T. J.VATI5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) T. J. Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) VATI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Joseph VATI Date of Birth 27/05/1891 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 28/07/1969 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1969/30948 Headstone/Grave Location Mangere Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand 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 service record. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Explore the Cook Islands' rich military history. Search records from WWI and WWII to uncover the stories of our brave soldiers. Lest We Forget their sacrifices and bravery. | Cook Islands Online Cenotaph Welcome to the Cook Islands Online Cenotaph Kia Orana. This website serves as a repository for the ongoing research our team has undertaken voluntarily since 2016. We are regularly adding further information, including service details and images from our vast collection. We have included in this online cenotaph service personnel who were living in the Cook Islands on enlistment, those who were posted to the Rarotongan Company/Contingents during WWI or had a connection to the Cook Islands through work or marriage. We have also included service personnel from any country who served during war or peacetime and are buried or memorialised in the Cook Islands. The Cook Islands Online Cenotaph WWI Content can be found here . Apart from our extensive WWI research, we have also researched WWII including Cook Islands Local Defence Force/Home Guard, Coastwatchers/Radio Operators and those who served overseas. We will be adding this information to the Online Cenotaph in due course, along with all deceased soldiers from the Cook Islands and those who were of Cook Islands descent and served in the Armed Forces in any conflict or during peacetime. If you are searching for a person, please use the Search Cenotaph button above by entering a name, a service number or an island name. If the name doesn't appear in "NAME" search, try searching for the name in "ALSO KNOWN AS". If you require any help or further information please send us a message via the Contact Us menu option above. We hope that this website will encourage all Cook Islanders to take ownership of our research, learn from it, be proud of it, and let it grow. We welcome feedback and corrections along with biographical information and photos to add to this website. Meitaki maata. Lest We Forget 🌺 February 1918. A Platoon of the 3rd Rarotongan Contingent at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand Photo with the permission of Marjorie Seddon & Keith Seddon Members of the World War Two Cook Islands Local Defence Force (Home Guard) between 1941 and 1945. Original image owned by Tere Mataroa Image colourised by Tepaeru Utia. The original colourised image showed the uniform in khaki colour. While the dress uniform was khaki, the day to day work wear/uniform was blue denim.

Cook Islands Online Cenotaph WWI Collect ion in alphabetical order of last name on enlistment If you are searching for a person, please use the "Search Cenotaph" button above by entering a name, a service number or an island name. If the name doesn't appear in "NAME" search, try searching for the name in "ALSO KNOWN AS". The names listed in the heading are the names recorded on enlistment. We have included information such as 'also known as' along with spelling variations. Naming conventions in the Cook Islands at the time of WWl were simple with people having one given name only. This was a problem for the European recruiters from New Zealand who wanted a first name and a surname on enlistment as per western standards. In many cases, soldiers used their given name followed by their father's first name. This can easily be interpreted to "A" (given name) son of "B" (father's given name). In a number of cases, the soldier had evidently been listed in records with the first and last names transposed i.e. father's given name followed by the soldier's given name. Private Kiro Luke ADAM 16/1007 New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion Picture 1.png IMG_2367.jpeg IMG_2373_edited.jpg IMG_2376.jpeg IMG_2355.jpeg IMG_2356 (1).jpeg 1/2 Read More Private Vaine Tutai AERENGA 60768 3rd Rarotongan Contingent 1/1 Read More Private Marearai AERENGAMATE 60696 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Picture 1.png Picture 2.png 1/1 Read More Private Makiteiaa AERERUA 84569 4th Rarotongan Contingent Picture 3.png Picture 4.png Picture 2.png Picture 1.png 1/1 Read More Private Apongi AH KEW 19233 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Picture 1.png Picture 2.png Picture 3.png 1/1 Read More Private Mologa AH MU 16/1405 4th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company AH MU_Moronae_ Mologa.jpg 1/1 Read More Private Solomon AH SIN 60750 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Picture 2.png Picture 1.png 1/1 Read More Private Akatea AIAIA 16/1183 New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Picture 2.png Picture 1.png Picture 3.png 1/1 Read More Private Atama AKEAU 60685 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Picture 1.png Picture 2.png 1/1 Read More Private Only one name recorded on enlistment AKI 19232 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Picture 1.png Picture 2.png Picture 3.png 1/1 Read More Lance Corporal John William ALO 84584 4th Rarotongan Contingent 1/0 Read More Private Teavae AMENE 19235 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Picture 1.png Picture 2.png 1/1 Read More 47 Page 1

