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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 (as per enlistment record)
Turangatai
Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record)
KAKAO
Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
60735
3rd Rarotongan Contingent
Also Known As
Date of Birth
34 years of age on enlistment
Place of Birth
Mangaia, Cook Islands
Date of Death
2/10/1948
Place of Death
Mangaia, Cook Islands
Death Registration Number
MANG19480018
Headstone/Grave Location
Military headstone memorial in Ivirua CICC grounds, Ivirua, Mangaia, Cook Islands. Burial location unknown.
Next of Kin
Rimaongo (sister), Mangaia
Link to Online Service Record
Additional Information
Attested in Rarotonga 12 February 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918.Embarked 13 June 1918 for Egypt. Disembarked 4 August 1918 at Suez. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919.
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