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Final rank:

Private

First name/s

Apu

Last name

TAOPUA

Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps

60728
3rd Rarotongan Contingent

Also known as

Date of birth

15/02/1882 (as per war service record)

Place of birth

Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Date of death

19/09/1966

Place of death

Auckland, New Zealand

Death registration number

NZ1966/35733

Headstone/grave location

Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand

Next of kin

Taopua (father), Tukavaine, Rarotonga

Additional information

Enlisted 4 February 1918 in Rarotonga and 12 March 1918 at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand and served with the NZ Mounted Rifle Bde. Training Regiment and Base Depot. Transferred to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked to New Zealand on SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919.

Images and documents (click on images to enlarge)

Image credits and references

Portrait shows Apu TAOPUA on the left, and his brother Pte. Teokotai TAOPUA 60780 on the right.

Further links

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