Learn about our commitment to preserving Cook Islands' military heritage. About Us Kia Orana. In 2016 we began voluntarily researching Cook Islands World War One soldiers and their burial locations throughout the Cook Islands and overseas. During this time, we have also relettered a large number of veterans military and private granite headstone memorials throughout the Cook Islands and renovated the gravesites. We are now collating our World War Two research and this will be added to the website in due course. We have documented and GPS'd the graves of over 320 WWI soldiers in the Cook Islands (Rarotonga, Atiu, Aitutaki, Mauke & Mangaia) and many overseas. We have done this research voluntarily for the people of the Cook Islands and it is now time to share our valuable research via this online cenotaph. One of our teams most significant achievements came in 2019 with the release of the report into our 2017 New Zealand Defence Force / Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) submission, which saw six Cook Islands WWI returned servicemen's graves become the first CWGC graves located in the Cook Islands. These soldiers all died before the 31st of August 1921 from an injury or an illness they contracted during their war service as per CWGC criteria. Three are located in Rarotonga, two in Aitutaki and one in Atiu. These graves will be cared for in perpetuity by the CWGC. Our next major achievement came on 18 November 2025, when it was announced that approximately 85 men who served in the Cook Islands Local Defence Force during the Second World War, and who were incorrectly denied their medals in 1953, would now have them posthumously awarded. We first raised this issue with the NZDF in late 2024 and have since worked closely with them to bring about this long-overdue recognition. You can read more about this announcement here: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/nzdf-and-researchers-confirm-85-cook-islands-soldiers-eligible-for-second-world-war-service-medals/ "The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) started looking into the situation at the request of the team of voluntary researchers at the Cook Islands Online Cenotaph. With the help of researchers Cate Walker and Bobby Nicholas, the NZDF has identified at least 85 members of the CILDF who are eligible for Second World War medals ." Lest We Forget 🌺 🇨🇰 Our Team Cate Walker Project Coordinator, Brisbane, Australia. Graduate Certificate of Cemetery Practice (Deakin) Bobby Nicholas Head Researcher and expert Cook Islands genealogist, Auckland, New Zealand Paula Paniani Community Liaison, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Paul Morrissey Chief Navigator, Brisbane, Australia Julie Taripo Documentary Producer, Cook Islands Television, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Click here to view our documentary series and field trips throughout the Cook Islands Nikao Cemetery Rarotonga June 2016 L to R: Bobby Nicholas, Cate Walker, Paul Morrissey, Paula Paniani Atiu Island Airport April 2019 L to R: Paul Morrissey, Cate Walker, Julie Taripo, Paula Paniani Nikao Cemetery Rarotonga September 2024 L to R: Julie Taripo, Bobby Nicholas, Cate Walker, Paul Morrissey, Paula Paniani Our Sponsors From April 2019, we have been grateful to receive the following business and private sponsorships : Tata Crocombe - accommodation sponsorship in Rarotonga and Aitutaki , website sponsorship, accommodation and return flights sponsorship from Australia to the Cook Islands (August/September 2024, April/May 2025, November/December 2025, April/May 2026) Air Rarotonga - return flights to Atiu (2019 & 2025), Aitutaki (2019), Mauke (2022) and Mangaia (2023) Bank of the Cook Islands - accommodation, meals and vehicle sponsorship in Mauke (2022) and Mangaia (2023), and accommodation sponsorship in Atiu (2025) Eddie Drollet and Kave Ringi - accommodation sponsorship in Atiu (2019) Bergman & Sons - Cook Islands Black Pearls - signage in the Nikao Cemetery acknowledging the service of the Cook Islands WWI soldiers Island Car & Bike hire & Rarotonga Rentals - vehicle sponsorship November/December 2025, April/May 2026 Hon. Minister Mrs Vainetutai Rose Toki-Brown - daily lunches and vehicle sponsorship in Atiu (2019) and vehicle sponsorship (2025) Tokoa Pera - vehicle sponsorship in Aitutaki (2019) Vodafone Cook Islands - mobile phone data Cook Islands Television - documentary production Meitaki maata! We sincerely thank you all! 🌺

