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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
Taria
Last name
TEARII
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
84513
4th Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Tearii TARIA
Date of birth
18 years of age on enlistment
Place of birth
Aitutaki, Cook Islands
Date of death
19/09/1919
Place of death
Aitutaki, Cook Islands
Death registration number
AITU19190101
Headstone/grave location
Headstone memorial at Aratea, Aitutaki, Cook Islands. The original grave location was cleared in 1967 to make way for road infrastructure.
Next of kin
Naomi (mother), Taria (father)
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
Enlisted 10 July 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp. Discharged 20 March 1919.
His burial site was cleared in the 1960’s however our team located his memorial headstone in Aitutaki in November 2019.
Added to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and New Zealand Rolls of Honour, announced by the NZDF October 2019:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/116716348/forgotten-wwi-war-dead-honoured-100-years-on
“On Friday, on the basis of research done by Cate Walker, Howard Weddell, Paula Paniani and Bobby Nicholas, the names of six Cook Islands soldiers were added to the New Zealand and Commonwealth War Graves Commission's official rolls of honour.”
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/75463732/taria-tearii/
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