I am a voluntary cemetery conservator and researcher based in Brisbane Qld Australia. I completed the Graduate Certificate of Cemetery Practice (Deakin Uni) in 2022, and am particularly interested in war veterans graves in the Cook Islands, Australia and beyond.
My facebook pages include:
https://www.facebook.com/friendsoflutwychecemetery
https://www.facebook.com/australianremembrancearmy
https://www.facebook.com/nikaocemeteryrestorationproject
https://www.facebook.com/cookislandsww1
https://www.facebook.com/Cook-Islands-Remembrance-Army-2354778201199551

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/116716348/forgotten-wwi-war-dead-honoured-100-years-on
"On Friday, on the basis of research done by Cate Walker, Howard Weddell, Paula Paniani and Bobby Nicholas, the names of six Cook Islands soldiers were added to the New Zealand and Commonwealth War Graves Commission's official rolls of honour.

Most died young and without offspring; their names had on the most part been forgotten, their graves on Rarotonga, Aitutaki and Atiu grown over, until the group of researchers uncovered their headstones – and their histories."

I am a voluntary cemetery conservator and researcher based in Brisbane Qld Australia. I completed the Graduate Certificate of Cemetery Practice (Deakin Uni) in 2022, and am particularly interested in war veterans graves in the Cook Islands, Australia and beyond.
My facebook pages include:
https://www.facebook.com/friendsoflutwychecemetery
https://www.facebook.com/australianremembrancearmy
https://www.facebook.com/nikaocemeteryrestorationproject
https://www.facebook.com/cookislandsww1
https://www.facebook.com/Cook-Islands-Remembrance-Army-2354778201199551

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/116716348/forgotten-wwi-war-dead-honoured-100-years-on
"On Friday, on the basis of research done by Cate Walker, Howard Weddell, Paula Paniani and Bobby Nicholas, the names of six Cook Islands soldiers were added to the New Zealand and Commonwealth War Graves Commission's official rolls of honour.

Most died young and without offspring; their names had on the most part been forgotten, their graves on Rarotonga, Aitutaki and Atiu grown over, until the group of researchers uncovered their headstones – and their histories."