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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:
Company Quartermaster Sergeant
First Name/s (as per enlistment record)
William
Last Name or Only Name Given (as per enlistment record)
McBIRNEY
Service Number and Regiment/Unit/Corps served in
59533
British Army
Royal Artillery
Also Known As
Date of Birth
59533
British Army
Royal Artillery
Place of Birth
Aldershot, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death
26/08/1956
Place of Death
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Death Registration Number
RARO19560050
Headstone/Grave Location
Two memorial plaques:
One is located at the RSA cemetery at Nikao Rarotonga and the other memorial is at the site of his wife's grave beside the Panama Catholic Cemetery, Rarotonga.
It is believed that he was buried in the Nikao Cemetery beside the RSA. Unknown plot.
Next of Kin
Edith Mary George (wife) died 21/01/1953, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
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