Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked on SS Malta 14 December 1918. Admitted sick to the ship’s hospital and was offloaded for medical treatment at Fremantle Western Australia on 12 January 1919 with pneumonia. Embarked for New Zealand from Sydney on 6 May 1919 and discharged 9 July 1919.

Volunteers form the Nikao Cemetery Restoration Project Rarotonga found his headstone lying on the shoreline in front of the cemetery in late 2014. This headstone has either washed off the grave or the grave has also washed away. We worked closely with Pte. Tuainerenga Kopukoao’s descendant in Australia Denise Campbell, to ensure that her WWI Papa would be honoured forever. Nikao Cemetery Restoration Project volunteers built a memorial within the Nikao Cemetery in April 2017 and on Anzac Day 2017, his descendants including Tinokura Tairea (WO2 TAIREA, Tinokura (Retired) RNZIR) were thrilled to see their WW1 ancestor remembered and honoured.

Name is missing on the Mauke Roll of Honour board, Mauke Cook Islands.