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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)
Toru
Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record)
TAKU
Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
84577
4th Rarotongan Contingent
Also Known As
Date of Birth
25 years of age on enlistment
Place of Birth
Mangaia, Cook Islands
Date of Death
26/10/1971
Place of Death
Auckland, New Zealand
Death Registration Number
NZ1971/47980
Headstone/Grave Location
Mangere Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand
Next of Kin
Maki (mother), Taku (father), Mauakaina (wife), Nga & Tino (children)
Link to Online Service Record
Additional Information
Attested in Rarotonga 12 June 1918. Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 10 July 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918 due to the signing of the Armistice that ended WWI.
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