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Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
Preserving Cook Islands Military History
Akara ki mua e akara katoa ki muri
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Final rank:
Private
First name/s
Tekapo
Last name
TEREPAI
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
84540
4th Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Terepai TAKAPO
Date of birth
19 years of age on enlistment
Place of birth
Atiu, Cook Islands
Date of death
27/12/1980
Place of death
Atiu, Cook Islands
Death registration number
ATIU19800001
Headstone/grave location
Grave located at Ngatiarua Village, Atiu, Cook Islands
Headstone located elsewhere in Ngatiarua, Atiu, Cook Islands
Next of kin
Terepai (father), Kairangi (mother)
Archives New Zealand online service record
Additional information
Enlisted 12 June 1918 in Rarotonga and disembarked per SS Paloona at Wellington 22 June 1918. Discharged 7 December 1918.
Birth parents as per information received from descendants:
Kareora (mother) and Taereterongo (father)
Images and documents (click on images to enlarge)
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