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Preserving Cook Islands Military History
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Final rank:
Private
First name/s
Vaimutu
Last name
MAMANU
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
19267
2nd Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Mamanu Ngatae VAIMUTU
Mamanu Ngatae VAIMOTU
Date of birth
1894
Place of birth
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Date of death
02/07/1962
Place of death
Whanganui, New Zealand
Death registration number
NZ1962/44640
Headstone/grave location
Whanganui Cemetery, Whanganui, New Zealand
Next of kin
Miss Vaimutu (sister), Rarotonga, Ritia (wife)
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
Enlisted 1 July 1916 in Rarotonga. Disembarked at Suez from SS Malwa 29 December 1916 and posted to New Zealand Mounted Rifles and Training Regiment and Base Depot. Posted to Rarotongan Company 10 March 1917. Admitted to various hospitals at Jaffa, Kantara, Abbassia and Heliopolis from 25 July 1918 to 14 August 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919.
Our research indicates that Pte Samuela Mana 19266 is one of three brothers who enlisted.
His brothers are:
Pte. Koria Manu (Koria Samuela) 19248
Pte. Mataputa Samuela 60786
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