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Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
Preserving Cook Islands Military History
Akara ki mua e akara katoa ki muri
To be able to look forward, you must be able to look back
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Final rank:
Private
First name/s
A
Last name
ATA
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
5th Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Tuake ATA
Tuake ATAITI
Ata TUAKE
Arthur TUAKE (as per NZ death register)
Tuake ARTHUR (1961 passenger shipping list)
Date of birth
Unknown
Place of birth
Mangaia, Cook Islands
Date of death
18/01/1971
Place of death
Auckland, New Zealand
Death registration number
NZ1971/34193
Headstone/grave location
Mangere Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand
Next of kin
Ata ATA (father), Puretu (wife, as per headstone inscription)
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
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Further links
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