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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:
Sergeant
First name/s
Tariu
Last name
KAKEPARE
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
19254
2nd Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Kakepare TARIU
Gasper TARIU
Kasper TARIU
Kapita TARIU
Date of birth
1889
Place of birth
Atiu, Cook Islands
Date of death
04/07/1954
Place of death
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Death registration number
Unknown. Death entry recorded in the Catholic Church death records.
Headstone/grave location
Panama Catholic Cemetery, Rarotonga Cook Islands
Next of kin
Tariu (father), Areora, Atiu, Cook Islands
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
Enlisted 1 July 1916. Disembarked from SS Malwa at Suez 27 December 1916. Posted to Rarotongan Company 7 April 1917. Returned sick on SS Malta and was discharged 20 March 1919.
April 2024 the grave was unmarked as the military headstone had been removed to facilitate the interment of another family member several years ago.
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