WARBRICK Barney PoukekeService: Royal New Zealand Air ForceService Number: 4216087Squadron: 15 Squadron Last Known Rank: SergeantMemorial Board: Wesley College and Puni Barney Pouheke WARBRICK was born 27 August 1921 in Te Kuiti, Waikato, New Zealand. He was the son of Waata (Walter) (1889-1935) and Awhuti née KAIHAU (1893-1975) of Waiuku, Franklin, Auckland.Barney achieved the Wesley College Scholarship for Māori boys, whilst at Puni School, granting him a three-year attendance at Wesley College. Barney stood out in both the Rugby first XV and the Cricket first XI at Wesley College, and successfully passed his University Entrance examination. Upon leaving school, he began working as a Civil Servant.In August 1940 Barney joined the army. In May 1942, he applied to join the Air Force to train as a pilot. He was accepted and transferred to the Air Force in December 1942. He trained on Tiger Moths in Taieri, Harvards in Canada, and Kittyhawks at Ohakea and was awarded his flying badge and promoted to sergeant in March 1944. On completion of his training, he was posted to the Pilots Pool at Ardmore.In August 1944 Barney was piloting a Corsair, on a training flight, from Ardmore when it crashed onto the Waiuku Golf Course. He flew low and slow over Waiuku to wave to his brother-in-law, whom he had spotted driving a truck. His landing gear and flaps were down, and his canopy was open. As he tried to climb away, his plane suddenly shook and dove toward the golf course. Despite Barney’s best efforts, the aircraft stalled and rolled rapidly into a near-vertical dive. Barney was killed instantly. His death occurred 16 August 1944 when he was 23 years old. Barney is buried at the Tahuna Marae just north of Waiuku.On 29 September 2005, a memorial stone, or tohu, was unveiled at the Waiuku Golf Course in honour of Sgt Barney Warbrick. The tohu features a depiction of a hawk and a Corsair on the front, symbolising his service, and a korowai (feathered cloak) on the back, honouring his heritage as a Ngati Te Ata Rangatira.Sources:Online Cenotaph Auckland War Memorial MuseumArchives NZaircrewremembered.comAncestry®Researched by Ian Shackleton199
WATKIN Jasper GordonService: New Zealand ArmyService Number: 245260Regiment: InfantryLast Known Rank: PrivateMemorial Board: PuniJasper Gordon WATKIN, known as Gordon, was born on 10 December 1921, the eldest of five. He had three sisters and a brother, those being two sets of twins. His mother Maisie Pearl née Watkin(1898-1930) died in Auckland Hospital after a sudden illness in 1930, leaving five young children. Tragedy struck again three years later when Gordon’s father, Jasper Daniel Watkin (1892-1933) diedafter being kicked by a horse. His parents are buried in Pukekohe Cemetery.It appears from school records that Gordon and his siblings were cared for by his mother’s relatives in Takanini, although earlier education had been at Puni where his early years were spent on the family farm.On enlistment, Gordon gave his occupation as farmhand and his sister Enid of Takanini as next of kin.He left New Zealand as an infantry member of the 24th Battalion and saw action in Italy.He was killed in action on 14 July 1944 and remembered at the Arezzo War Cemetery in Italy.As well as the Roll of Honour Board he was remembered with a tree planted in a grove of trees and a plaque remembering the six students from Puni School who lost their lives in WW2.Sources:Online Cenotaph, Auckland War Memorial MuseumNZSG School recordsPapers Past: Maisie 15 Sept 1930, Jasper27 Oct 1933Researcher: Heather MaloneyNZ Herald 1 Aug 1944200
WATSON James DavidService: New Zealand ArmyService Number: 49296Regiment: ArtilleryLast Known Rank: GunnerMemorial Board: PatumahoeJames David, known as Jim, was born on 8 September 1908 in Drumlegagh, Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland. The son of David WATSON (1857-1926) and Isabella Margaret néeATCHESON (1879-1962), he was the fourth child of eight and had four sisters and three brothers. He was about twelve when the family came to New Zealand, settling to farm in the Waikato and only received primary education.Jim was working as a farmhand for A MOULDEY on the Drury Road near Patumahoe when he was called