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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
Akaruru
Last name
IEREMIA
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
5th Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Date of birth
Unknown
Place of birth
Pukapuka, Cook Islands
Date of death
10/10/1944
Place of death
Pukapuka, Cook Islands
Death registration number
PUKA19440362
Headstone/grave location
Matanga Cemetery, Yato, Pukapuka, Cook Islands
Next of kin
Ieremia (father) and Ketera (mother)
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
Image source: National Archives Cook Islands
Further links
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