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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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Highest Rank:
Private
First Name/s (as per enlistment record)
Only one name recorded on enlistment
Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record)
MATAPUTA
Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in
16/1213
New Zealand Maori Pioneer Battalion
1st Rarotongan Contingent
Also Known As
Mataputa a NOO
Date of Birth
22 years of age on enlistment
Place of Birth
Atiu, Cook Islands
Date of Death
05/03/1916
Place of Death
Auckland, New Zealand
Death Registration Number
Unknown
Headstone/Grave Location
Devonport (O’Neill’s Point) Cemetery, Bayswater, Auckland, New Zealand
Next of Kin
Noo (parent), Rarotonga
Additional Information
Died from phthisis (pulmonary tuberculosis) while undergoing training with Māori Contingent Reinforcements in New Zealand.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission listing: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/642928/mataputa/
No online war service record.
Not listed on the Atiu cenotaph April 2019.
Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge)
Image Credits and References
Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/642928/mataputa/
Further Links
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