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Final rank:

Private

First name/s

Rangi

Last name

TIAURE

Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps

84532
4th Rarotongan Contingent

Also known as

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Date of birth

25 years of age on enlistment

Place of birth

Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Date of death

13/01/1920

Place of death

Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Death registration number

RARO19200257

Headstone/grave location

Matavera, Rarotonga, Cook Islands

Next of kin

Taunga Pee (father) born Rarotonga, Ngamata (mother) born Samoa

Additional information

Attested 12 June 1918 in Rarotonga. Arrived in Wellington 21 June 1918 and enlisted at Narrow Neck Camp 10 July 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918 and embarked on SS Paloona for Rarotonga and arrived in Rarotonga 15 December 1918.

Commonwealth War Grave (announced October 2019):
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.”
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/75463733/rangi-tiaure/

We GPS’d and documented this grave and headstone in 2019, however when we returned in November 2022 it was apparent that the headstone had been irreparably damaged due to the use of either sandpaper or a power grinder.

Images and documents (click on images to enlarge)

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