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Bob Simiona

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  • Service number
    WWI 60771 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Bob Eleazara AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
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
    Bob AWMM
  • Surname
    Simiona AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Bob Eleazara AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 60771 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Joseph Simiona (father), Aitutaki, Cook Islands, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 60771 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

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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  • Next of Kin: Joseph Simiona (father) (aka Joseph Simiona - Eleazala), Aitutaki, Teina Ati (mother) Atiu AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    16 November 1952 AWMM
    RarotongaCook Islands AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Tautu Road, Tautu, 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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  • My name is Jane Peyroux Bob, married to Simiona Bob who is the son of the adopted, the late Moeroa Bob. My husband Simiona Bob has a twin sister Menema. Simiona and I have two children Kaitlyne and John Peyroux Bob. We reside in Manukau City. It is wonderful to know that Bob Simiona was a hard working person who dedicated his life and services to the War. Rest in Love.
    Public - Marie Jane - 25 November 2015
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  • Bob Simiona - born bob eleazara from Tautu, AitutKi The Cook Islands. Married Menema Karaiti (Glassie) Had a son Ngariki Maanga Eleazara Bob - 7 children - Ist child a son Itaea Ngariki Bob to Ruota Paerau - itaea married Mariana Nicholls Had 6 children - Louisa, Eliazara, Bob. Benjamin, Paul and Itaea Bob - older son Philip Strickland. Other children were - Miimetua, Rimaruru, Tungane, Pureau, Teetu, Ngariki Jnr and Kim Bob From wife Matakerekere Bob and menema also adopted a daughter Moerua Bob Thank you papa bob Lest we forget
    Public - Louisa - Child - 26 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      85: 19 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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25 November 2015Marie Jane Auckland New ZealandOther
26 April 2015LouisaSydney Child

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