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.

Strachan (as he was known) was born in Christchurch on 22 February 1895 to Bessie Caroline Emily and George Harris.

Bessie Maxfield was born 12 November 1886.

The seven Birnie boys were born across 15 years to John and Agnes Birnie of 11 O’Rorke Ave, Remuera.

Catherine Amelia Williams was born on 28 August 1885 in Auckland.