up, and married the boss’s daughter Margaret Isabella (1912-2003) on 25 March 1941 before heading for Trentham Military Camp in September that year. He was only there two weeks when he caught measles and was hospitalised in Featherston.Jim was farewelled at a function in Patumahoe on 13 December 1941 and embarked on his first tour on 2 January 1942 with the NZ Artillery as a gunner with the 35thBattery disembarking four days later in Fiji. He returned to New Zealand on the USS President Coolidge on 18 July 1942.On his second tour, leaving Auckland on 8 January 1943, he spent seventeen months with the 17 Field Regiment in Noumea and the Solomon Islands but was returned to New Zealand due to Essential Industry, needed to provide manpower on the farm and was discharged on 8 July 1944.Jim and Margaret did not have a family but were very close to their siblings’ children. They dairy farmed at Drury Road until they retired to Paterson Avenue in Pukekohe about 1969.Jim was a great gardener, loved to play cards and have a flutter on the horses.He died 3 April 1998 and is buried in the RSA section at Pukekohe.Sources:Service personnel file of 49296 James Watson, NZDF Personnel Archives, Trentham CampPersonal information – photo of my mother Thelma Pratt (on left) with Margaret & Jim at Paterson AvenuePapers Past: Franklin Times 6 June 1941 wedding report (part only), Farewell 5 Dec 1941Researcher: Heather Maloney201
WATSON Stanley Leonard WilliamService: Royal New Zealand Air ForceService Number: 412962Squadron: 3 SquadronLast Known Rank: CorporalMemorial Board: Patumahoe Stanley was born in Auckland on 3 November 1916 to Leonard WATSON and Annie ORMSBY née MORRIS. Leonard was a carpenter with his own business, living at Walters Road, Mt Eden. The family moved to Patumahoe after purchasing an uncle’s farm. Stan was apprenticed to his father and worked with him in the family business. At the start of WW2 Stan was keen to get away from what was a tough working environment and applied to the Army and the Airforce. He joined the RNZAF, aged 25, on 21 May 1941 at Whenuapai. He was 5’4 (163cm) with dark hair, a ruddy complexion and blue eyes. His employer was R S BROWNof Patumahoe, and his occupation was Grocer’s Assistant. His daughter Gail said that working in the Patumahoe store had been one of his favourite jobs.After enlistment Stan was stationed at Whenuapai until February 1942, then at Harewood in Christchurch. He was posted overseas to the Pacific on 22 September 1942. He was a navigator with No 3 Squadron, a General Reconnaissance Squadron flying regular patrols in Hudson aircraft looking for Japanese shipping. Stan returned to New Zealand in April 1943 to Tauranga and then to Gisborne with 31 Squadron and flew Avenger aircraft. He was in 4OTU (Occupational Training Unit) based at Ohakea and was discharged in September 1945. There was a Welcome Home function in the Patumahoe Hall for Stan and F. URQUHART reported in the Franklin Times on 1 October 1945. Their service was acknowledged and then dancing and supper were enjoyed by a large crowd. Stan returned to the Ohakea area and often attended the local dances. He met a local girl Eileen Joyce TATTERSALL at a dance in Whanganui. They married in 1948 and had five children. He was employed by the Education Board and NZ Railways as a carpenter and also had a workshop at home. Gail remembers that on a trip home from Wellington her father drove them past Ohakea. He was disappointed that they were not allowed onto the base even though he explained that he wanted to show his family where he had been stationed during the war. Stan developed a respiratory condition in his forties. He tried to research his illness as clinicians did not provide a diagnosis. It is likely that he had occupational asbestosis as asbestos was used widely in public buildings at that time. Stan passed away on 30 July 1967 aged 50 and is buried at Aramoho Cemetery, RSA Lawn A, Plot 180 in Whanganui. Joyce was left to bring up the children using her skills as a tailor to support the family. She lived to 97 and is also buried in Whanganui. Sources: Gail Watson, daughter of Stanley WatsonService personnel file of 412962 Stanley Watson, NZDF Personnel Archives, Trentham CampPapers PastResearcher: Carol Eggleton202
