top of page
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
Brought to you by
Final rank:
Private
First name/s
Taau
Last name
TAUNGA
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
60736
3rd Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Date of birth
26 years of age on enlistment
Place of birth
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Date of death
11/06/1957
Place of death
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Death registration number
RARO19570019
Headstone/grave location
Titikaveka, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Next of kin
Ngapoko (sister), Taunga (father)
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
Enlisted at Narrow Neck Military Training Camp Auckland New Zealand 12 March 1918. Disembarked at Suez 4 August 1918 and posted to Rarotongan Company 18 September 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919.
Date of death:
11/06/1957 (as per Cook Islands death register)
14/06/1957 (as per military headstone)
Images and documents (click on images to enlarge)
Image credits and references
N/A
Further links
N/A
bottom of page