KaimanuTEPEI60777 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Kaimanu Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TEPEI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60777 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 30 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 23/08/1929 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19290130 Headstone/Grave Location Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tepei (father), Ruatonga, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10546576 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp 12 March 1918. Posted to Rarotongan Company 18 September 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

StricklandTEAUARIKI60708 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Strickland Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TEAUARIKI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60708 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Teau Ariki STRICKLAND Teariki TIKERENI Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 16/09/1968 Place of Death Mauke, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MAUK19680005 Headstone/Grave Location Parai, near Hyde Park, Kimiangatau, Mauke, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tupurakore Teauariki, (wife), Teauariki (father), Kinui (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11178340 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 and disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Headstone records year of birth as 1896 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 Given (as per enlistment record) ROIKINO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 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

Charles OwenHODGINS18463 Dental Details Australian Imperial Force < Back Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Charles Owen Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) HODGINS Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 18463 Dental Details Australian Imperial Force Also Known As Date of Birth 20/07/1889 Place of Birth Wellington, New Zealand Date of Death 06/01/1936 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19360177 Headstone/Grave Location Panama Catholic Cemetery, Panama, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Michael Hodgins (father) Rose Hodgins (mother) Eileen Mary Young Hodgins (wife) Link to Online Service Record Additional Information National Archives Australia link to war service record: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=5283613 The service number as per the headstone is 10463 however his service number in his war service record is listed on different documents as 10463 and 18463. We have contacted a few departments in Australia to confirm the correct number and the Australian War Memorial have said "On the fourth page of the service record, the third last entry reads 'Allotted Regimental Number 10463'. As such, it appears he was originally allotted number 18463. This is reflected on the embarkation roll held by the Memorial: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1937648 In 1917, he was allotted a new regimental number and served under this number for the remainder of the war, reflected on the Memorial's Nominal Roll: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R2446321 It was not uncommon for soldiers to have multiple regimental numbers, especially in the First World War, as the numbers were not unique to an individual, only to the regiment or unit. As such, there were many occurrences of soldiers transferring into a unit where someone else was already allotted the same regimental number (eg. 12345). In these cases they would assign them a new regimental number, sometimes just adding a letter to the end (eg. 12345a). In regard to AIEF, this stands for Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force, but AIF is more commonly used." Staff Sergeant Charles Owen Hodgins 18463, was born in Wellington 20 July 1889 and was working as a dentist in Australia when WWI broke out. He enlisted in Perth, Western Australia February 1916 and was discharged in August 1919. Following the war he was living in Masterton New Zealand and requested his war medals be forwarded to his address there. In 1936, had been working as a dentist in Rarotonga for two years when he tragically drowned at the Avarua Wharf. Headstone voluntarily relettered by our team September 2024. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Document source: Pacific Islands Monthly http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-311751765 Further Links https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19360109.2.20 Grey River Argus, 9 January 1936, Page 4 RAROTONGA TRAGEDY THE LOCAL DENTIST DROWNED. Previous Next

JohnMOKOTUPU5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) John Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) MOKOTUPU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 21 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 16/07/1949 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19490060 Headstone/Grave Location Panama Catholic Cemetery, Panama, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Related to Pte Poaza TEPAKI 84507 (aka Nooapii Mataiti Mokotupu/Tepaki Nooapii Mokotupu), and Pte Mataio MOKOPUTU 84508 Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10240329 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 28 October 1918. Disembarked in Wellington 6 November 1918. Due to the signing of the Armistice on November 11 1918, he was discharged 13 November at Trentham Military Training Camp. Embarked on SS Moana for Rarotonga 30 November 1918 and arrived in Rarotonga 6 December 1918. The 5th Rarotongan Contingent soldiers from Aitutaki departed Rarotonga 12 January 1919 on the schooner Toafa Haamia bound for Aitutaki. This soldier's service record is online at Archives New Zealand which is very rare for the 5th Contingent as most Rarotongan 5th Contingent records were lost or destroyed post WWI. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

GeorgeTUINUKUAFE60798 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) George Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TUINUKUAFE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60798 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As George TU'INUKUAFE Date of Birth 14/08/1893 Place of Birth Tonga, Friendly Islands Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin John Tuinukuafe (father), Vavau, Tonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13448467 Additional Information Was working in Auckland New Zealand as a gardener for two years prior to enlistment. Attested 26 March 1918 and posted to Rarotongan Company. Departed Egypt for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1919. Discharged in New Zealand 7 March 1919 at his request. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links Previous Next

