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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:
Acting Sergeant
First name/s
Tui Teariki Vaivaka
Last name
PORI
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
5th Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Tui Teariki Vaivaka PORI Makea
Date of birth
23/06/1899 (as per headstone inscription)
Place of birth
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Date of death
12/01/1978
Place of death
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Death registration number
RARO19780018
Headstone/grave location
Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Next of kin
Ngoroio Pori Makea (father), Tepivai (mother)
Additional information
NZDF reference number 396/29496.
No online war service record.
Images and documents (click on images to enlarge)
Image credits and references
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Further links
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