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Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
Preserving Cook Islands Military History
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Final rank:
Private
First name/s
Reva
Last name
NGAVAARUA
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
60729
3rd Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Reva NGAVAERUA
Date of birth
20 years of age on enlistment
Place of birth
Mauke, Cook Islands
Date of death
04/09/1956
Place of death
Mauke, Cook Islands
Death registration number
MAUK19560008
Headstone/grave location
Beside Vodafone office, Ngatiarua, Mauke, Cook Islands
Next of kin
Ngavaarua (father), Mauke, Cook Islands
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
Enlisted 16 February 1918. Discharged 20 April 1918 as he was found to be medically unfit before proceeding on service. It appears that he stayed in New Zealand and was returned to Rarotonga with the 5th Contingent when the war ended.
Date of death:
04/09/1956 (as per Cook Islands death register)
03/09/1956 (as per military headstone)
Last name on headstone is misspelt ‘NGAVAERUA”. His service number is not listed on headstone.
Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Nikao Rarotonga and the Mauke Roll of Honour board in Mauke records his name as 'REVA' with no service number.
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