Cook Islands Service Personnel

Manava Toa: Cook Islands personnel

Group photograph of Apu Tepuretu, Anthony Manuel, Augere Angene, Raitia Tepuretu on cannon. Image kindly provided by Tekau Framhein via Kees De Boer. Online Cenotaph - Auckland Musuem, Tāmaki Paenga Hira. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Tūrou Tūrou `Oro Mai.

Close to 500 Cook Islanders fought for New Zealand in World War I. They served with distinction but suffered great loss. The story of the Cook Islands in the First World War is one of remarkable service and sacrifice. One of the smallest territories in the British Empire, it responded immediately to the call for service and eventually sent five contingents to the war (totaling close to 500 men). Recruited to reinforce the Maori Contingents, the islands' young men volunteered en masse at the outbreak of the war despite the risk of severe labour shortage and economic breakdown.

During World War II the Cook Islands were a territory of New Zealand and served in the New Zealand Defence Force, the Cook Islands Local Defence Force and as Civilians in the Coastwatchers.

The list is a work in progress. Please contact the Online Cenotaph team if you are aware of an individual of Cook Islands descent that is not represented on this list.

Further Reading

Manava Toa: The Cook Islands in WWI. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 2019.
Warren, Geraldine and Pine, Madison. Our Coastwatchers. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 21 April 2020.