Watch videos documenting our team as we locate Cook Islands’ WWI soldiers. Discover untold stories and experiences of the brave men who served. Cook Islands WWI Soldier Search series and field trip links: Finding our way back ... to Atiu (filmed April 27 to May 1, 2019 Finding our way back ... to Aitutaki (filmed November 6 to 13, 2019 Finding our way back ... to Mauke (filmed November 14 to 18, 2022) Finding our way back ... to Mangaia (filmed April 24 to 28, 2023) Finding our way back ... to Atiu (Series Two) (filmed April 23 to 30, 2025) FILMING CONTINUES: Finding our way back ... to Rarotonga (filmed 2016 to 2025) Click here to view our field trip videos on our YouTube Channel

MataMETUATANE60671 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Mata Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) METUATANE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60671 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 21 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 12/08/1925 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Headstone memorial at Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Metuatane (father), Aitutaki, Cook Islands. Maria (mother), Aitutaki, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11188290 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 4 February 1918 and 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. Discharged 20 March 1919. Headstone found close to the lagoon bank in the Nikao Cemetery April 2017. The headstone has been dislodged from the grave in a cyclone or storm surge, and the grave may have washed away. A memorial was built in the Nikao Cemetery using the headstone in October 2018. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TeinakoreMIRIA60680 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Teinakore Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MIRIA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60680 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 22/09/1974 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1974/38721 Headstone/Grave Location Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Miria (father), Mangaia. Apaiaere (mother), Mangaia Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10218669 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 and embarked for Egypt 13 June 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted to the 163rd Casualty Clearing Station 15 October 1918 with malaria and then transferred to the 36th Stationary Hospital, Gaza 17 October 1918 and then to the 24th Stationary Hospital at Abbassia 24 October 1918 before being admitted to the 27th General Hospital between 2 November 1918 and 8 November 1918. Embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. 'Rarotongan' misspelt on plaque as 'Raratongan'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PutiVAKATINI19294 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Puti Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) VAKATINI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19294 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 1891 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 10/10/1927 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO1927932A Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (in the cemetery next to Super Brown store) Next of Kin Maka (mother), Taaki (father), Matakeu (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10514367 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 and disembarked from SS Navua at Suez 27 December 1916. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917 and detached to the 10th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery between 5 May 1917 and 9 November 1918. Admitted to hospitals between 11 July 1918 and 11 August 1918 with malaria and rejoined the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted to 33rd Casualty Clearing Station from 7 to 10 November 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919. First grave image taken April 2019. The following three images were taken April 2025 following the grave rebuild. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

NgaumetuaVAEVAEONGO60747 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ngaumetua Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) VAEVAEONGO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60747 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 16/06/1963 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19630034 Headstone/Grave Location Titikaveka, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Vaa (mother), Vaevaeongo (father), Rima Ria (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10297361 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 and disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted to 33rd Casualty Clearing Station in Jaffa 26 September 1918 with pyrexia and then transferred to 69th General Hospital at Belah from 29 September 1918 to 22 October 1918. Posted to New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot 23 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 12 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

ErnestMITCHELL16/1378 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 4th Reinforcements < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ernest Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MITCHELL Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1378 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 4th Reinforcements Also known as Harry MITCHELL Date of Birth 08/10/1893 Place of Birth Vava'u, Tonga Date of Death 24/09/1916 Place of Death Somme, Northern France Death Registration Number NZ1918/59607 (post war death registration) Headstone/Grave Location Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers, Somme, France Next of Kin Mr Ernest Hamilton Mitchell, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (father) Jane Smith (formerly Mele Matele Mitchell), Faleula, Samoa (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21641432 Additional Information Enlisted 23 December 1915. As he was of mixed race, he was directed to train at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Posted to the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 9 September 1916. Killed in Action in France 24 September 1916. Field burial 50 yards east of McCormick's Post Cemetery, about 3/4 miles west of Flers and 3.5 miles north east of Combles. Final burial at Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers, France. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/193894/ernest-mitchell/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Headstone image source: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/ernest-mitchell Portrait of E. Mitchell. Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1917, v.5, n.1. Image has no known copyright. Source: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/search?n=ernest+mitchell Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/193894/ernest-mitchell/ 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

