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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
Mataorakore
Last name
MATEATEA
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
84574
4th Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Date of birth
36 years of age on enlistment
Place of birth
Mangaia, Cook Islands
Date of death
19/12/1949
Place of death
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Death registration number
RARO19490087
Headstone/grave location
Unknown
Next of kin
Tinoparu Taku (sister)
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 10 July 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918 due to the signing of the Armistice that ended WWI. Embarked on SS Paloona for Rarotonga, and arrived in Rarotonga 15 December 1918.
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