base Depot. Embarked for New Zealand 14 December 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919 in Wellington, New Zealand. On the SS Malta roll list his first and last names are reversed as they are in some NZEF documentation. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

KaiMATAITI19250 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Kai Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MATAITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19250 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 1887 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 16/02/1918 Place of Death Cairo, Egypt Death Registration Number NZ1918/78098 Headstone/Grave Location Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) Next of Kin Mrs Te Pai Rua Mata (mother), Oneroa, Mangaia, Cook Islands, Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10428284 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Posted to Rarotongan Company at Belah, Palestine 25 August 1917. Admitted to 77th Casualty Clearing Station Jaffa with fever 11 February 1918. Died 16 February 1918 and buried 17 February 1918 in the Ramleh War Cemetery, Chaplain J. MacBeath officiating. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/652878/kai-mataiti/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Headstone image source: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/kai-mataiti Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/652878/kai-mataiti/ Further Links N/A Previous Next

Robert DeanFRISBIEUS Army serial number: 1 006 445 Mus 2nd Cl. < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Robert Dean Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) FRISBIE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with US Army serial number: 1 006 445 Mus 2nd Cl. Also known as Date of Birth Different dates are recorded on various documents: 16/04/1895 16/04/1896 17/04/1896 Place of Birth Cleveland, Ohio, USA Date of Death 19/11/1948 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19480089 Headstone/Grave Location Cook Islands Christian Church, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Arthur Grazly Frisbie (father) Florence Elizabeth Johnston (mother) Ngatokorua (wife), died January 14, 1939) Children: Charles Mataa Frisbie Florence Johnny Frisbie William Hopkins Frisbie Elaine Metua Frisbie Ngatokorua Frisbie Link to Online Service Record Additional Information The headstone has been painted blue sometime between April and August 2024. No online war service record. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References No known copyright restrictions Further Links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dean_Frisbie https://www.pbshawaii.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/LSS_1018_Florence_Johnny_Frisbie_PT1_Web_Transcript.pdf https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE25192316 Previous Next

Only one name recorded on enlistmentURI19340 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) URI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19340 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Uri TAOI Date of Birth 1887 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 31/03/1951 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Taoivaini (mother), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10236456 Additional Information Disembarked at Suez 27 December 1916. Posted to the Rarotongan Company on the 7th of April 1917. Admitted to various hospitals with malaria 24 July 1918 to 14 August 1918. Admitted to a rest camp between 15 August 1918 to 6 September 1918 and then transferred to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade Training Regiment and Base Depot. Rejoined the Rarotongan Company 1 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and was discharged on 20 March 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PaiTEIPO84543 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Pai Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEIPO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84543 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 01/09/1899 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 10/02/1919 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1919/675 Headstone/Grave Location Devonport (O’Neill’s Point) Cemetery, Bayswater, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Ngapuna (mother), Teipo (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10174956 Additional Information Enlisted 12 June 1918 in Rarotonga and discharged 7 December 1918. Not listed on Atiu cenotaph April 2019. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/642940/pai-teipo/ 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/642940/pai-teipo/ Further Links N/A Previous Next

TPAITE5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) T Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PAITE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands (to be confirmed by family) Date of Death 1979 (to be confirmed by family) Place of Death To be confirmed by family Death Registration Number To be confirmed Headstone/Grave Location To be confirmed by family Next of Kin To be confirmed by family Link to Online Service Record Additional Information Our research indicates that there is a possibility that this is Teariki Paite who died in Rarotonga on 16/05/1979 and is buried at Takuvaine. His date of birth on the headstone is 1899 with his name inscribed as Te’Ariki Takairangi Te-Ra PAITE. To be confirmed by family. 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

