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Final rank:

Private

First name/s

Namiro

Last name

MAUORE

Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps

60657
3rd Rarotongan Contingent

Also known as

Date of birth

27 years of age on enlistment

Place of birth

Raiatea, Society Islands (French Polynesia)

Date of death

03/08/1943

Place of death

Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Death registration number

RARO19430241

Headstone/grave location

Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Next of kin

Ngametua Mauore (wife), Rarotonga

Additional information

Enlistment papers indicate he was a French National born in Raiatea but was resident in Rarotonga. He was in New Zealand 16 February 1918 and enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Embarked 13 June 1918 aboard SS Manuka in Wellington, NZ and disembarked per SS Port Lyttleton in Suez 4 August 1918 and marched in to the Training Regiment. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 20 September 1918. Admitted to 48th Stationary Hospital with measles 23 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919.

Pte Mauore’s first wife, Ngametua died 24th April 1923 aged 27 years while giving birth to twins. The twins died nearly a month later.

In March 2017, Paula Paniani found the grave of Pte Namiro Mauore in the Nikao cemetery (Nikao Cemetery Restoration Project Rarotonga). Fortunately Pte Mauore’s name was carved into his memorial. There was a slight error in the spelling of the surname - "Mauore" vs "Mouore". On Anzac Day 2017, Paula braved the hot Rarotonga sun to single-handedly re-plaster and paint this soldiers resting place.

Pte Namiro Mauore’s official military headstone memorial was unveiled on April 24 2021. Here is a link to the livestream of the headstone unveiling service:
https://fb.watch/778pO_Jvhe/

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