Herb Farrant on the Battle of Passchendaele
Talk about the run up to the Battle for Passchendaele.
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WW1 Thomas Douglas Hutcheon
Thomas Douglas Hutcheon (Service number 4/329) was the only son born to Mary Douglas Hutcheon and William Hutcheon.
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WW1 Randolph Edward Oswald and Eric Albert Coates 12/59 & 11/643
Randolph Edward Oswald Coates was born in Adelaide on 19 May 1888, the elder son of Oswald and Valerie Albine Coates.
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WW1 Horace Howard Wattam
Horace was the son of Robert and Florence Wattam, of Orarake Avenue, Remuera.
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WW1 Roland (Rowland) Alfred Ward (Service number 24086)
Rowland Alfred Ward (Service number 24086) of 18 Arney Crescent, Remuera, was born 9 April 1896.
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WW1 William Henry Williams
William Henry Williams (Service number 42441) was born 31 December 1890.
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WW1 John Alfred Shirtcliffe
Lance-Corporal John Alfred Shirtcliffe, was the only son of Mr J and Mrs Elizabeth Shirtcliffe.
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WW1 Captain Oliver Steele
Oliver Steele was born 7 April 1882 in Wairoa, Hawke's Bay where his family farmed at Owhio and Pipanui.
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WW1 Harold Dixon Buddle
Harold Dixon Buddle was born 10 August 1884, the younger son and third child of five children of the Thomas and Emma Buddle of 26 Victoria Avenue, Remuera, Auckland.
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WW1 Joseph Edward Wood
Joseph Edward Wood (Service number 38787) was born in Auckland on 14 August 1896 to Thomas Wood and Louisa Ann Wood.
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Win with Words Story Writing Competition 2017
The prize giving for the annual story writing competition took place at Remuera Library on 30 August 2017.
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WW1 Kenneth Ivan Munce
Kenneth Ivan Munce was born on 29 April 1884 to Ruth and John McKenny Munce of 162 Remuera Road, Remuera, Auckland.
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WW1 Flight-Lieutenant George Edmond Vernon Aimer RFC
Lieutenant George Vernon Aimer was the eldest son of Edmond Baxter Aimer and Annie Elizabeth Aimer.
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WW1 Flight Lieutenant Trevor Dudley Hall Alderton
Trevor Alderton was born on 5 January 1894 in Whangarei, Northland, the son of Ida and George Edwin Alderton, the founder of modern Kerikeri.
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Thomas King’s Royal Bakery
The bakery oven in Remuera, believed to date back to the turn of last century, before it was knocked down.
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WW1 Irving Brothers — Augustus and John
Edward Augustus (1867-1918) and Jane (nee Ross) (1869-1958) Irving, were married in 1888, and lived at 260 Remuera Road, Remuera, Auckland.
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WW1 David Keith Duthie – Ypres
Born 26 September 1893, David Keith Duthie, known as Keith, was one of four sons and two daughters.
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Mary Dixon
Remuera Heritage notes with sadness the passing away of Mary Dixon, of Dixon Antiques.
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WW1 Hugh Alexander Forrest
Hugh Alexander Forrest was the eldest son of Jessie and William Forrest, who was Postmaster at Devonport Auckland.
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WW1 Private Erni Bond 44680
Private Erni Bond was the youngest of five children of the late Mr Erni Bond (1852- 20 December 1914) and of Mrs Alice Bond (nee Freeman, (1858 – 1941)) of 51 Remuera Road, Remuera.
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WW1 Blackie Brothers — Bernard Blackie 6/3252
Henry George Blackie (1857- 8 April 1916), a Baptist missionary and tea dealer.
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WW1 Blackie Brothers — 2nd Lieutenant Allan Stuart Blackie
The second son of Henry and Louisa Blackie’s sons to enlist was Allan Stuart Blackie (13/878, 1/484 (WWI) and 824025 (WWII).
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WW1 Blackie Brothers — Walter Palmer Blackie
Walter Palmer Blackie was the fourth brother to enlist in World War I.
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