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Auckland Essay

Auckland Essay, by Guysen Lang, age 11.

Memories of Living in Maungarei Road

Memories of living in Maungareri Road by Eileen Shapley (nee Hollett).

Remuera Railway Station Preservation Trust

The Remuera Railway Station Preservation Trust was set up in 1994 to preserve the railway station which had sunk into a state of neglect and disrepair.

T.J. Mcnamara on the Great War and Its Effect on the Spiritual in Art

T.J. McNamara gave a moving talk on the Great War and its effect on the spiritual in art, on 1st November 2017.

The Bassett Road Shops in the 1930s

Remuera Rotary Historical Essay Competition - The Bassett Road shops in the 1930s, by Angela Caughey of Remuera.

WW1 Paul Graham Clark (46224)

Paul Graham Clark (Service number 46224) was born on 9 February 1897, in Leicester, Leicestershire, England.

The Planning and Building of St Aidan’s Church

Remuera Rotary Historical Essay Competition Written by Angela Caughey, 2004.

Seen at the Tudor: A History of the Tudor Theatre

Winner of the Remuera Rotary Historical Essay Competition — written by Jeanette de Heer, 2004.

WW1 Edward Arthur Ormond Butler

Edward Arthur Ormond Butler (Service number 14385) was born in Brisbane, Queensland on 15 June 1887.

WW1 Frederick Thomas Arthur Bowell (Service number 3/1239)

Frederick Bowell was born on 7 September 1888 and was the son of Arthur Henry and Jean Abernathy Bowell.

WW1 Remuera at Passchendaele 12 October 1917

Remuera men who died on October 12th 1917 at Passchendaele.

WW1 Remuera Roll of Honour — Third Battle of Ypres for Passchendaele 4 October 1917

Four Remuera men were killed on this day 4th October 1917 at the Third Battle of Ypres at Gravenstafel Spur off the Passchedaele Ridge in Belgium.

Alderton House

The Alderton family moved about 1905 from Northland to 17 Remuera Road (now 101 Remuera Road).

WW1 Gladys Sandford ( Henning, nee Coates) MBE (87100)

Gladys Sandford was the first woman in New Zealand to work as a car sales representative and also to attain her pilot's licence.

WW1 Flight-Lieutenant Frank Hamilton Bullock-Webster

Frank Hamilton Bullock-Webster was born 24 September 1885 at The Lake House, Hamilton, the eldest son of Harold and Maud Bullock-Webster.

WW1 Flight-Lieutenant & Captain James Dalton Dinneen 66239

James (Jimmy) Dinneen was born 16 July 1883, the fourth of six children of Michael Dalton and Mary Victoria Dinneen (nee Given).

WW1 Leslie Upton Clifford Crowhurst (60081)

Leslie Upton Clifford Crowhurst was born on 29 June 1896, to Samuel George Crowhurst and Catherine Elizabeth Crowhurst (Breen).

WW1 Sapper John William Wright (4/1598) N Z Tunnelling Company

John William Wright was the second son of James and Hannah Wright.

WW1 Francis (Frank) Ernest Crowhurst (60080)

Francis Ernest Crowhurst was born on 25 November 1886 to Samuel George Crowhurst and Catherine Elizabeth Crowhurst (Breen).

WW1 Arthur Frederick Livingstone Crowhurst (24/99)

Arthur Crowhurst was born on 20 May 1894, to Samuel George and Catherine Crowhurst, 24 Eden Street in Newmarket, Auckland.

WW1 Edgar Harvey (Hervey) Robertson (28801)

Edgar Harvey (Hervey) Robertson was born 20 August 1896 in Lyttleton, Christchurch, New Zealand to John and Evelyn E Robertson.

WW1 Samuel Alfred Crowhurst (Service number 12/1933)

Samuel Alfred Crowhurst was born on 14 July 1890 in Onehunga, and was the third son of Samuel George Crowhurst and Catherine Elizabeth Crowhurst (Breen).

WW1 Victor Roy Crowhurst (WW112/1934 & WWII 576999)

Victor Roy Crowhurst was born on 22 July 1893, to Samuel George Crowhurst and Catherine Elizabeth Crowhurst (Breen).

WW1 Flight-Lieutenant William Archibald Buchanan

William (known as Billy) was born in Auckland 22 June1894, son of Archibald Buchanan, and Edith Mary Buchanan.

Herb Farrant on the Battle of Passchendaele

Talk about the run up to the Battle for Passchendaele.

WW1 Thomas Douglas Hutcheon

Thomas Douglas Hutcheon (Service number 4/329) was the only son born to Mary Douglas Hutcheon and William Hutcheon.

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.

WW1 Horace Howard Wattam

Horace was the son of Robert and Florence Wattam, of Orarake Avenue, Remuera.

WW1 Roland (Rowland) Alfred Ward (Service number 24086)

Rowland Alfred Ward (Service number 24086) of 18 Arney Crescent, Remuera, was born 9 April 1896.

WW1 William Henry Williams

William Henry Williams (Service number 42441) was born 31 December 1890.

WW1 John Alfred Shirtcliffe

Lance-Corporal John Alfred Shirtcliffe, was the only son of Mr J and Mrs Elizabeth Shirtcliffe.

WW1 Captain Oliver Steele

Oliver Steele was born 7 April 1882 in Wairoa, Hawke's Bay where his family farmed at Owhio and Pipanui.

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.

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.

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.

WW1 Flight-Lieutenant George Edmond Vernon Aimer RFC

Lieutenant George Vernon Aimer was the eldest son of Edmond Baxter Aimer and Annie Elizabeth Aimer.

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.

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.

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.

WW1 David Keith Duthie – Ypres

Born 26 September 1893, David Keith Duthie, known as Keith, was one of four sons and two daughters.

WW1 Hugh Alexander Forrest

Hugh Alexander Forrest was the eldest son of Jessie and William Forrest, who was Postmaster at Devonport Auckland.

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.