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Ongariti Makiru

  • Service number
    WWI 19261 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Onogokoriti Makiru AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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"Rarotongan soldiers at Narrow Neck camp" in The War Effort of New Zealand, edited by Lieutenant H.T.B. Drew Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, Wellington 1923. Unable to identify personnel but we believe this image is of the 2nd Rarotongan Contingent part of the 11th Maori Reinforcements (November 1916).

"Rarotongan soldiers at Narrow Neck camp" in The War Effort of New Zealand, edited by Lieutenant H.T …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ongariti AWMM
  • Surname
    Makiru AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Onogokoriti Makiru AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 19261 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
    Ongokoreiti (father), 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 19261 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 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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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • A Makiru, a Mangaian of Ivirua village, Cook Islands is described and photographed by Ronald Syme in his 1978 travel book: "a white-haired veteran seated on a box on his little verandah called to me in kitchen Arabic ..." Makiru said "I heard you'd been amongst the Arabs, so was I. All the way from camp in Cairo to Akaba on the Red Sea, and then up to Jaffa and Jerusalem with the British Army under General Allenby." The conversation is recounted - being with the NZEF, digging latrines and unloading ships, in the Gunners with sixteen-pounders, the certificate, medals and pension (p. 117-118).

    Manuka then transhipped to "Malwa" at Sydney for Suez. Listed at Archives New Zealand as MAKIRU, Onogokoriti - WW1 19261 - Army (October 2008) AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • 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
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R10927909
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Syme, R. (1978). The lagoon is lonely now. Wellington, N.Z.: Millwood Press. 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
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      44: 1 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. 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

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