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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:
Civilian
First name/s
Ettie Annie
Last name
ROUT
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
N/A
Also known as
Ettie Annie HORNIBROOK
Date of birth
24/02/1877
Place of birth
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Date of death
17/09/1936
Place of death
At sea, Cook Islands
Died by suicide (self administered overdose of quinine onboard a ship travelling to Aitutaki, Cook Islands)
Death registration number
RARO19360250
Headstone/grave location
Cook Islands Christian Church, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Next of kin
Additional information
WWI safe sex campaigner and founder of New Zealand Volunteer Sisterhood
Awards:
Medal of French Gratitude (1919)
Mentioned in Dispatches (1917)
Images and documents (click on images to enlarge)
Image credits and references
N/A
Further links
https://youtu.be/eSJ_gpN_ZpA?si=BIQfQ9acP1UTBYD5
https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3r31/rout-ettie-annie
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/ettie-rout
https://www.berrimadistricthistoricalsociety.org.au/poppy-seed-from-france/ettie-annie-rout/
https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/1760/ettie-rout-with-her-volunteer-sisterhood
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