TaoroTONGIA60776 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Taoro Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TONGIA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60776 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 29/06/1968 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19680052 Headstone/Grave Location Ruatonga, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of Kin Tongia (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9912320 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 and embarked 13th of June 1918 to Suez. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 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

TuanuteivituKORINGOTIPAPA60711 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tuanuteivitu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) KORINGOTIPAPA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60711 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tuaanu KORINGO TIPAPA Tuanu TEIVITU Date of Birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 20/03/1984 Place of Death Mauke, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MAUK19840004 Headstone/Grave Location Anai’o, Kimiangatau, Mauke, Cook Islands Next of Kin Koringotipapa (father), Koringo (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13323420 Additional Information Enlisted 12 March 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Surname misspelt as KORINGOTIPARA on some enlistment forms. Service number on memorial plaque (60771) is incorrect. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

MetuangaPEPE19291 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Metuanga Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PEPE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19291 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Pepe METUANGA Date of Birth 1894 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 Ngariki Bishop (guardian), Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10856701 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Disembarked Suez 27 December 1916. Discharged 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board records his name as 'P. Metuanga'. Not listed on the Atiu cenotaph April 2019. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Johnston HammondHALL6/1033 Canterbury Infantry Regiment 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Second Lieutenant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Johnston Hammond Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) HALL Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 6/1033 Canterbury Infantry Regiment 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 28/12/1882 Place of Birth Greymouth, West Coast, New Zealand Date of Death 03/12/1944 Place of Death New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1944/27691 Name recorded on death register: Johnstone Hammond HALL Headstone/Grave Location Waikumete Cemetery & Crematorium Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand. Service Persons Area G, Row 7, Plot 67 Next of Kin Miss Jeanie Hall, 9 Alexander Street, Greymouth, New Zealand Ida Muriel Hall (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24364083 Additional Information Enlisted 26 August 1914. Embarked for Gallipoli from Alexandra 12 April 1915 and WIA (Wounded in Action) 5 August 1915 in the foot. Rejoined his unit at Gallipoli 15 September 1915. Promoted to Sergeant 4 August 1916, Warrant Officer Class II 27 August 1916 and 2nd Lieutenant 31 July 1917. Returned to New Zealand 24 October 1917 and posted to Trentham Military Camp. On 4 March 1818 he was at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp and on 4 October 1918 he was nominated for active service to proceed overseas with the 4th Rarotongan Contingent. Due to the signing of the Armistice that ended WWI, the 4th Rarotongan Contingent embarked from New Zealand for Rarotonga on SS Paloona and arrived in Rarotonga 15 December 1918. He was the Officer in Charge for the 4th Rarotongan Contingent on their return to Rarotonga. Discharged 04/04/1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References Headstone image source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/248355872/johnstone-hammond-hall Further Links https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24362473 Previous Next

TutaiTUAKANAKORE84534 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tutai Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TUAKANAKORE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84534 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tuakanakore TUAKANA Date of Birth 19 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 24/12/1967 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19667014A Headstone/Grave Location Death registration says buried in Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. We have been advised that this soldier is buried next to the Nikao Cemetery opposite the Rarotonga Airport where the aviation fuel tanks are located. This information was given to us by Rimamaki Nooapii, also known as Mama Taungake from Ruatonga Avatiu. Next of Kin Tuakanakore (father), Aremakiiti (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13523594 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. The military headstone on the grave of Tauinekore KAUVAREVAI 84582 in Mangaia incorrectly records the service number and name of Tutai TUAKANAKORE 84534. Our research leads us to believe that this soldier’s headstone has been incorrectly placed on the grave of Tuainekore KAUVAREVAI 84582 in Mangaia. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

