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WW1 show draws soldiers’ descendants

Wednesday 20 April 2016 | Published in Local

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WW1 show draws soldiers’ descendants
The daughters of Company Sergeant Major Carl Marsters stand proudly beside the storyboard of their father, a Cook Islands World War One veteran, at the opening of the Cook Island Service in the Great War 1914-1918 exhibition at the Cook Islands National Museum on Monday night. To the right is eldest daughter Alice, with Tepaeru on the left. Descendants Ahkim Tikaroa and Rima Araitia and her daughter were also at the exhibition opening. Carl Marsters was the highest-ranked Pacific Islands soldier. PHOTO: Florence Syme Buchanan. 16041918

The opening of the Cook Island Service in the Great War 1914-1918 exhibition at the Cook Islands National Museum on Monday night drew a highly interested crowd of people, including descendants of some of the men featured on storyboards which form a central part of the show.

The opening of the Cook Island Service in the Great War 1914-1918 exhibition at the Cook Islands National Museum on Monday night drew a highly interested crowd of people, including descendants of some of the men featured on storyboards which form a central part of the show.


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