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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 (as per enlistment record)
Ettie Annie
Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record)
ROUT
Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
Civilian
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
Link to Online Service Record
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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