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Pokoroa Terepii

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  • Service number
    WWI 19315 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Terepii Pokoroa AWMM
    • Tere Pokoroa AWMM
    • Tere Pokoroa Public - Tanya - Other relative - 1 April 2024 - Military File
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Portrait of Private Terepii Pokoroa, date unknown. Image courtesy of Bobby Nicholas, Paula Paniani and Cate Walker, Cook Islands WW1 NZEF ANZAC Soldiers Research Project. Image is subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Private Terepii Pokoroa, date unknown. Image courtesy of Bobby Nicholas, Paula Paniani a …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    • Pokoroa AWMM
    • Terepii Public - Tanya - Other relative - 1 April 2024 - Military File
  • Surname
    • Terepii AWMM
    • Pokoroa Public - Tanya - Other relative - 1 April 2024 - Military File
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Terepii Pokoroa AWMM
    • Tere Pokoroa AWMM
    • Tere Pokoroa Public - Tanya - Other relative - 1 April 2024 - Military File
  • Service number
    WWI 19315 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 August 1896 AWMM Rarotonga, Cook Islands AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Upokoroa (brother), 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 19315 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 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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  • Manuka then transhipped to "Malwa" at Sydney for Suez.

    Next of kin/Family member/s: Pokoroa (Father), Taringa (Mother), Upokoroa (Brother)

    Notes: Cook Islands Roll of Honour records his name as "T POKOROA" AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    3 November 1948 AWMM
    Age 50 AWMM
    Rarotonga, Cook Islands AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands tOO* ISLAND* tOMTGJ Coordinates 21° 15'1.05" S, 159° 49'19.14" W Altitude 8 m TMCsiPowoa^lD Rata'onaa 24 Aof2013JI 6:66 a- n :i- IG' I.OG 5 ico--iv 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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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R7824937
    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
    • 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. 4: Includes portrait 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
    • 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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01 April 2024TanyaAustraliaOther relative

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