WILLIAMS M.Service: UnknownService Number: UnknownRegiment: Unknown Last Known Rank: UnknownMemorial Board: KarakaEvery attempt has been made, including talking to the Defence Force, to try and identify M. WILLIAMS.Their name has been placed on the Karaka Memorial Board which would indicate that they were either working in the area or had grown up in the area.Please contact NZSG Franklin Branch at [email protected] if you know who they are so their story can be added to the online version of this publication.203
WILSON John JamesService: New Zealand ArmyService Number: 83184Regiment: 19 Armoured RegimentLast Known Rank: TrooperMemorial Board: Patumahoe In 1916 John James WILSON was born in Napier to a man with the same name, and Margaret Ann née WRAY. His address on enlistment, January 1942, was a small dairy farm at the top of a clay track called Hunter’s Road, Patumahoe. The family milked cows and lived in a cottage that, at night, enjoyed a view of Auckland City’s lights. It was May 1943 before the Army posted him to the Middle East, and then, in October, to Italy.He returned home, in January 1946, with an expectation of marriage to Letty Alonzo LARSEN, the daughter of Alonzo and Phyllis née BATES of Mauku. The family were active in the community and the wedding took place at the end of the year. Initially, they lived with John’s parents. Peter, the second eldest son, remembers attending Patumahoe School for six months before the family sold the farm to the Rickards. They moved to Papakura where John took up an adult apprenticeship in carpentry. He worked in this trade for several years and then, spasmodically, at bush-felling. They raised five children.Peter described his father as a big man; very authoritarian. His older brother, he said, bore the bruntof their father’s discipline. Peter, himself, left home at sixteen to train with the New Zealand Electricity Department in Taupo, returning monthly to visit his mother. Letty had taken a job at the newly opened Foodtown in Takanini. She worked in the staff cafeteria, won promotion to manageress and spoke highly of the owner, Ah Chee.Her marriage was not a happy one. Eventually she left her husband, taking the younger children with her. They acquired a state house with a ‘rent to buy’ agreement. Both daughters married. When Letty discovered her son-in-law treating her eldest daughter badly, she acted decisively. She took her daughter and grandchild to Australia, leaving no forwarding address. Later, her other daughter’sfamily joined them in Brisbane. Letty, it is said, was a calm and sensible woman who possessed a quiet strength. She enjoyed her grandchildren and the occasional visits from her New Zealand based sons. In 2014 she died in her adopted country, aged ninety-four.Years after losing contact, John (snr) unexpectedly turned up on his son, Peter’s, doorstep in Hamilton and they rekindled a relationship. In September 1995 John remarried. Four days later he succumbed to a heart attack. Peter attended his burial in the RSA section of the Manukau Memorial Gardens.Sources:Service personnel file of 83184, John James Wilson, NZDF Personnel Archives, Trentham CampGrateful thanks to Peter & Graeme Wilson for their memories and to Margaret Hendricks, nee Wray for the photoResearched by Wendy ClarkWilson family Top row from left – Louisa Wray & John James JuniorSeated - John James Senior, Mary Margaret & Margaret Ann née Wray204
WOLFGRAM Colin EdwardService: Royal New Zealand Air ForceService Number: 414548Squadron: 567 SquadronLast Known Rank: Flight Lieutenant/Sergeant Memorial Board: Karaka Colin Edward was born to parents Albert Henry WOLFGRAM and Florence Thelma Barclay née WILSON on 15 May 1922. He was the oldest of three boys. He was educated at Edendale Primary School, KowhaiIntermediate and Mount Albert Grammar School. During his school time he was a keen athlete and served with the School Cadets for four years.Prior to embarkation he was a farm labourer working for K.I. NAPIER on Karaka Road.Colin enlisted 9 August 1941 with the Royal New Zealand Air Force, firstly training at Ohakea before boarding the vessel Boschfontein and embarking 10 May 1942 for training