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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
Marouna
Last name
TAUA
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
60665
3rd Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Date of birth
20 years of age on enlistment
Place of birth
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Date of death
23/12/1966
Place of death
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Death registration number
RARO19660001
Headstone/grave location
Grave location: Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Headstone location: RSA Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
Next of kin
Taua (father), Rarotonga
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
Enlisted at Narrow Neck Camp 12 March 1918, disembarked in Suez 4 August 1918 and was posted to the Training Regiment. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919.
In April 2019, our volunteers restored the undelivered headstone which is currently located at the RSA, Nikao, Rarotonga, and ready to be installed on the grave
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