Results

Record ID	Family name	First names	Force	Wars	Service #
186324	Abela	Tamata	Army	World War II, 1939-1945
186343	Abela	Teputoa	Army	World War II, 1939-1945
C29	Adam	Kiro Luke	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	16/1007
C111194	Aerenga	Vainetutai	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	60768
C111195	Aerengamate	Marearai	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	60696
179494	Aererua	Makiteiaa	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	84569
C34200	Ah Kew	Apongi	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	19233
C111196	Ah Sin	Solomon	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	60750
186267	Ahiao	James	Army	World War II, 1939-1945
186282	Ahsin	Mana	Army	World War II, 1939-1945
C33967	Aiaia	Akatea	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	16/1183
186148	Aio	Henry	Army	World War II, 1939-1945
C15445	Akava	Tapapa	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	19239
C111197	Akeau	Tuakana Atama	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	60685
C34202	Aki	Eteke Teava	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	19232
179495	Alo	John William	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	84584
186359	Ama	Tupai	Army	World War II, 1939-1945
C111198	Amoa	Mare	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	60699
C111199	Amupoe	Metua	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	60691
C111200	Anaupou	Tematavaipunu	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	60725
C111201	Aneru Tukara	Tauta	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	60784
C33976	Angene	Angene	Army	World War I, 1914-1918, World War II, 1939-1945	16/1205
186311	Anguna	Puia	Army	World War II, 1939-1945
186319	Anguna	Revi	Army	World War II, 1939-1945
C111202	Aniva	Tau	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	60683
C365	Anthony	Manuel	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	16/1182
C33977	Apa	John Tuaine	Army	World War I, 1914-1918, World War II, 1939-1945	16/1321, 630769
180553	Apa	Kurariki	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	84516
186338	Apera	Temata	Army	World War II, 1939-1945
C34203	Aperau	Jam	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	19246
186278	Aporo	Koteka	Army	World War II, 1939-1945
186141	Arapai	Charlie	Army	World War II, 1939-1945
C111203	Arapai	Porini	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	60647
180554	Aratai	Kakino	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	84578
186136	Ariki	Are	Army	World War II, 1939-1945
186368	Ariki	Tamatoa	Army	World War II, 1939-1945
186174	Ariki	Tutupu	Army	World War II, 1939-1945
197968	Arona	Petero Rahi	Army	Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960	38751
180557	Aruake	Ka	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	84547
186325	Arumaki	Tangi	Army	World War II, 1939-1945
182987	Ata	A.	Army	World War I, 1914-1918
C33978	Ataataivi	Harry	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	16/1206
179450	Atai	Kirikava	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	84546
C37642	Atama	Wiremu	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	16/691
84670	Atua	John Bernard	Army	Borneo Confrontation, 1963-1966, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Indonesian Confrontation 1962-1966	722409, C722409
198998	Atua	Tamu Tom	Army	Korean War, 1950-1953	593417
C130149	Atua	Te Atua Teieti Taukai	Army	Korean War, 1950-1953, Malaya, 1960-1964, Regular Military Service	592973, 592973
286690	Aukino	Tupuai	Merchant Navy	World War II, 1939-1945
C34204	Aupini	Kairenga	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	19231
C111204	Aupini	Pakipaki	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	60640
186204	Aura	Tutakiau	Army	World War II, 1939-1945
C111205	Avanui	Makike	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	60701
C111206	Aviria	Uaongo	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	60667
84269	Baldwin	George Pearce	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	3/4015
C675	Banaba	Beni	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	19236
225168	Banks	Charles Wells	Army	American Civil War, 1861-1865	1395
C20788	Berry	John Waldwyn	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	70335
180565	Bishop	Tom	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	47846
C1212	Black	Frederick Robert	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	19109
89995	Blows	Bruce Oswald	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	615757
C23804	Bothamley	John Frances	Army	World War I, 1914-1918, World War II, 1939-1945	62243, 2/24/158
196994	Box	Raymond Te Maapi	Army	Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960	624148
208973	Box	Reo Iriangi	Army	Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960	466653
C1546	Brass	William	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	6/807
C129031	Brell	Wallace Matatia	Army	World War II, 1939-1945, Jayforce, 1945-1948	617377
C21318	Brown	Alexander George	Air Force	World War II, 1939-1945	NZ41568, 41568
84883	Brown	James Wairata	Army	Malaya, 1960-1964, Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960, Borneo Confrontation, 1963-1966, Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Indonesian Confrontation 1962-1966	37575, 537575, 37575
186287	Brown	Mauri	Army	World War II, 1939-1945
180571	Browne	Arthur	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	84512
108935	Browne	Eiao	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	810672
187101	Browne	Eric	Civilian	World War II, 1939-1945
173943	Bryant	Leslie Joseph	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	6442
C2102	Caffery	William	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	12/4148
179488	Campbell	John Alexander	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	60661
C21728	Campbell	Stuart Alexander	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	446853
203093	Chilwell	Muir Fitzherbert	Navy	World War II, 1939-1945	10737, NZ10737
C22386	Connal	Robert Tangiti	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	5565
C59959	Cook	Albert William	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	26/749
C117775	Cook	Alfonso Robert	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	801309
C115606	Cook	Archibald Bernard	Army	World War I, 1914-1918, World War II, 1939-1945	79790, 1/20/156
C116099	Cook	Burnett Neville	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	39304
C116797	Cook	Edmund	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	65683
C104993	Cook	Rai	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	60471
C100925	Cook	William	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	20671
89182	Cooper	Neil Alexander	Air Force	World War II, 1939-1945	NZ415966
C41005	Cooper	William Saunderson	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	10/1450
180577	Cowan	Albert	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	84535
186268	Cowan	Johnville	Army	World War II, 1939-1945
C41159	Cowan	Keith	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	23/389
209719	Cowan	Ngatae	Merchant Navy	World War II, 1939-1945
C33966	Cowan	Pita	Army	World War I, 1914-1918, World War II, 1939-1945	16/1193
C36242	Craig	George	Army	South African War, 1899-1902, World War I, 1914-1918	861, 12/360
C22624	Crease	Charles Henry	Air Force	World War II, 1939-1945	NZ392088, 392088
123457	Cuthers	Harry	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	17648
182982	Cuthers	Kamate	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	84581
C33982	Cuthers	Makiroa	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	16/1214
186334	Cuthers	Teariki William	Army	World War II, 1939-1945
187110	Cuthers	William Kiri	Civilian	World War II, 1939-1945
C17619	Cutler	James Guy	Army	World War II, 1939-1945	23131
C41809	Davis	Sydney Tomes	Army	World War I, 1914-1918	2/1882

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