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Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
Preserving Cook Islands Military History
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Final rank:
Private
First name/s
Taero
Last name
TIONI TUTAI
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
60781
3rd Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Date of birth
About 20 years of age on enlistment
Place of birth
Tahiti, Society Islands (French Polynesia)
Date of death
27/07/1951
Place of death
Rurutu, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Death registration number
Unknown
Headstone/grave location
Unknown
Next of kin
Tioni Tutai (father), Ngatangiia, Rarotonga
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
On enlistment on the 12 March 1918 he was employed in Rarotonga. Embarked 13 June 1918 and disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Admitted sick to 76th Clearing Station at Belah 13 October 1918 until 23 October 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1918.
We have unconfirmed information that he may have passed away on 28 July 1951 in Tahiti, and we welcome any family to please confirm.
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