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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
Phillip
Last name
ANDREWS
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
20798
9th Māori Reinforcements, New Zealand Pioneer Battalion
Rarotongan Company
Also known as
Tuitatau PHILLIPS
Andrew PHILLIPS
Phillip Tui ANDREWS
Date of birth
28/09/1895
Place of birth
Levuka, Fiji
Date of death
10/09/1980
Place of death
Kasavu, Savusavu, Fiji
Death registration number
Unknown
Headstone/grave location
Andrews Family Cemetery, Savusavu, Fiji
Next of kin
William Andrews (father), Kasaru, Fiji
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
Embarked on SS Tofua at Wellington 20 October 1916 and was employed on the voyage as a trimmer on the ship. Arrived Devonport, United Kingdom 29 December 1916 and posted to the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion in France 17 February 1917. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company 14 January 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 5 March 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919. Arrived back in Fiji March 1919.
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