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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
Abela
Last name
TOARERE
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
60644
3rd Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Apera TOAERE (as per military headstone)
Date of birth
20/09/1898
Place of birth
Aitutaki, Cook Islands
Date of death
15/12/1929
Place of death
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Death registration number
RARO19290150
Headstone/grave location
Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Next of kin
Toarere (father), Aitutaki, Cook Islands
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
Enlisted 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918. Marched in at Ismailia and posted to Training Unit. Posted to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919.
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