condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Vaine Tutai Aerenga

Lay a poppy
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 …

All Rights Reserved AWMM

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Vaine Tutai AWMM
  • Surname
    Aerenga AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Vainetutai Aerenga AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 60768 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pre 16 February 1918 AWMM Mauke, Cook Islands, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Aerenga (father), Mauke, Cook Islands, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 60768 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 12 March 1918 AWMM Planter/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5 foot 8 inches AWMM
    • Aug 1918 AWMMHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Influenza AWMM

Last known rank

Contribute ›
  • Last rank
    WW1 20 March 1919 AWMM
    Termination of period of engagment AWMM
    Private AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Signed the attestation form in New Zealand and listed at Archives New Zealand as AERENGA, Vaine Tutai. In Rarotonga he signed the attestation form as simply Vainetutai.

    Enlisted 11 February 1918 in Rarotonga. Embarked at Wellington 13 June 1918 to disembark at Suez 4 August 1918. Posted to the Rarotongan Company 4 August 1918. Embarked for New Zealand per SS Malta 14 December 1918 and discharged 20 March 1919. AWMM

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    25 January 1929 AWMM
    Mauke, Cook Islands AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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

Roll of Honour

Remember Vaine Tutai Aerenga by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Vaine Tutai Aerenga

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›
  • External links
  • References
    • 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
    • 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
      p.134 AWMM

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.