Iona TeipoTOROA19329 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Iona Teipo Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TOROA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19329 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Toroa Iona TEIPO Date of Birth 1893 Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 18/12/1938 Place of Death Atiu, Cook Islands Death Registration Number ATIU19380036 Headstone/Grave Location Headstone located at Areora Village, Atiu, Cook Islands. Grave location unknown. Next of Kin Taungata (grandfather), Atiu, Cook Islands, Tooroa (father) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12337066 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916. Disembarked at Suez from SS Malwa 27 December 1916 and joined the Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Admitted to 24th Stationary Hospital, Abbassia 31 August 1917 and was operated on for a hernia. At Belah in October 1917 while working with surf boats unloading stores he fell in the boat and damaged his back and continued to have recurring difficulties. In November 1918 he was medically downgraded as he was classified as unfit for further military service and returned as an invalid on SS Malta. Discharged 20 March 1919. Date of death: 18/12/1938 (as per Cook Islands death register) 26/04/1944 (as per military headstone) Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at the RSA Rarotonga records name as 'I. T. Teipo'. Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as 'TOROA IONA TEIPO'. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

TuanuRIMA60695 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Tuanu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) RIMA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 60695 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tuanuiti RIMA Date of Birth 25 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 11/12/1928 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19280029 Headstone/Grave Location Opposite Tikura Community Hall, Oneroa, Mangaia Next of Kin Ngaupoka Rima (wife), Mangaia, Rima (father), Atiu, Ngau (mother), Mangaia Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE17483706 Additional Information Enlisted 4 February 1918 at Rarotonga and at Narrow Neck Military Training Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted to various hospitals at Jaffa, Gaza and Kantara from 25 to 30 September 1918 and was then discharged to duty. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. One child documented on enlistment - Tutai, born 1915. 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 enlistmentPIRANGI19296 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) PIRANGI Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19296 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 08/09/1893 Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 4/10/1916 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1916 Headstone/Grave Location Devonport (O’Neill’s Point) Cemetery, Bayswater, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin John Pirangi (father), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19527331 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916 and arrived at Narrow Neck Camp 9 July 1916. Declared medically unfit before proceeding on service. DOD (Died on Duty) 4 October 1916 at Auckland Hospital, New Zealand and was buried at O’Neill’s Point Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand. The date on his official military headstone states that he died 14 October 1916 which our research leads us to believe is incorrect. Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/642934/pirangi/ 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/642934/pirangi/ Further Links N/A Previous Next

VakaMOSE84500 4th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Vaka Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) MOSE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84500 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Mose VAKATINI Date of Birth 30 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of Death 04/10/1927 Place of Death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death Registration Number AITU19270453 Headstone/Grave Location Cook Islands Christian Church, Arutanga, Aitutaki, Cook Islands, Memorial only. Buried in an unknown location, Next of Kin Vai Tamatoa (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11897743 Additional Information Enlisted 10 July 1918 in Rarotonga. Discharged in New Zealand 7 December 1918 due to the signing of the Armistice which brought an end to WW1. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

HarryATA84561 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) ATA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 84561 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Are ATA Date of Birth 26 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 10/04/1974 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19740009 Headstone/Grave Location Cook Islands Christian Church, Oneroa, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Poupouare Ata (wife) - Ata (father) and Kite (mother) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10187993 Additional Information Enlisted 12 June 1918 and discharged 7 December 1918. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

WilliamMcBIRNEY59533 British Army Royal Artillery < Back Highest Rank Company Quartermaster Sergeant First Name/s (as per enlistment record) William Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) McBIRNEY Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 59533 British Army Royal Artillery Also known as Date of Birth 59533 British Army Royal Artillery Place of Birth Aldershot, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom Date of Death 26/08/1956 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19560050 Headstone/Grave Location Two memorial plaques: One is located at the RSA cemetery at Nikao Rarotonga and the other memorial is at the site of his wife's grave beside the Panama Catholic Cemetery, Rarotonga. It is believed that he was buried in the Nikao Cemetery beside the RSA. Unknown plot. Next of Kin Edith Mary George (wife) died 21/01/1953, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Link to Online Service Record Additional Information Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References No known copyright restrictions Further Links https://www.cookislandsnews.com/internal/features/art/memory-lane/wheel-of-fortune-therevolutionary-invention-that-was-born-on-rarotonga/ Previous Next

