top of page
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
Brought to you by
Final rank:
Private
First name/s
No first name on enlistment
Last name
KAU
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
16/1186
New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Kau PUTOKO (alias Piri)
Date of birth
1880
Place of birth
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Date of death
10/09/1960
Place of death
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Death registration number
RARO19600053
Headstone/grave location
Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Next of kin
Tua (wife), Avarua, Rarotonga
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
Enlisted in Rarotonga 30 September 1915 and then served in the Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. After 191 days of service he has was discharged medically unfit.
According to our research, he is the brother of Pte. Kapi PUTOKO 60759 (3rd Rarotongan Contingent) and is buried in the same family burial plot as his brother in Rarotonga.
Date of death:
10/09/1960 (as per Cook Islands death register)
11/09/1960 (as per military headstone)
Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at the RSA Rarotonga records his name as “Kau Putoko” and no service number.
Images and documents (click on images to enlarge)
Image credits and references
N/A
Further links
N/A
bottom of page