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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
Piautu Marama
Last name
MANI
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
19262
2nd Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Marama Piautu MANI
Date of birth
1895
Place of birth
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Date of death
17/08/1956
Place of death
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Death registration number
RARO19560054
Headstone/grave location
Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Next of kin
Te Peta (mother), Piautu Marama (father)
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
Enlisted at Rarotonga 1 July 1916 and arrived in Egypt 27 December 1916. Employed in the NZ Mounted Rifle Bde Training Regiment and Base Depot. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 12 August 1918. Discharged 20 March 1919.
Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at the RSA Nikao Rarotonga records his name as 'M. M. Piautu'.
Images and documents (click on images to enlarge)
Image credits and references
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C34218?fbclid=IwAR2ORz2hYXZ2s8uSx0N9kvpWLiUWbjNVltMhnABh0xp3UpxX6m4TbpNOJVc
Left to right:
19289 - Sgt. Pa George Karika
19244 - Pte. Karika Iaveta (seated)
19262 - Pte. Piautu Marama Mani (Piautu Mani Marama)
Further links
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