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.

Henry George Blackie (1857- 8 April 1916), a Baptist missionary and tea dealer.

The second son of Henry and Louisa Blackie’s sons to enlist was Allan Stuart Blackie (13/878, 1/484 (WWI) and 824025 (WWII).

Walter Palmer Blackie was the fourth brother to enlist in World War I.

Lance-Corporal Charles Beeson (Reg. No 26535), also known as Bungee Beeson, was the fifth son of (Edwin) George and Joanna or (Anna) Beeson.

John Stewart Dagg was born in Brighton on 26 September 1891.

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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.

Robert Armiger was the son of Robert and Emma Armiger of Ponsonby and attended Auckland Grammar School from 1911.

Geoffrey Armstrong enlisted in July 1915 as a lieutenant in the Auckland Infantry Battalion.

Gavin Alexander was born on the 14 March 1893 and lived at Clover Nook Rd, Epsom.

It was on the Somme that the majority of New Zealanders were killed or wounded during the First World War.

The Choyce family can be traced back to William Choyce.

Cora Beattie Anderson of Remuera had a distinguished war record as a nurse during World War One after she had survived a major shipwreck. 

Between May and December 1915 a number of Remuera men fought and perished at Gallipoli.

The Remuera Returned Soldiers Social Club was founded in 1932 by Sir George Richardson.

David Simmons, Remuera resident and a distinguished New Zealand scholar and author. 

Arthur Gordon Ballantine was born in 1892 in Auckland.

Private James John Parker was born on 27 June 1894 in Brooklyn, New York City.

Herbert Richardson was the son of George James and Margaret Edith Richardson

Vincent John Baird Hall was a teacher at New Plymouth Boys High School.

Frederick Airey was born in Auckland on 9 May 1892, the son of Margaret Avon Airey and Walter Henry Airey.

George Richardson was born in Northampton, UK in 1868.