ToaPEU5th Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Toa Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) PEU Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 5th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth Unknown Place of Birth Raiatea, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of Death 27/12/1950 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19500103 Headstone/Grave Location Unknown Next of Kin Peu (father) 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

GeorgeTUINUKUAFE60798 3rd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) George Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TUINUKUAFE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 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

KopuTANGA16/1224 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Kopu Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TANGA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1224 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tanga TUANU Date of Birth 1895 Place of Birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of Death 10/07/1940 Place of Death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death Registration Number RARO19400634 Headstone/Grave Location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (family plot behind BT Rentals) Next of Kin Kautai (friend), Uare/Mare (mother), Tuanu (father), Mereana (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10550734 Additional Information Enlisted in Rarotonga 28 September 1915. Disembarked at Suez 15 March 1916 and embarked for France at Port Said 9 April 1916. Served in the New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion and for some time was in hospitals in the United Kingdom with pneumonia. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and sailed from Marseille 21 January 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 5 March 1918. Returned to New Zealand on SS Malta and was discharged 20 March 1919. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

AriaTOTOROAERE19234 2nd Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Aria Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) TOTOROAERE Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 19234 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Totoroaere ARIA Date of Birth 1894 Place of Birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of Death 02/04/1945 Place of Death Mangaia, Cook Islands Death Registration Number MANG19450001 Headstone/Grave Location Oriko, Mangaia, Cook Islands Next of Kin Naku (mother), Totoroaere (father), Matekapiti (wife) Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10238652 Additional Information Enlisted 1 July 1916 and disembarked at Suez on 27 December 1916. Admitted to 3rd Field Ambulance with pyrexia on 7 September 1917 and 9 September 1917 it was cabled to New Zealand in error that he has died of pneumonia. Transferred and admitted to various hospitals until 13 September 1918. Admitted to the Aotea Convalescent Home between 16 September 1918 and 23 September 1918 after which he was posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. On 25 October 1918 it was confirmed that his reported death had been confused with another soldier and a retraction cable was sent to the Cook Islands. Embarked on SS Malta on 14 December 1918 and was discharged on 20 March 1919. Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as “T. ARIA”. Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge) Image Credits and References N/A Further Links N/A Previous Next

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

MoeauMETUA16/1188 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent < Back Highest Rank Private First Name/s (as per enlistment record) Moeau Last Name or Only Name Recorded (as per enlistment record) METUA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1188 New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Date of Birth 04/10/1895 Place of Birth Papua New Guinea Date of Death 27/03/1924 Place of Death Wellington, New Zealand Death Registration Number NZ1924/3657 Headstone/Grave Location Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand Next of Kin Moeau (father), Arorangi, Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10211363 Additional Information Enlisted at Rarotonga 29th September 1915. Served in France and later became ill and was evacuated to the UK. On 27 August 1917 he was declared medically unfit and embarked for New Zealand on the New Zealand Hospital Ship Marama 21 November 1917. Discharged 16 April 1918. His death was attributed to his war service. 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 enlistmentMATAPUTA16/1213 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) MATAPUTA Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served with 16/1213 New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Mataputa a NOO Date of Birth 22 years of age on enlistment Place of Birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of Death 05/03/1916 Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand Death Registration Number Unknown Headstone/Grave Location Devonport (O’Neill’s Point) Cemetery, Bayswater, Auckland, New Zealand Next of Kin Noo (parent), Rarotonga Link to Online Service Record Additional Information Died from phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis) while undergoing training with Māori Contingent Reinforcements in New Zealand. Commonwealth War Graves Commission listing: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/642928/mataputa/ No online war service record. Not listed on the Atiu cenotaph April 2019. 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/642928/mataputa/ Further Links N/A Previous Next