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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:
Corporal
First name/s
Tom
Last name
BISHOP
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
5th Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Date of birth
23 years of age on enlistment
Place of birth
Aitutaki, Cook Islands
Date of death
08/11/1947
Place of death
Aitutaki, Cook Islands
Death registration number
AITU19471263
Headstone/grave location
Arutanga, Aitutaki, Cook Islands
Next of kin
Tom Bishop (father), Naupoko (mother)
Additional information
Date of death:
08/11/1947 (as per Cook Islands death register)
09/11/1947 ( as per military headstone)
No online war service record.
The gravesite has been completely restored since our first visit in November 2019. New gravesite images taken November 2024.
Images and documents (click on images to enlarge)
Image credits and references
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Further links
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