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Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
Preserving Cook Islands Military History
Akara ki mua e akara katoa ki muri
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Final rank:
Private
First name/s
Tuakanaiti
Last name
TUIKAA
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
60741
3rd Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Tuikaa TUAKANAITI
Date of birth
21 years of age on enlistment
Place of birth
Mangaia, Cook Islands
Date of death
27/12/1967
Place of death
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Death registration number
Unknown
Headstone/grave location
Unknown
Next of kin
Tuikaa (father), Mangaia, Cook Islands
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
Enlisted 12 March 1918 and disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotonga Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. Passed away 27 December 1967 in Rarotonga.
The service number for Pte Tuakanaiti TUIKAA (60741) is incorrectly recorded on the military headstone of Pte Taomia URI 60658 These two soldiers are also listed on the Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at the RSA Nikao Rarotonga with the same service number (60741). The correct service number for Pte Taomia URI is 60658.
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