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Final rank:

Private

First name/s

Peta

Last name

TEI

Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps

60651
3rd & 4th Rarotongan Contingents

Also known as

Tei PETA
Peta TEINAMATE

Date of birth

04/09/1898

Place of birth

Mangaia, Cook Islands

Date of death

15/04/1957

Place of death

Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Death registration number

RARO19570005

Headstone/grave location

Burial location unknown.
Headstone memorial located at Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

Next of kin

Tei (father), Mangaia

Additional information

Medically discharged in New Zealand, but re-enlisted as Peta TEI in the 4th Rarotongan Contingent at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Appointed Temporary Lance Corporal 6 July 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918.

His broken headstone was found at Wigmore’s store Vaimaanga and moved to the RSA Nikao, Rarotonga April 2019. Headstone repaired in 2023 and a memorial built in Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

Date of death:
15/04/1957 (as per Cook Islands death register and military headstone
03/04/1957 (as per his war service record and other correspondence)

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