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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
No first name on enlistment
Last name
PATU
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
16/1215
New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Patu TITA
Tita PATU
Patu URITAUA
Date of birth
14/08/1895
Place of birth
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Date of death
18/02/1967
Place of death
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Death registration number
RARO19670011
Headstone/grave location
Previously located at Makiroa Mitchell Family Plot, Hillside, Avatiu Valley, Rarotonga Cook Islands.
In November 2023, we were advised by family members that this grave and three others were exhumed and reburied at the family house at Avatiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
Next of kin
Moetaua (brother), Avarua, Rarotonga
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
Enlisted in Rarotonga 27 September 1915. Disembarked at Suez from SS Navua 15 March 1916 and embarked for France 9 April 1916. Wounded in Action 18 October 1917 with a gun shot wound to his left arm. Rejoined the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 21 October 1917. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and disembarked at Alexandria 4 February 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919.
Date of death:
18/02/1967 (as per Cook Islands death register)
28/02/1967 (as per military headstone)
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