WW1 Private James John Parker 12/213
Private James John Parker was born on 27 June 1894 in Brooklyn, New York City.
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WW1 Lieutenant Herbert George Richardson
Herbert Richardson was the son of George James and Margaret Edith Richardson
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WW1 Vincent and Lionel Hall
Vincent John Baird Hall was a teacher at New Plymouth Boys High School.
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WW1 Lieutenant Frederick Arthur Airey 30102
Frederick Airey was born in Auckland on 9 May 1892, the son of Margaret Avon Airey and Walter Henry Airey.
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WW1 Major General Sir George Spafford Richardson
George Richardson was born in Northampton, UK in 1868.
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Win with Words Winner – Marley Cowlard of Remuera Intermediate
A snippet from Marley Cowlard's (Remuera Intermediate School) story On to the Battlefield which won the Remuera Heritage award.
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WW1 William Strachan Chambers Harris
Strachan (as he was known) was born in Christchurch on 22 February 1895 to Bessie Caroline Emily and George Harris.
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WW1 Sister Bessie Maxfield (22/421) and Staff Nurse Isobel MacLennan (22/449) – Mentioned in Despatches
Bessie Maxfield was born 12 November 1886.
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Vanishing Villas – Houses Removed or Demolished in Remuera
Many streets in Remuera are over 100 years old.
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Coolangatta
Coolangatta was demolished in the early morning without warning two weeks before Christmas on 9 December 2006.
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WW1 The Birnie Boys
The seven Birnie boys were born across 15 years to John and Agnes Birnie of 11 O’Rorke Ave, Remuera.
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Remuera Library
The first Remuera library was opened in 1915 in a building which served as offices of the former Remuera Road Board.
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WW1 Catherine Amelia Williams
Catherine Amelia Williams was born on 28 August 1885 in Auckland.
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WW1 Jessie Rachel Law
Jessie Rachel Law lived many years in Remuera but was born in Wellington on 15 May 1891.
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The Hobson and Gallipoli – All the King’s Boys
Have you seen our articles in The Hobson on men and women from Remuera who served in World War One?
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WW1 Lewin Maughan Barnett
Lewin Barnett’s military record says he was born in Auckland but his birth is not officially recorded anywhere in New Zealand.
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College Rifles – Honouring Their History Today
We went to College Rifles in Haast St, Remuera, on the 16th April 2015.
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College Rifles — Remembering Gallipoli and WW1
Come to College Rifles in Haast St, Remuera for a visit to their newly expanded museum commemorating their members who went to the two world wars.
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WW1 Flight Lieutenant Thomas Grey Culling DSC — New Zealand’s First Air Ace
Thomas Culling holds two distinguished titles in New Zealand aviation history.
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WW1 Hewitt Barnard Brown
Hewitt and Frederick Barnard Brown were the sons of William Frederick Barnard Brown and Ellen Maisie Brown.
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WW1 Reginald Michael Hill
Reginald Hill was born in Chelsea, London, England, the son of John and Matilda Hill of ‘Mooi Plaats’, 1 Rothesay Street, Remuera, Auckland.
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