TearikiMONGA84522 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Teariki Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MONGA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84522 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Teariki Monga Marokii PIAVAKA Date of Birth 04/04/1892 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 16/12/1965 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19650026 Headstone/Grave Location Ureia, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Piavaka (father), Katapu-ki-te-Maraea (mother), Kauvai Monga (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19786157 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. Date of death: 16/12/1965 (as per Cook Islands death register) 15/12/1965 (as inscribed on military and civilian headstone) 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

OnoTAAKI60743 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ono Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TAAKI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60743 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 28 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 03/12/1943 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19430062 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Patara (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9818109 Additional Information Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted sick to a field Ambulance between 3 and 5 October 1918 and admitted to the ships hospital on SS Malta for NZ 19 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

MateMAURIAITI19272  2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Mate Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MAURIAITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19272 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Mate MORIAITI Mate MAURIA Date of Birth 1896 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 04/11/1946 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19460028 Headstone/Grave Location Cook Islands Christian Church, Ivirua Rd, Ivirua, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Mauriaiti (father), Mangaia, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9817287 Additional Information Enlisted 9 July 1916. Disembarked at Suez 27 December 1916 and was employed at the NZ Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot at Moascar. Marched into Kantara 17 April 1917. On 11 August 1918 he was admitted to the 48th Stationary Hospital, Gaza with measles. He was transferred to the 24th Stationary Hospital at Abbassia on 14 August 1918 before being transferred to the 27th General Hospital in Cairo. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 1 October 1918. Returned to New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at records name as 'M. Mate'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TuaiviKOKAUA60722 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tuaivi Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KOKAUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60722 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 22 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 24/03/1961 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19610020 Headstone/Grave Location Avatiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Vaine Matangaro (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19317845 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Assessed as medically unfit and discharged 15 June 1918. Date of death: 24/03/1961 (as per Cook Islands death register & private headstone) 25/03/1961 (as per military headstone) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

NimerotaKOPUKOAO60778 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Nimerota Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KOPUKOAO Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60778 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 19/20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 17/02/1948 Place of Death Mauke, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MAUK19480014 Headstone/Grave Location Pirikura, Kimiangatau, Mauke, Cook Islands Next of Kin Kopukoao (father), Ngapito / Vainerere (mother), Mou (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11463673 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Camp. Embarked on SS Manukau at Wellington 13 June 1918. Disembarked at Suez ex SS Port Lyttleton 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. From 14 October 1918 to 7 November 1918 was admitted sick to the Casualty Clearing Station and then to the 24th Stationary Hospital, Gaza. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 9 July 1919. Our team documented this grave and repainted the lettering to the grey granite military headstone with members of the Mauke community during our “Mauke Soldier Search Mission” in November 2022. You can view that series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEVPyjBZLTn7bKKrrAGFWrzeM9eNP0-tW His brother, Private Tuainerenga KOPUKOAO 60721 died in Rarotonga and is buried in the Nikao Cemetery, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TaeroTIONI TUTAI60781 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Taero Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TIONI TUTAI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60781 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth About 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Tahiti, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of Death 27/07/1951 Place of Death Rurutu, Tahiti, French Polynesia Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Tioni Tutai (father), Ngatangiia, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14376972 Additional Information On enlistment on the 12 March 1918 he was employed in Rarotonga. Embarked 13 June 1918 and disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted sick to 76th Clearing Station at Belah 13 October 1918 until 23 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1918. We have unconfirmed information that he may have passed away on 28 July 1951 in Tahiti, and we welcome any family to please confirm. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

KopuPAKARI19247  2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Kopu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PAKARI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19247 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 01/01/1894 (as per headstone inscription) Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 17/07/1975 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19750046 Headstone/Grave Location Arai Te Tonga Rd, Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Moe (mother), Pakari Tauu (father), Upokoina Mataorakore (wife) Link to Online Service Record Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 in Rarotonga. Disembarked from SS Malwa at Suez on 27 December 1916. Joined the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Detached to 97th Heavy Battery Royal Artillery from 11 October 1917 to 9 November 1917. Returned to New Zealand from Egypt on SS Wiltshire departing 26 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. 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

RuiMOTU60744 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Lance Corporal First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Rui Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MOTU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60744 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 1894 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 30/06/1923 Place of Death Wellington, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1923/8773 (name recorded as Motu RUI) Headstone/Grave Location Porirua Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand Next of Kin Tupere (mother), Mitiaro, Cook Islands, Motu (father), Atiu, Cook Islands, Nio (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19404761 Additional Information Enlisted at Rarotonga 16 February 1918 and embarked at Wellington 13 June 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked on SS Malta for New Zealand 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Service documents records date of death as 2 July 1923, while his death certificate and hospital records the date of death as 30 June 1923. Military plaque unveiled 01/07/2017. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

