Research;
In preparation for the up and coming ANZAC WW1 Centennial Commemoration for the Cook Islanders that served in the great war and my contribution to the photo board to be displayed at the Cook Islands Commemoration, my research commenced with a Auckland Council Heritage Trail brochure that marked an Auckland wide trail marking all the historical sites pertaining to the Great War. History dictates that young men from the Cook Islands
were shipped here to New
military training and later transferred all over Europe to the various war stages. I was earlier informed of a lone Cook Islands soldier interned at Oneil's Point Cemetery in Bayswater over the Shore. However, the significant importance of this piece of information did not dawn on me until I realized the proximity of one training camp to the cemetery and with one huge swoop, several unknown pieces of the 100 years old puzzle fell into place.
