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Final rank:

Private

First name/s

No first name on enlistment

Last name

TUPU

Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps

16/1197
New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion, 1st Rarotongan Contingent

Also known as


Date of birth

1893

Place of birth

Aitutaki, Cook Islands

Date of death

27/12/1919 (Rarotonga grave)
08/09/1974 (New Zealand grave)

Place of death

There are two gravesites for this soldier, one in Rarotonga and one in New Zealand:
Tom TUPU (Rarotonga grave)
Tetupu-O-Rongo RAKI aka Tupu RAKI/Raki TUPU (New Zealand grave)

Death registration number

Unknown (Rarotonga)
NZ1974/38568 (New Zealand)

Headstone/grave location

1) Behind Kavera Meeting Hall, Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
2) Papatoetoe Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand

Next of kin

Ani (mother), Arutanga, Aitutaki, Cook Islands

Additional information

Enlisted 27 September 1915. Embarked for France at Port Said 9 April 916. Medically boarded and found to be unfit for further service. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Rotorua 17 November 1916. Embarked at Wellington for Rarotonga on SS Paloona 1 March 1917. Discharged 26 March 1917.

There are two headstone memorials/plaques showing the same service number for this soldier. The name on the granite military headstone in Rarotonga has been defaced.

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