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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
Tua
Last name
TAFIFIURA
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
5th Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Taififiura TU
Tu TAFIFIURA
Date of birth
18 years of age on enlistment
Place of birth
Tahiti, Society Islands (French Polynesia)
Date of death
27/12/1919
Place of death
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Death registration number
RARO19190254
Headstone/grave location
Muri, Ngatangiia, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Next of kin
Apai (father), Piu (mother)
Additional information
The 5th Rarotongan Contingent disembarked in Wellington 6 November 1918 and were discharged 13 November at Trentham Military Training Camp due to the signing of the Armistice on November 11 1918 that ended World War One.
Date of Death:
27/11/1919 (as per Cook Islands death register)
29/12/1919 (as per military headstone)
Our team have received information that leads us to believe that this headstone and the neighbouring headstone of Pte Bob NGATAMA 60772 were moved from the graves, and the graves were subsequently cleared during the construction of the Muri Beach Club Hotel.
No online war service record.
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