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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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Highest Rank:
Private
First Name/s (as per enlistment record)
Peta
Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record)
TEI
Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in
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
Link to Online Service Record
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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