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WW1 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.
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Battle 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.
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WW1 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.
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End of the Gallipoli Campaign
Between May and December 1915 a number of Remuera men fought and perished at Gallipoli.
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Remuera Returned Soldiers Social Club 1932-2002
The Remuera Returned Soldiers Social Club was founded in 1932 by Sir George Richardson.
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Obituary David Roy Simmons MBE
David Simmons, Remuera resident and a distinguished New Zealand scholar and author.
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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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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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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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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 — 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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