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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
Samuela
Last name
TANGATA
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
5th Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Samuel TANGATA
Date of birth
Unknown
Place of birth
Mauke, Cook Islands
Date of death
10/10/1960
Place of death
Mauke, Cook Islands
Death registration number
MAUK196000012
Headstone/grave location
Catholic Cemetery, Araki, Mauke, Cook Islands
Next of kin
Unknown
Additional information
The 5th Rarotongan Contingent disembarked in Wellington 6 November 1918 and were discharged 13 November at Trentham Military Training Camp due to the signing of the Armistice on November 11 1918 that ended World War One.
No online war service record
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