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Final rank:

Private

First name/s

None on enlistment

Last name

PIRANGI

Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps

19296
2nd Rarotongan Contingent

Also known as

Date of birth

08/09/1893

Place of birth

Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Date of death

4/10/1916

Place of death

Auckland, New Zealand

Death registration number

NZ1916

Headstone/grave location

Devonport (O’Neill’s Point) Cemetery, Bayswater, Auckland, New Zealand

Next of kin

John Pirangi (father), Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Additional information

Enlisted in Rarotonga 1 July 1916 and arrived at Narrow Neck Camp 9 July 1916. Declared medically unfit before proceeding on service. DOD (Died on Duty) 4 October 1916 at Auckland Hospital, New Zealand and was buried at O’Neill’s Point Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand. The date on his official military headstone states that he died 14 October 1916 which our research leads us to believe is incorrect.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/642934/pirangi/

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/642934/pirangi/

Further links

N/A

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