ArthurBROWN84512 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Bugler First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Arthur Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) BROWN Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84512 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Arthur BROWNE Date of Birth 15/04/1899 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 28/06/1932 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19320043 Headstone/Grave Location Panama Catholic Cemetery, Panama, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tinomana Tuoro Ariki (father), Mere/Mary (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14738562 Additional Information Enlisted 12 June 1918 and discharged 7 December 1918. Military documents records the surname as both “Brown” and “Browne” however he signed his name "BROWNE" Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Nakura MataTETUA19323 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Nakura Mata Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TETUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19323 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tetua NAKURA Tetua NAKURA MATA Ngakura Mata TETUA Date of Birth 1892 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 28/04/1929 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19290017 Headstone/Grave Location Tengatangi, Atiu. Next of Kin Nakura (father), Atiu, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19715070 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 in Rarotonga and disembarked at Suez 27 December 1916. Admitted to various hospitals from 28 July 1917 to 8 September 1917 and discharged to duty. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 14 September 1917. Admitted to hospital from 26 September 1918 to 19 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Died 28 April 1929 in Atiu of tuberculosis. Further information about the location of the burial site received since our visit in April 2019: "Buried in Tengatangi in an abandoned overgrown cemetery behind the maternal family home. The abandoned cemetery is about 100 metres from the house in Tengatangi. There is a long drive way across the road from the water tank house. The home is at the end of drive on the left-hand side. On the right of the drive way is my paternal home.” Grave located and documented April 2025. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

RaitiaTEPURETU16/1200 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Sergeant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Raitia Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TEPURETU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1200 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Araitia TEPURETU Tepuretu ARAITIA Mataiapo Date of Birth 1892 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 12/06/1984 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19840031A Headstone/Grave Location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (at the family home on the back road) Next of Kin Metua R Tepureta (Tepuretu) (wife), Avarua, Rarotonga (Matakeu on headstone) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10769052 Additional Information Employed in Rarotonga as Assistant Postmaster. Enlisted in Rarotonga 25 September 1915. Disembarked in Suez 15 March 1916 to embark for France on 9 April 1916. Wounded in Action (WIA) with gun shot wound to leg, thigh and left shoulder 29 September 1916. Admitted to 1st South General Hospital, Birmingham, and then on 17 March 1917 to the New Zealand General Hospital, Hornchurch. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Arawa 10 January 1918. Treated in Wellington Hospital and discharged 13 April 1918. Served as President of the Cook Islands RSA for many years. Awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in 1967. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TaiNICHOLAS60677 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tai Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NICHOLAS Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60677 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tai KAITARA Date of Birth 22 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 11/01/1946 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19460170 Headstone/Grave Location Ruatonga, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Kikaitara Nicholas (father), Avatiu, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19805340 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

MetuaAMUPOE60691 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Metua Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) AMUPOE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60691 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Metua HAMPOY Metua HAMBOY Metua AMBOY Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 11/03/1964 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19640026 Headstone/Grave Location Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Miss Rina Amupoe (sister), Mauke, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11926041 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918, disembarked in Suez on 4 August 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company on 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. His military headstone was found submerged in the Nikao Cemetery in April 2017, and his descendants built a memorial in 2018. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

HarryNGATAUA84583 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Harry Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) NGATAUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84583 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Henry NGATAUA Ngataua AUMAREVA Date of Birth 20/08/1886 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 14/12/1965 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19650027 Headstone/Grave Location Ureia, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Elizabeth Ngataua (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18781682 Additional Information Enlisted 2 July 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918. Date of death: 14/12/1965 (as per Cook Islands death register) 13/12/1965 (as per military records) Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

RuawaiTANGI19333 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ruawai Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TANGI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19333 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tangi RUAVAI Tangi RUAWAI Date of Birth 1882 Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 29/07/1935 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19350786 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Ruru (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24468907 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916. Classified as medically unfit before proceeding on service overseas and discharged at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 23 September 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

RatuPAITI5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Ratu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PAITI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Ratu Paiti NGATIMAKEA Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of Death 28/08/1960 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19600030 Headstone/Grave Location Nikaupara, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of Kin Unknown Link to Online Service Record Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 28 October 1918. Disembarked in Wellington 6 November 1918. Discharged 13 November at Trentham Military Camp due to the signing of the Armistice on November 11 1918. 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

AuraTERA60646 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Aura Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TERA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60646 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 22 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rurutu, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of Death 27/04/1925 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19250612 Headstone/Grave Location Matavera, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tera Aura (father), Rurutu, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14334200 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Camp and disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 20 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918. On discharge the medical board identified tuberculosis. Died in Rarotonga 27 April 1925 of tuberculosis. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next