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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 (as per enlistment record)
Tearai
Last name or only name given (as per enlistment record)
RIMA
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
60765
3rd Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Rimaputa TUTAI
Date of birth
About 19 years of age on enlistment
Place of birth
Atiu, Cook Islands
Date of death
Unknown
Place of death
Unknown
Death registration number
Unknown
Headstone/grave location
Unknown
Next of kin
Ake, Mauke, Cook Islands (mother), Marairenga, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
Enlisted 12 March 1918, posted to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Suffered from both malaria and influenza. Discharged 20 March 1919.
There is a headstone at the Ivirua Cook Islands Christian Church grounds in Mangaia inscribed with the name “T Rima” and the service number “60765”. However, the date of death inscribed on the headstone 02/05/1942 matches the date of death of Private Rimaputa TUTAI 60650 who is lying in an unmarked grave in the backyard at the house of Atetu Atetu in Ivirua Mangaia. We believe this headstone was for Private Rimaputa TUTAI 60650 buried in Mangaia, however was incorrectly inscribed with the service number 60765
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