PiNATI19292 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Pi Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NATI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19292 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Nati PI Tangatapi NATI Date of Birth 1892 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 15/10/1968 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19680007 Headstone/Grave Location Mapumai Village, Atiu, Cook Islands (unmarked grave April 2019) Next of Kin Tua (mother), Nati Mataiapo (father), Tuaputa AKA Taringa Pukuka (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20481547 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 in Rarotonga and disembarked SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916. Posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Marched out to Kantara 7 April 1917. Admitted to hospital "In the field" and at various hospitals from 18 to 27 August 1918. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted to hospital from 13 to 24 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Family confirmed in 2023 that they are planning to have a military headstone manufactured in New Zealand to be shipped to Atiu. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

UruNIOTAMANU84526 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Uru Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NIOTAMANU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84526 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tangauru Tu NIO-TAMANU Date of Birth 09/02/1900 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 22/10/1995 Place of Death Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1995/50838 Headstone/Grave Location Papakura Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Niotamanu (father), Kimiangatau, Atiu Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19812247 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. Not listed on Atiu cenotaph April 2019. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

JamesLANCE2/746 New Zealand Field Artillery < Back Highest Rank Second Lieutenant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) James Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) LANCE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 2/746 New Zealand Field Artillery Also known as Launcelot Russell GUBBINS (birth name) James A LANCE (alias on enlistment) Date of Birth 22/03/1884 Place of Birth Lima, Peru, South America Date of Death 23/4/1918 Place of Death Somme, Northern France Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium Next of Kin Son of John Russell Gubbins and Mary Margaret Gubbins (nee Dickson), of 22, Carlton Hill, St. John's Wood, London, England Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11137771 Additional Information At enlistment, he was employed as a planter with W.J. Stevenson of Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Killed in action 23/04/1918. Memorial at St. Luke Churchyard, Formby, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/433158/launcelot-russell-gubbins/ Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/launcelot-russell-gubbins https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191003456/launcelot-russell-gubbins Further Links N/A Previous Next

RimaKAUREVAI19299 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Rima Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KAUREVAI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19299 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Rimamotu KAUVAREVAI Date of Birth 1893 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 03/05/1953 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19530008 Headstone/Grave Location Cemetery next to the Latter-day Saints Church, Avarua/Avatiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Kauvarevai (father), Mrs Motuanga (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19053880 Additional Information Enlisted at Rarotonga 1 June 1916. He developed pneumonia on the troopship on the voyage to Egypt and was landed at Colombo on 14 December 1916 and admitted to the military hospital. Mrs Wigmore of 'The Springs', Guildford Crescent, Colombo, offered to take him into her house for convalescence after the convoy departed and he was to be called forward later. Arrived Suez 28 January 1917. Posted to Rarotongan Company 1 June 1917. Discharged 20 March 1919. Date of death: 03/05/1953 (as per Cook Islands death register) 04/05/1953 (as per military service records and headstone) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PotaruPO19287 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Potaru Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19287 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Po PUTAURA Date of Birth 1896 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 29/09/1989 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Avatiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Putaura (father), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11245703 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916 and disembarked from SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916. Admitted to 26th Stationary Hospital from 2 January 1917 to 10 January 1917 with diphtheria and posted to New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde. Training Regiment and Base Depot. Detached to 97th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery from 11 October 1917 to 9 November 1917. Admitted to 24th Stationary Hospital, Kantara 6 March 1918 to 12 March 1918. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 2 April 1918. Admitted to hospital from 14 to 17 July 1918. Admitted to hospital with malaria 25 October 1918 to 2 November 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 Newspaper article courtesy of Cook Islands News Further Links N/A Previous Next

TaiPAUA19321 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tai Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PAUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19321 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Paua TAI Date of Birth 1892 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 Paua (father), Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE16646416 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 in Rarotonga. Disembarked from SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916 and posted to the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Admitted to 24th Stationary Hospital 23 August 1917 and then to 27th General Hospital at Abbassia on 25 August 1917. Rejoined his unit on 9 September 1917. Admitted to the 43rd Stationary Hospital on 15 October 1917 with diarrhoea and on 17 October 1917 was transferred to the 44th Stationary Hospital before being transferred to the 27th General Hospital Abbassia on 22 October 1917. Admitted to the Aotea Convalescent Home from 9 November 1917 to 28 November 1917 and was posted to the NZ Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment & Base Depot before being posted back to the Raroton-gan Company 2 December 1917. Embarked 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

TTANGI5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) T Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TANGI 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 25/5/1953 (as per military headstone only) Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands 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