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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.
Read MoreWW1 Blackie Brothers — Bernard Blackie 6/3252
Henry George Blackie (1857- 8 April 1916), a Baptist missionary and tea dealer.
Read MoreWW1 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).
Read MoreWW1 Blackie Brothers — Walter Palmer Blackie
Walter Palmer Blackie was the fourth brother to enlist in World War I.
Read MoreWW1 Lance-Corporal Charles Basil Beeson
Lance-Corporal Charles Beeson (Reg. No 26535), also known as Bungee Beeson, was the fifth son of (Edwin) George and Joanna or (Anna) Beeson.
Read MoreWW1 Battle of the Somme — John Stewart Dagg
John Stewart Dagg was born in Brighton on 26 September 1891.
Read MoreWW1 Henry John Innes Walker
More than a century after his death on the Western Front in WW1, the remains of Henry John Innes Walker have been found and identified.
Read MoreWW1 Battle of the Somme — Corporal Robert Henry Whitnall Armiger
Robert Armiger was the son of Robert and Emma Armiger of Ponsonby and attended Auckland Grammar School from 1911.
Read MoreWW1 Battle of the Somme — Captain Geoffrey Clifford Wilson Armstrong
Geoffrey Armstrong enlisted in July 1915 as a lieutenant in the Auckland Infantry Battalion.
Read MoreWW1 Battle of the Somme — Lieutenant Gavin Douglas Alexander DCM 4/513
Gavin Alexander was born on the 14 March 1893 and lived at Clover Nook Rd, Epsom.
Read MoreBattle of the Somme Talk by Herb Farrant
It was on the Somme that the majority of New Zealanders were killed or wounded during the First World War.
Read MoreWW1 Matron Cora Beattie Anderson
Cora Beattie Anderson of Remuera had a distinguished war record as a nurse during World War One after she had survived a major shipwreck.
Read MoreEnd of the Gallipoli Campaign
Between May and December 1915 a number of Remuera men fought and perished at Gallipoli.
Read MoreRemuera Returned Soldiers Social Club 1932-2002
The Remuera Returned Soldiers Social Club was founded in 1932 by Sir George Richardson.
Read MoreWW1 Private James John Parker 12/213
Private James John Parker was born on 27 June 1894 in Brooklyn, New York City.
Read MoreWW1 Lieutenant Herbert George Richardson
Herbert Richardson was the son of George James and Margaret Edith Richardson
Read MoreWW1 Vincent and Lionel Hall
Vincent John Baird Hall was a teacher at New Plymouth Boys High School.
Read MoreWW1 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.
Read MoreWW1 Major General Sir George Spafford Richardson
George Richardson was born in Northampton, UK in 1868.
Read MoreWW1 William Strachan Chambers Harris
Strachan (as he was known) was born in Christchurch on 22 February 1895 to Bessie Caroline Emily and George Harris.
Read MoreWW1 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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