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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
Tere
Last name
TUAINE
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
20841
New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion, Rarotongan Company
Also known as
Tere-ora-metua Otua’u Te Pore
Date of birth
1893
Place of birth
Aitutaki, Cook Islands
Date of death
11/09/1963
Place of death
Whakatane, New Zealand
Death registration number
NZ1963/27939
Headstone/grave location
Raetihi Urupa, Whanganui, New Zealand
Next of kin
Metua (mother), Tautu, Aitutaki, Cook Islands
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
Enlisted 24 July 1916 in New Zealand as he was previously employed with the Union Steamship Co. Ltd. Embarked from New Zealand for Egypt 16 November 1916. At port and coaling stops in Australia he missed the boat at Melbourne and was sent to Adelaide to rejoin the ship. Disembarked from SS Malwa in Suez 27 December 1916 and posted to NZ Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 5 March 1918. Returned on SS Malta and discharged in New Zealand 7 March 1919.
Images and documents (click on images to enlarge)
Image credits and references
Restored portrait image supplied by descendant Christine Hirawani
Further links
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