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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
Nga
Last name
NAEITI
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
60769
3rd Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Ngatamaine a NAEITI
Date of birth
19 years of age on enlistment
Place of birth
Mangaia, Cook Islands
Date of death
28/01/1921
Place of death
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Death registration number
RARO19210306
Headstone/grave location
Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Next of kin
Naeiti (father), Mangaia
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918 and embarked for Egypt 6 June 1918. Posted to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade Training Regiment and Base Depot at Ismailia 4 August 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919, and embarked on the vessel SS Paloona bound for Rarotonga, Cook Islands. On discharge, the Medical Board indicated tuberculosis.
https://i.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/116716348/forgotten-wwi-war-dead-honoured-100-years-on :
“On Friday, on the basis of research done by Cate Walker, Howard Weddell, Paula Paniani and Bobby Nicholas, the names of six Cook Islands soldiers were added to the New Zealand and Commonwealth War Graves Commission's official rolls of honour.”
Commonwealth War Graves Commission grave announced October 2019 https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/75463731/nga-naeiti/
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