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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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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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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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WW1 Hilda Mary Steele
Hilda Steele, a nurse in World War One, was included as the only Kiwi nurse in an Australian television programme, ANZAC Girls, in 2014.
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WW1 Harold Gordon Allen killed at Gallipoli
Harold Gordon Allen was born on 29 July 1893 in Liverpool, England to George and Lucy Allen.
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Heritage Walks
Download the brochure and take the Remuera Heritage Walk from St Aidan's Church to Mount Hobson along Remuera Road.
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WW1 Tragedy Of A Remuera Family – Harold John Stilton
Harold was the youngest son of John and Fanny Stilton of Remuera, born in 1892.
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100 Years Of Pharmacy In Remuera
Remuera has become one of Auckland’s’ premium suburban shopping precincts.
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Violent Explosion in Remuera Chemist Shop
There was a violent explosion in the Remuera shops on the 9th January 1938.
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