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Teatamira Uangakore

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Roll of honour, listing World War 1 soldiers from the Cook Islands, courthouse, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Ref: 1/1-006730-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23180172

Roll of honour, listing World War 1 soldiers from the Cook Islands, courthouse, Avarua, Rarotonga, C …

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Teatamira AWMM
  • Surname
    Uangakore AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Makirere Tata AWMM
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    12 January 1899 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Rarotonga AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Did not embark overseas on active service. The soldiers who enlisted in the 4th & 5th contingents did not leave New Zealand due to the armistice.

    Wrongly idenitfied as being part of the 3rd Contingent in Weddell.

    Scholar of St. Stephens College. Pioneer of Radiotelegraphy in the Cook Islands. Ex service man of WWI. Remembered by his loving wife Vananga Tuakana Upu Pere Onohea and his late wife Maata Glassie Arumaki. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    3 May 1989 AWMM
    Age 90 AWMM
    Aitutaki, Cook Islands AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    CICC grounds, Arutanga, Aitutaki, Cook Islands AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board, RSA Rarotonga AWMM

Roll of Honour

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  • I love & miss you so much my papa. Love & appreciate being loved & cared by you & mama for 13 years of my life before you passed away. I will forever honour the memories I have with you. Thank you for being my papa. Lest we forget ♥️
    Public - Tina - Direct descendant - 1 January 2024
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
      p.225 AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from information kindly provided by Bobby Nicholas, Paula Paniani and Cate Walker, Cook Islands WW1 NZEF ANZAC Soldiers Research Project AWMM

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17 July 2024SimoneAucklandDirect descendant
01 January 2024TinaManukau/AucklandDirect descendant

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