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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:
Private
First name/s
Kai
Last name
MATAITI
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
19250
2nd Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Date of birth
1887
Place of birth
Mangaia, Cook Islands
Date of death
16/02/1918
Place of death
Cairo, Egypt
Death registration number
NZ1918/78098
Headstone/grave location
Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Next of kin
Mrs Te Pai Rua Mata (mother), Oneroa, Mangaia, Cook Islands,
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/652878/kai-mataiti/
Images and documents (click on images to enlarge)
Image credits and references
Headstone image source: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/kai-mataiti
Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/652878/kai-mataiti/
Further links
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