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Cenotaph record

Tuanu Mani

  • Service number
    WWI 60663 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Timote Tuanu Mani AWMM
    • T. T. Marama AWMM
    • Te Ariki Tuanu Timoteo MARAMA Public - Sarndra - 5 June 2023 - ancestry.com; member Marlene Kerr published information.
      Grave plaque: service number "60663" and name."T. T. MARAMA"
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Roll of honour, listing World War 1 soldiers from the Cook Islands. Ref: 1/1-006732-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. This is one of two honours boards. The second relates to the Fourth and Fifth contingents. Both are now housed in the Pioneer Lounge of the Cook Islands RSA. The Two boards originally stood in the old courthouse, but were moved just before a fire destroyed the building. (Information from Henry Wichman of Rarotonga, 2010). /records/22480864

Roll of honour, listing World War 1 soldiers from the Cook Islands. Ref: 1/1-006732-G. Alexander Tur …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    • Tuanu AWMM
    • Te Ariki Tuanu Timoteo Public - Sarndra - 5 June 2023 - ancestry.com; member Marlene Kerr published information.
      Grave plaque: service number "60663" and name."T. T. MARAMA"
  • Surname
    • Mani AWMM
    • MARAMA Public - Sarndra - 5 June 2023 - ancestry.com; member Marlene Kerr published information.
      Grave plaque: service number "60663" and name."T. T. MARAMA"
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Timote Tuanu Mani AWMM
    • T. T. Marama AWMM
    • Te Ariki Tuanu Timoteo MARAMA Public - Sarndra - 5 June 2023 - ancestry.com; member Marlene Kerr published information.
      Grave plaque: service number "60663" and name."T. T. MARAMA"
  • Service number
    WWI 60663 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    11 January 1902 Public - Sarndra - 5 June 2023 - ancestry.com; member Marlene Kerr published information.
  • Place of birth
    Rarotonga, Cook Islands Public - Sarndra - 5 June 2023 - ancestry.com; member Marlene Kerr published information.
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mani (father), Tukuvaine, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • 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
    WWI 60663 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Planter/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    "unknown c [struck through & initialed] 19 years" Public - Sarndra - 5 June 2023 - Military personnel record

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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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    16 August 1977 Public - Sarndra - 5 June 2023 - Grave plaque
  • Age at death
    76 Public - Sarndra - 5 June 2023 - Grave plaque
  • Place of death
    Rotorua, New Zealand Public - Sarndra - 5 June 2023 - ancestry.com; member Marlene Kerr published information.
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Rotorua Cemetery & Crematorium / 160 Sala St, Rotorua, New Zealand Public - Sarndra - 5 June 2023 - Personal visit
  • 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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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R10928127
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      85: 18 AWMM
    • 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
    • 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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