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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
Vaka
Last name
TURU
Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps
5th Rarotongan Contingent
Also known as
Date of birth
18 years of age on enlistment
Place of birth
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Date of death
14/11/1950
Place of death
Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Death registration number
RARO19500065
Headstone/grave location
Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Next of kin
Turu (father), Rapea (mother)
Additional information
The 5th Rarotongan Contingent disembarked in Wellington 6 November 1918 and were discharged 13 November at Trentham Military Training Camp due to the signing of the Armistice on November 11 1918 that ended World War One.
In November 2022, the grave was being restored and was completely rebuilt mid 2024.
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