at the Royal Canadian Air Force, No. 3 Service Flying Training School, Calgary, Alberta. He was in class 58 and graduated 6 November 1942.It was announced that Colin E. Wolfgram, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Wolfgram, 16, Grove Road, Mount Albert, has received his wings and commission in Canada. Pilot-Officer Wolfgram had left New Zealand in May of 1942, just before attaining his twentieth birthday.During a day flying exercise over Grantham in England on 2 March 1943, Colin was injured in a mid-air collision with another Blenheim flown by Pilot (U/T) Sergeant Philip Kenyon NORCROSS, 421086 RNZAF. Colin managed to bail out of his aircraft, after it blew up, and parachute down 1,000 feet.Although sustaining a head injury, facial burns and a broken foot he survived and was hospitalised for three months. After resuming flying he suffered airsickness and headaches, he was then moved to ground duties. He completed 470 flying hours and was discharged on 11 October 1945.Colin married Sister Joan SHERRATT at the Registrar’s Office in Nairobi, Kenya on 25 May 1944. Joan was a British Army Nurse. She arrived in New Zealand in September 1945 with their son Ian who was born at Tunstall, Stoke on Trent, UK on 2 November 1944.Colin was awarded the 1939-45 Star and the Italy Star for his service in the Mediterranean in late 1944,the Defence Medal for his service in Canada and the UK between 1942 and 1945, and the War Medal 1939-45 and the New Zealand War Service Medal for his service in New Zealand in late 1941, prior to embarking overseas with the RNZAF. These medals all were issued to Colin in 1953.Returning from the war Colin took on a farm manger role in Manurewa. This was followed with farmingin Patumahoe, Waiau Pa, Puhoi and finally Pakaraka, near Kaikohe. Colin died on7 August 1981 age 59 and is buried in the Returned Services section of the Kaikohe Public Cemetery.Sources:Service personnel file of 414548 Colin Wolfgram, NZDF Personnel Archives, Trentham CampKaraka Museum, Papers Past: Commission Akl Star 14 Nov 1942Researched by Rachael Hill205
WORTHY Edward Henry (Bluey)Service: Merchant NavyService Number: N/ALast Known Rank: Able SeamanMemorial Board: PatumahoeHenry WORTHY was just 12 years old at the start of WW2 and 18 when it finished in September 1945. Perhaps this is why he joined the Merchant Navy as you could join from age 16. The Merchant Navy was crewed by career seaman and civilian volunteers and provided a lifeline between New Zealand and its allies -carrying troops, equipment, exports and imports across the oceans. It was a dangerous role as they were often targeted by enemy Navies and were always at risk. Henry was born on 11 December 1926 to George Edward WORTHY and Ida née HAYES at Kaeo. The family moved to a farm in Ostrich Road, Patumahoe in the early 1930s. Henry and his siblings attended Patumahoe School, and he then went to New Plymouth Boys’ High School. He was a great rugby player, selected for Roller Mills as a junior, as a county representative and was an All Black trialist. G. Wilson in ‘Patu 100 Years of Patumahoe Rugby 1986’, notes his contribution to the success of senior teams in the late 1940s and 1950s.Bluey Worthy is still remembered by some folk in Patumahoe as a talented rugby player and a bit of a lad alongside his good mate Sandy Brooke. “They were inclined to arrive at the pub shortly before 6 o’clock closing, park Bluey’s Morris Minor on the footpath and head in through a pub window”Henry married Lorraine née CUTLER around 1956 when she was eighteen. Their first son Trevor was born at Pukekohe in 1957. They purchased a mixed sheep and dairy farm at Broadwood in the Far North in 1957. A daughter Jeanette and another son Kevin were born. They eventually phased out dairying and had a dry stock farm, breeding Hereford and Poll Angus cattle along with the sheep. Trevor remembers the freedom of a farming childhood, roaming miles from home around the farm and streams. The family was typically self-sufficient growing fruit and vegetables, with Lorraine making preserves and jams as well as clothes for the family. Trips to Kaitaia were rare and the children all went to secondary boarding school in Whangarei to increase