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Eteke Teava Aki

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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

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Eteke Teava AWMM
  • Surname
    Aki AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Aki Eteke Teava AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 19232 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    1887 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Rarotonga Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    son of Etiki Teawa Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    Rarotonga Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Etiki Teawa (father), Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • Relationship status
    single Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Egyptian E F Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 11th Reinforcements, Rarotongans Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record
  • Service number
    WWI 19232 AWMM
  • Military service
    1916-1918 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    27yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military 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
    suffered from sciatica and lumbaco, July 1918 - invalided to NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - Military Record

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Manuka then transhipped to "Malwa" at Sydney for Suez. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    15 April 1964 AWMM
    Rarotonga, Cook Islands AWMM
  • Date of death
    15 April 1964 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - https://www.facebook.com/susan.hanaray/posts/10207019526147309
  • Age at death
    77yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - https://www.facebook.com/susan.hanaray/posts/10207019526147309
  • Place of death
    Paengakopo, Cook Islands Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - https://www.facebook.com/susan.hanaray/posts/10207019526147309
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Matavera/Ngatangiia border, Rarotonga, Cook Islands AWMM
  • Cemetery name
    Paengakopo Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - https://www.facebook.com/susan.hanaray/posts/10207019526147309
  • Grave reference
    Section 128B Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 22 January 2017 - https://www.facebook.com/susan.hanaray/posts/10207019526147309
  • 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
    Military Personnel File
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22269733
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      44: 1 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 3: Includes portrait 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.135 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. 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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22 January 2017Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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