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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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Highest Rank:
Private
First Name/s (as per enlistment record)
Tou
Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record)
PURAU
Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in
84538
4th Rarotongan Contingent
Also Known As
Touariki PURAU
Date of Birth
20 years of age on enlistment
Place of Birth
Atiu, Cook Islands
Date of Death
21/09/1972
Place of Death
Atiu, Cook Islands
Death Registration Number
ATIU19720004
Headstone/Grave Location
Tengatangi, Atiu, Cook Islands
Next of Kin
Pia Purau (father)
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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