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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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Final rank:
2nd Lieutenant
First name/s
Roy Hunter
Last name
DUNCAN
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
2/340a
Auckland Infantry Battalion
Service number listed as 12/340 in Embarkation Roll
Also known as
Date of birth
01/02/1892
Place of birth
Motueka, Nelson, New Zealand
Date of death
15/02/1965
Place of death
Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand
Death registration number
NZ1965/24253
Headstone/grave location
Te Aroha Cemetery, Te Aroha, Waikato, New Zealand
Next of kin
Thomas Duncan (father)
Dorothy Alma Duncan (wife)
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
At the time of his enlistment, his father Thomas Duncan was the Resident Agent in Aitutaki, Cook Islands. Later his father was the Resident Agent in Mangaia and died in Mangaia in 1923.
Images and documents (click on images to enlarge)
Image credits and references
Headstone image source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/271582651/roy-hunter-duncan
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