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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:
Acting Sergeant
First Name/s (as per enlistment record)
Tui Teariki Vaivaka
Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record)
PORI
Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in
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.
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