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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:
Private
First name/s
Rua Iti
Last name
RUAVAIKATAU
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
60714
3rd Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Rua VAIKATAU
Date of birth
19 years of age on enlistment
Place of birth
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Date of death
24/06/1965 (as per military service records and headstone only)
Place of death
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Death registration number
Unknown
Headstone/grave location
Unknown
Next of kin
Rua Vaikatau (father), Muri, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Mata (mother)
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
Attested in Rarotonga 12 March 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 6 June 1918. Embarked 13 June 1918 for Egypt, and disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919.
Our research indicates that this soldier is likely to be buried in Titikaveka, Rarotonga. Undelivered military headstone located at RSA, Nikao, Rarotonga.
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