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On the Hobson Bay walkway extension and Wilson’s beach and jetty – Have Your Say!
22 July 2019, Parnell Cricket Club
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Geography Project
Hilary Monteith was a pupil at Epsom Girls Grammar in 1956 when she completed a geography project on Remuera.
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Purewa — Thomas Henry Ah Chee
Thomas Henry (Tom) Ah Chee (1928-2000) opened the first supermarket in New Zealand or Australia in 1958.
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Tudor Theatre
The Tudor theatre opened in June 1926, at 333 Remuera Rd, owned by Fuller Hayward Theatres Corporation and F.G. Mumford.
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WW1 Purewa – John Robert Burgin, Chaplain Major (Clerk in Holy Orders) 18/29
John Robert Burgin was born on 10th October 1869 at Long Bennington, near Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.
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Purewa – Chhota Jivanji 1896-1921
Chhota Jivanj was born in 1896 in Satem, Bombay (Mumbai).
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WW1 Charlotte Dinneen YMCA and YWCA
Charlotte Kate Dalton Dinneen was the second of six children of Michael Dalton and Mary Victoria Dinneen.
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Purewa – Amelia and Charles Haszard
Amelia Jane Haszard was born on Prince Edward Island, Canada in 1843 and came to New Zealand in 1859 with her parents.
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WW1 Private John Leslie Hartland (Service number 56592)
John Leslie Hartland was born in Christchurch on the 1 August 1890.
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Interview with Hal Lawry of Remuera
Hal Lawry lived in Remuera from 1938 to 1951 at 456 Remuera Road.
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St Kentigern to Sell Remuera Road campus, the Former Corran School
St Kentigern plans to sell the Remuera Road campus.
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WW1 Sister Elsie Mary Emily Cooke ARRC 22/53
Elsie Cooke was one of 10 children born to Marion Elizabeth (nee Purchas) and Charles Edward Cooke.
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Michael Horwood 1934 – 2018
Long-term Remuera resident Michael Horwood passed away on 14 December 2018 at the age of 84.
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WW1 Captain Colin Addison Dickeson M.C. 24/2128
Colin Addison Dickeson (24/2128) was born on 20 March 1888 in Kaikohe, Northland.
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WW1 Second Lieutenant Alan (Allan) Douglas Gibb Dawson (New Zealand Territorial Force 13/46, Australian Imperial Force (AIF) B 2455)
Alan (Allan) Douglas Gibb Dawson (New Zealand Territorial Force 13/46, Australian Imperial Force (AIF) B 2455) was born on 18 August 1891 in Sydney.
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WW1 Private Benjamin Francis Dive (551)
Benjamin Francis Dive (551) was born in Havelock, New Zealand in 1886, the son of William Evans Dive and Annie Dive.
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WW1 Major Geoffrey de Bohun Devereux M.C.(twice) 12/1190
Geoffrey de Bohun Devereux (12/1190) was born on 10 April 1890, one of three sons and four daughters.
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WW1 Lance Corporal Karl Nilsson Davidson 10/882
Karl Nilsson Davidson (10/882) was born 9 August 1894 to George A. Davidson and Ida Clotilde Davidson.
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WW1 Private Graham Wakefield O’Connor 60184
Graham Wakefield O’Connor was born 9 December 1893 in Christchurch.
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WW1 2nd Lieutenant Rupert Harold Imlay Norton
Rupert Harold Imlay Norton was born on 13 June 1895 in New South Wales to Laura Marion and Herbert Henry Norton.
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WW1 Marine Engineer Samuel Tanner
Samuel Tanner was born on 7th August 1894 to Joseph and Florence Tanner.
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WW1 Gunner Leo Gerald Cullen 2/2018
Leo Gerald Cullen (2/2018) was born on 17 September 1894, to John Cullen and Rachel Cullen (McGinley).
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