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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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Highest Rank:
Private
First Name/s (as per enlistment record)
Jack
Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record)
KORI
Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in
20007
24th Maori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
Rarotongan Company
Also Known As
Date of Birth
18/03/1895 (as per war service record)
Place of Birth
On enlistment stated he was born in Kaipara New Zealand.
On discharge stated he was born in Mangaia Cook Islands.
Date of Death
Unknown
Place of Death
Unknown
Death Registration Number
Unknown
Headstone/Grave Location
Unknown
Next of Kin
Jack Kori (father), Whakarewarewa, New Zealand
Link to Online Service Record
Additional Information
Enlisted 26 July 1917. Embarked Wellington 22 November 1917 and arrived United Kingdom and Sling Camp 7 January 1918. Posted to New Zealand Engineer Reserve Depot Boscombe 10 January 1918 and then to the New Zealand Base at Etaples, France 23 March 1918. Joined the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 10 April 1918. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 10 April 1918. On 15 June 1918 he sailed from Marseille to Egypt on HMT Manitou and joined the Rarotongan Company 2 July 1918. Contracted malaria 19 August 1918 and admitted to the 129th Field Ambulance. Embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged in New Zealand 7 March 1919.
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