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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:
Second Lieutenant
First Name/s (as per enlistment record)
John
Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record)
COULL
Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
22541
11th & 17th Maori Reinforcements
2nd Rarotongan Contingent
Also Known As
Date of Birth
01/03/1884
Place of Birth
Aberdeen, Scotland
Date of Death
20/5/1963
Place of Death
Whanganui, New Zealand
Death Registration Number
NZ1963/42166
Headstone/Grave Location
Aramoho Cemetery, Whanganui, New Zealand
Next of Kin
George Coull (father), Saint John's Hill, Wanganui, New Zealand
Mrs Elizabeth Mary Coull (wife), Auckland
Link to Online Service Record
Additional Information
Enlisted at Trentham Camp 26 October 1915. Posted as 2nd Lieutenant to Narrow Neck Military Training Camp 24 July 1916 with Bush and Fromm and selected as a Reinforcement Officer for the 2nd Rarotongan Contingent 1 November 1916. Disembarked Egypt 27 December 1916 and posted to Rarotongan Company 28 December 1916 as a Platoon Commander. Tried by General Court Martial in Egypt September 1917 for drunkenness and found not guilty. He was the subject of an adverse report from Captain Bush and General Chaytor on his character and behaviour and he was returned to New Zealand on 25 October 1917. Discharged 9 January 1918 "service not required".
Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge)
Image Credits and References
Headstone image source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/236771754/john-coull
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