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John Mokotupu

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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

  • Title
  • Forenames
    John AWMM
  • Surname
    Mokotupu AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 396/29509 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Circa 1897 AWMM AitutakiCook Islands AWMM
  • Date of birth
    4 April 1897 Public - Miria - Other relative - 6 May 2023 - Familysearch: Sign in. (n.d.). Retrieved May 6, 2023, from https://ident.familysearch.org/cis-web/oauth2/v3/authorization?client_secret=OgbmmdH4IvKH0VlJchJSEw6cmGRm7TRmYweXpbTdfvX4pcdpIEfmqathJhAOz4eiaOtdbE7k4tfvPS9gUY9n9EivQr6ur%2Ba2mnrXv%2BcCE%2Fnji4bAm0jRpBgWQ1JTA%2BrmLOpXaqGi6idP1oF3a1bywORb4sV5s8XO%2BuU9wR%2F7YYgUSllM%2FbjFm9PHiL3i215nKBWzHSKfel9kr6yW9Byz1kuS4W5qeLACs0BvzCoTfoUy%2F9Z3agUJ1fCKnNJOsZEKo5SFtNzhowOYN3L1O0wgeUKPCjvPPwXPjFRkTY33Hexpj725OFreRcdjHzVBd4d8kYa5VRljzJ%2Fkmcv4TwMTEA%3D%
  • Place of birth
    Aitutaki, Cook Islands Public - Miria - Other relative - 6 May 2023 - Familysearch: Sign in. (n.d.). Retrieved May 6, 2023, from https://ident.familysearch.org/cis-web/oauth2/v3/authorization?client_secret=OgbmmdH4IvKH0VlJchJSEw6cmGRm7TRmYweXpbTdfvX4pcdpIEfmqathJhAOz4eiaOtdbE7k4tfvPS9gUY9n9EivQr6ur%2Ba2mnrXv%2BcCE%2Fnji4bAm0jRpBgWQ1JTA%2BrmLOpXaqGi6idP1oF3a1bywORb4sV5s8XO%2BuU9wR%2F7YYgUSllM%2FbjFm9PHiL3i215nKBWzHSKfel9kr6yW9Byz1kuS4W5qeLACs0BvzCoTfoUy%2F9Z3agUJ1fCKnNJOsZEKo5SFtNzhowOYN3L1O0wgeUKPCjvPPwXPjFRkTY33Hexpj725OFreRcdjHzVBd4d8kYa5VRljzJ%2Fkmcv4TwMTEA%3D%
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Aitutaki, Cook Islands AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Father is Mokotupu or Boaza or Poaza or Mokotupu Tama.
    Mother is Teararoa Kairangi Public - Miria - Other relative - 6 May 2023 - FamilySearch.org. (n.d.). Retrieved May 6, 2023, from https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2S-5MF1
  • Relationship status
    • Married/WWI AWMM
    • Married to Katai (Rerenga) Kauroa on the 3 July 1918 at Arutanga, Aitutaki, Cook Islands. Public - Miria - Other relative - 6 May 2023 - FamilySearch.org. (n.d.). Retrieved May 6, 2023, from https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2S-5MF1

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 396/29509 AWMM
  • 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
    WW1 28 October 1918 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
  • 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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • No online military record. 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. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    16 July 1949 AWMM
    RarotongaCook Islands AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Catholic Cemetery, Panama, Rarotonga, 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

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Sources

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  • External links
  • 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.182 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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06 May 2023MiriaAuckland, New ZealandOther relative

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