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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
Paora
Last name
TEKII
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
5th Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Paora Tekii VARU
Date of birth
20/10/1897 (as per headstone)
Place of birth
Aitutaki, Cook Islands
Date of death
09/04/1980
Place of death
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Death registration number
RARO19800017
Headstone/grave location
Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Next of kin
Tekii Varu (father), Maria Tekii (mother), Ngatupuna Matara Aiteina (wife)
Additional information
The 5th Rarotongan Contingent disembarked in Wellington 6 November 1918 and were discharged 13 November at Trentham Military Training Camp due to the signing of the Armistice on November 11 1918 that ended World War One.
No online war service record
Images and documents (click on images to enlarge)
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