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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:
Lieutenant
First name/s (as per enlistment record)
James Dobson
Last name or only name given (as per enlistment record)
CAMPBELL
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
12/1578
Auckland Infantry Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements
Also served in WWII:
NZ405206
Flying Officer
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Also known as
Date of birth
06/02/1890
Place of birth
Lurgan, Armagh, Northern Ireland
Date of death
13/11/1970
Place of death
Auckland, New Zealand
Death registration number
NZ1970/48999
Headstone/grave location
There are memorials in Turoa Rarotonga for J.D. Campbell and his wife. We are seeking family confirmation that their ashes are interred at this location.
Next of kin
Upokotiao Tiao Nicholas Manavaroa Campbell, wife
Tauariki Esme Campbell, Te Vaine Moeroa Ki Taputapuatea Campbell, Moeroa (Te Vahine Kitaputa) Campbell, children
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
In 1922, he formed the RSA in the Cook Islands and was elected as its first president, a position he held for many years.
Awarded an M.B.E. and was the Commissioner of Scouts for Cook Islands
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