BenjaminWISE20803 9th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Benjamin Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) WISE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 20803 9th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion Rarotongan Company Also Known As Date of Birth 22/07/1895 Place of Birth Levuka, Fiji Date of Death 13/09/1955 Place of Death Suva, Fiji Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin George Wise (father), Levuka, Fiji Josephine Rounds (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE20150063 Additional Information Enlisted 19 July 1916 at Narrow Neck Camp. Embarked on HMNZT No.67 Tofua in Auckland 14 October 1916 and disembarked at Plymouth, United Kingdom 29 March 1916. Posted to New Zealand Pioneer Battalion in France 28 February 1917. In late 1917 he was admitted to a number of medical facilities in United Kingdom and rejoined the New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion in France 26 April 1918. Transferred to Rarotongan Company and moved from Etaples to Marseille with Private Meredith and to Egypt 7 May 1918. Posted to Rarotongan Company 3 July 1918. Returning home was sick on SS Malta and was off-loaded for medical treatment and quarantine at Fremantle, Australia on 12 January 1919. Arrived in Auckland on SS Manuka 13 March 1919 and discharged 28 April 1919. Returned to Fiji May 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Further Links Previous Next

RehoboamaTEARETOA60678 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Rehoboama Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TEARETOA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60678 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Reboama TEARETOA Date of Birth 1892 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 22/02/1977 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19770010 Headstone/Grave Location Matavera, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (next to the old packing shed) Next of Kin Upoko Tamati Tearetoa (wife), Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11176525 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Embarked 13 June 1918 for Egypt, and 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

AngunaKAINANA60688 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Anguna Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) KAINANA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60688 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 26 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 19/05/1959 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19590031 Headstone/Grave Location Beside the Hartel Shop, Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Kainana (father), Rarotonga. Tekura (mother), Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11061402 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918. Discharged as medically unfit 15 June 1918 and did not proceed overseas beyond New Zealand. Date of death: 19/05/1959 (as per Cook Islands death register) 20/05/1958 (as per military headstone) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

PuatuituiVAVIA19346 2nd Rarotongan Contingent  < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Puatuitui Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) VAVIA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 19346 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Vavia PUATUITUI Date of Birth 1892 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 07/08/1944 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Teenui, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of Kin Puatuitui (brother), Tehenui, Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21361877 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 in Rarotonga. Disembarked at Suez 27 December 1916 and spent service in the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot at Moascar. Discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga records name as 'V Puatuitui'. Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as 'VAVIA PUATUITUI'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

JohnKAINUKU5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) John Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) KAINUKU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 07/03/1932 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19320616 Headstone/Grave Location Araura, Aitutaki, 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

TSTRICKLAND5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) T Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) STRICKLAND Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 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 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

PeruKAIVARI5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Peru Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) KAIVARI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Kaivari PERU Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 06/04/1953 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19530011 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Kaivari (father), Ritia (mother) Link to Online Service Record Additional Information Brother of Makiroa KAIVARI 60694 (3rd Rarotongan Contingent) who is buried in Mauke, Cook Islands. 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

SamuelaTURUA60785 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Samuela Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TURUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60785 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Samuela MATAIVA Date of Birth 25 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 23/10/1970 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19700095 Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Turua (father), Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21353974 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Medically unfit before proceeding on service. Discharged 20 April 1918. Unmarked grave in Vakapora Burial Ground, Tupapa, Rarotonga (May 2024). Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TeuingarikiRUA MOANA84552 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Teuingariki Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) RUA MOANA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 84552 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Rua Moana TEUINGARIKI Moana Te Ato RUA Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 14/01/1934 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Ngatiarua, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of Kin Unknown Link to Online Service Record Additional Information Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board records name as “T RUA MOANA”. Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as “MANOA TE ATO RUA”. No online war service record. New images of refurbished gravesite taken April 2025. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

AioTARIPO60727 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Aio Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) TARIPO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60727 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth 11/11/1898 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 30/08/1959 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19590057 Headstone/Grave Location Taputapuatea Burial Ground, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Taripo (father) born Tahiti, Society Islands, Tauira (mother) born Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19445958 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918. Disembarked in Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted to hospital 26 September 1918 and again with pyrexia in Gaza 30 September 1918 and with malaria 1 October 1918. Discharged to duty 2 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14th of December 1918. Discharged 20th of March 1919. Date of death: 30/08/1959 (as per Cook Islands death register) 31/08/1959 (as per military headstone) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TeauitiKAVEA84572 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Teauiti Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) KAVEA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 84572 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Kavea TEAUITI Date of Birth 26 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 05/09/1957 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19570013 Headstone/Grave Location Ara’oa Beach. On the left side of Oneroa Road past the airport driving to Oneroa, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Mareka Teauiti (wife), Teauiti (father), Toa (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10333903 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 12th of June 1918 and was discharged 7th of December 1918. Initially enlisted under given name and reverted back to surname when in camp. NZEF records his name as Teauiti, Te Auiti, or Kaiwaievai. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at the RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as “T. Kaiwaievai”. Date of death: 05/09/1957 (as per Cook Islands death register) 06/09/1957 (as per military headstone) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

UtuRATIA60726 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank: Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Utu Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record) RATIA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in 60726 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also Known As Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Rurutu, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of Death Unknown Place of Death Unknown Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Ratia (father), Rurutu, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19573357 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Embarked 13 June 1918 for Egypt, and 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