MaretoTIMA84541 4th Rarotongan Contingent Commonwealth War Grave (announced October 2019) < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Mareto Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TIMA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84541 4th Rarotongan Contingent Commonwealth War Grave (announced October 2019) Also known as Date of Birth 26 years on enlistment Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 10/08/1919 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Titikaveka, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Vainetukai (wife) born Atiu, Tima (father) born Aitutaki, Cook Islands, Tereau (mother) born Aitutaki, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10233430 Additional Information Commonwealth War Grave (announced October 2019): https://i.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/116716348/forgotten-wwi-war-dead-honoured-100-years-on “On Friday, on the basis of research done by Cate Walker, Howard Weddell, Paula Paniani and Bobby Nicholas, the names of six Cook Islands soldiers were added to the New Zealand and Commonwealth War Graves Commission's official rolls of honour.” https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/75463734/mareto-tima/ Enlisted in Rarotonga 12 June 1918 and discharged in New Zealand 12 June 1919. Died of tuberculosis which was contracted while serving with the NZEF. "Mareto” is spelt incorrectly on his headstone as “Mereto”. This headstone will be replaced by the CWGC at their expense in due course. Military headstone records age at death as 40, although on enlistment in 1918 in the year prior to his death, his age was recorded as 26. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

AkatauinaTU19322 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Akatauina Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19322 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tu AKATAUINA Tu AKETAUINA Tu TEKEITANA Tu TUKEITANA Ukaitaua AKETAUINA Date of Birth 1895 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 26/03/1924 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Behind the Cook Islands Christian Church, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Akatauina (father), Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21345296 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 and was posted to the Rarotongan Company 4 January 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919 after serving with the NZEF for a total of two years and 255 days. Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board records his name as 'T. Aketauina'. Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as 'Akatauina Tu'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TinirauRANGIMAKEA60730 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tinirau Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) RANGIMAKEA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60730 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tinirau Rangi MAKEA Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 03/01/1962 (as per military headstone) Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Rangimakea (father), Avarua, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19570933 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 4 February 1918. Embarked on SS Manuka at Wellington 13 June 1918 and disembarked Sydney 24 June 1918. Embarked on SS Port Lyttleton at Sydney 24 June 1918, and disembarked Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 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

NgaingataraTOTOAERE84570 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ngaingatara Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TOTOAERE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84570 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Totoroaere NGAINGATARA Date of Birth 26 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 18/07/1935 (as per military headstone) Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Matavera, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Totoaere (father), Raeka (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24372675 Additional Information Atested in Rarotonga 10 June 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp 12 July 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918 due to the signing of the Armistice that ended WWI. Headstone states that he died in Rarotonga on 18 July 1935 which could be an incorrect date as other documents record another date. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TearikiKAROTAUA19350 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Teariki Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KAROTAUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19350 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Te Ariki KAROTAUA Teariki KAROTANA Te Ariki KAROTANA Date of Birth 1896 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 28/12/1954 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19540079 Headstone/Grave Location Beside the Cook Islands Christian Church, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Terangi Tepuretu (wife), Tekiiono (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10887380 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 in Rarotonga and disembarked from SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916. Posted to Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917 and to the Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery from 5 October to 8 November 1917. Admitted to 33rd Casualty Clearing Station with Scarlet Fever on 2 August 1918 and then transferred to 48th Stationary Hospital, Gaza 3 August 1918 and to the 44th Stationary Hospital 10 September 1918 and to the Military Infection Hospital, Chanbra 11 September 1918. Admitted to the New Zealand Aotea Convalescent Home from 14 September to 21 September 1918. Embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918 for New Zealand and was discharged 20 March 1919. Also served in the Cook Islands Local Defence Force (Home Guard) during World War Two: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/nzdf-and-researchers-confirm-85-cook-islands-soldiers-eligible-for-second-world-war-service-medals/ https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/pacificbeat/cook-islands-war-medals-/106085358 Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TearikiPURI60757 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Teariki Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PURI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60757 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 02/06/1973 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19730036 Headstone/Grave Location Kaena Cemetery, Aroa, Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Teariki Puri (father), Ataataivi (mother), Marie Cadousteau (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19561929 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 4 August 1918. Posted to Rarotongan Company 15 November 1918. Sailed from Beirut to Alexandria 17-19 November 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Unmarked grave (April 2024) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next