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Final rank:

Private

First name/s

Mate

Last name

PAORA

Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps

19260
2nd Rarotongan Contingent

Also known as

Paora MATE
Paora MATATUI

Date of birth

1896

Place of birth

Atiu, Cook Islands

Date of death

01/08/1919

Place of death

Atiu, Cook Islands

Death registration number

ATIU19190070

Headstone/grave location

Unknown

Next of kin

Paora (father), Atiu, Cook Islands

Additional information

Enlisted 9 July 1916 and arrived Egypt on SS Malwa. Employed at Moascar between January and March 1917 then to Kantara, Egypt and NZ Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot until 11 January 1918. Transferred to the Rarotongan Company and whilst in Palestine was admitted to 24th Stationary Hospital, 45th Stationary and 27th General Hospital for back injury and jaundice. Returned to New Zealand on SS Malta and discharged 20 March 1919. Died 1 August 1919 in Atiu of tuberculosis.

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