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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)
Rima
Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record)
SATARAKA
Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in
84521
4th Rarotongan Contingent
Also Known As
Rima SADARAKA
Date of Birth
01/01/1892
Place of Birth
Aitutaki, Cook Islands
Date of Death
28/06/1951
Place of Death
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Death Registration Number
RARO19510029
Headstone/Grave Location
Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Next of Kin
Parei (father), Teetu Makea (mother) Aitutaki, Cook Islands, Reirei (wife)
Link to Online Service Record
Additional Information
Attested in Rarotonga 12 June 1918 and enlisted 10 July 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Discharged 7 December 1918.
Date of death:
28/06/1951 (as per Cook Islands death register)
29/06/1951 (as per military headstone)
Military headstone incorrectly records surname as “SANDARAKA”
Received a Royal Humane Society award 19 January 1914 for saving two men from drowning during a cyclone in Aitutaki 9 January 1914.
Images and Documents (click on images to enlarge)
Image Credits and References
Newspaper article source: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/
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