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Final rank:

Private

First name/s

No first name on enlistment

Last name

TIPOKI

Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps

16/1221
New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent

Also known as

Vaevaeonga TIPOKI
Tipoki VAEVAEONGA

Date of birth

1891

Place of birth

Mangaia, Cook Islands

Date of death

21/12/1949

Place of death

Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Death registration number

RARO19490098

Headstone/grave location

Unknown

Next of kin

Vaevaeonga (father), Oneroa, Mangaia, Vaa (mother)

Additional information

Enlisted at Rarotonga 28 September 1915 and disembarked in Egypt 15 March 1916 to embark for France as part of the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion 9 April 1916. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918 and embarked for Egypt 21 April 1918. Posted to Rarotongan Company 15 February 1918. Returned to New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919.

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