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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:
Guardsman
First name/s
George Matangaro
Last name
GREIG
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
29551
Grenadier Guards
British Army
Also known as
Date of birth
Unknown
Place of birth
Rakahanga, Cook Islands, Cook Islands
Date of death
01/07/1971
Place of death
Auckland, New Zealand
Cremated remains later interred in Rakahanga, Cook Islands
Death registration number
NZ1961/29445
Headstone/grave location
Pte George Matangaro Greig and his wife Hetty's ashes (cremated in Auckland New Zealand) are interred in the patu of the grave of Paulo Matangaro (George’s father) on the family motu of Hunanui in Rakahanga, Cook Islands
Next of kin
Grandson of William Greig, King of Fanning Islands and his Rakahanga, Cook Islands wife Te Anau.
Additional information
No online war service record
Images and documents (click on images to enlarge)
Image credits and references
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