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Final rank:

Private

First name/s

Frank William

Last name

TARARO

Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps

16/1228
New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent

Also known as

Date of birth

25/02/1892

Place of birth

Mauke, Cook Islands

Date of death

05/08/1973

Place of death

Mauke, Cook Islands

Death registration number

MAUK19730007

Headstone/grave location

Rangituarua, Kimiangatau, Mauke, Cook Islands

Next of kin

Noovao (father), Mauke, Cook Islands, Raetea Ngakoe (mother), Teaurava (1st wife), Lina Amupoe (2nd wife)

Additional information

Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 21 October 1915. Disembarked at Suez 15 March 1916 ex. SS. Navarua. Embarked for France at Port Said 9 April 1916. Sent to hospital 23 October 1916, New Zealand Field Ambulance and admitted to Clearing Station 29 October 1916. Developed a painful swelling (upper left arm) and was admitted to Number 14 General Hospital, Boulogne 3 November 1916 and then transferred to England aboard HS Dennis 8 November 1916 and admitted to 2nd NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames. Diagnosed with sarcoma of humerus and his arm was amputated at the shoulder on 14 November 1916. Embarked on 4 June 1917 on the NZ Hospital Ship Marama and on return to New Zealand was admitted to the Devonport Convalescent Home, Auckland. He was discharged 5 October 1917 on account of his medical condition.

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