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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
Matapo
Last name
TAIVAIRANGA
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
60752
3rd Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Date of birth
28 years of age on enlistment
Place of birth
Mangaia, Cook Islands
Date of death
17/03/1960
Place of death
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Death registration number
RARO19600021
Headstone/grave location
Titikaveka, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Next of kin
Taivairanga (father), Vaatako (mother)
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
Enlisted 12 March 1918 and granted LWP (Leave Without Pay) 20 April 1918. Assessed as medically unfit with a grading of C2 and did not serve overseas.
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