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Terepai Ngaata

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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
    Terepai AWMM
  • Surname
    Ngaata AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 19280 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

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  • Birth
    1896 Cook Islands WW1 Project Atiu, Cook Islands Cook Islands WW1 Project
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Tauturu (father), Atiu, 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 19280 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Labourer/Civilian AWMM
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  • 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

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  • Listed on the Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board, RSA Rarotonga, as 'Pte Terepai N'. Source: WW1 NZEF ANZAC Soldiers Research Project.

    Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as "Pte Ngaata Terepaii"

    Grave Location: Grave Location: Unknown August 2019

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

Death

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  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    Buried in an overgrown cemetery, Takuvaine Valley, Rarotonga, Cook Islands AWMM
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

Memorial

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    Cook Islands Roll of Honour Board, RSA Rarotonga AWMM

Roll of Honour

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  • To my Grandfather, I am your grand daughter, the eldest daughter of your son Raitimaramakitonga. Thankyou for what you have accomplished so that we might have a future. We are so proud of you and we will always honour and remember you forever. Much love and kisses xoxo, Tupuna Moeroa Posimani ( nee Ngaata).
    Public - Tupuna Moeroa - Other Relative - 28 April 2015
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  • To my papa, I am your grand-daughter, daughter of your youngest child, Catherine-o-Nooroa-Matamaru. Wish I could have a photo of you , so we and our children could have seen what you look like. God Bless and forever remembered. Mii Nicholas xoxoxo
    Public - Miimetua - Other Relative - 12 April 2015
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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/R21380242
    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: 2 AWMM
    • Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd. AWMM
    • ‘Finding Our Way Back to Atiu’, Parts 1 -4, Cook Islands Television News/Cook Islands WW1 NZEF ANZAC Soldiers Research Project, 2019 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
    • 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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28 April 2015Tupuna Moeroa33 Addington Ave, Manukau City, New ZealandOther Relative
12 April 2015MiimetuaAuckland, NzOther Relative

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