their educational opportunities. The farm was sold in 1974 after Henry hurt his back and he worked for the Kaitaia Council as the Water Filtration Plant Manager. Lorraine also worked for the council. Henry died of cancer in 1984 at the age of 57 and is buried in the RSA Division, Plot 250 of the Kaitaia Cemetery. His wife, Lorraine(now Burke) is still living in Kaitaia near her daughter Jeanette. Sources: Assoc. Prof. Trevor Worthy, son of Henry WorthyGary Wilson (ed) ‘Patu 100 Years Patumahoe Rugby, 1986’, p20-23Kay Carter, Patumahoe, History & Memories, 2016, p36Online Cenotaph, Auckland War Memorial Museum Researched by Carol Eggleton206
WRIGHT Joseph CarlyleService: New Zealand ArmyService Number: 67097Regiment: 18 & 24 Infantry BattalionsLast Known Rank: PrivateMemorial Board: Karaka Joe WRIGHT’S family seem to have inherited longevity genes. His parents, Jim and Sarah née TURNER, lived into their eighties. His eldest sister, Olive, lasted until 99. Vera survived 89 years. Evelynmanaged 93. Big brother, Stan, died prematurely of wounds received during WWII. Joe himself lived for 96 years, dying in 2007. Only Linda proved the exception. She passed awayat the age of 56. The family, minus Vera and Evelyn who were already working,moved from Morrinsville to a four-room cottage on a 187-acre property between Batty and Charles Roads at Karaka. The three youngest children rode horses to Te Hihi Primary where Miss Hunter taught nineteen pupils. Later they attended Standards 5 and 6 at Karaka, before completing their education at Pukekohe High.Joe and his brother Stan worked for the family clearing gorse, and milking cows by hand until they could afford to buy an Anderson engine and Treloar (3 corner cup) machine. Joe took over a property on Urquhart Rd and spent years removing ferns, manuka and more infernal gorse. In 1938 Thompson and Hills established a vegetable cannery and pea threshing business on the site. Their factory was constructed with flattened four-gallon jam tins. In his spare time Joe played rugby, captaining the Karaka team when they won the senior competition for the Manukau area in 1937 and 1939. He also boxed and spent six years with the Auckland and Waikato Mounted Rifles. These were good years.His war service began in 1941 with the 7th Reinforcements. In 1942 he fought at El Alamein with the 18th Battalion, then with the 24th in Tunisia, eventually embarking for Italy in October 1943. A year laternear Cesena, falling mortar lacerated his scalp as they crossed the Pisciatello River, necessitating eightdays sick leave. In April 1945 he was there to comfort his beloved brother, Stan, who lay paralysed in a field hospital at Santerno in Northern Italy.After the war, Joe worked in the South Island where he was able to earn higher wages than at home. He returned to manage the Karaka farm and, in 1956, married Rae GONSALVES from Batty Road, with whom he raised two children, Trudy and James. Today the old family property is intersected by Stan Wright Road, named in memory of Joe’s brother.Sources:Service Personnel file 67097, J.C. Wright, NZDF Personnel Archives, TrenthamCampThanks to Trudy, Joe’s daughter, for family information and photosResearch by Carol Eggleton and Wendy Clark Joe Wright (left) & Jim Kidd, EgyptIn descending height, Stan, Vera, Evelyn, Olive, Joe and Linda207
WRIGHT Stanley JamesService: New Zealand ArmyService Number: 48655Regiment: 20 BattalionLast Known Rank: MajorMemorial Board: Karaka Stan WRIGHT was blind in one eye. He had poked it with a pitchfork whileharvesting Greenfeast peas at his younger brother’s Pea Factory property on the corner of Urquhart Road, Karaka. It might have been the perfect excuse to avoid overseas combat but, in 1941, Stan allegedly memorised the eye chart to pass the army medical.He was well qualified for active service, having joined the Auckland Mounted Senior Cadets in 1922 at the age of seventeen and later, the Waikato Mounted Rifles where they promoted him to 2nd in charge.He, and his only brother Joe, enlisted the same year but, probably because of fifteen years’ experience in the Territorials, Stan spent the next two years training other servicemen in New Zealand.He finally embarked in 1943 and deployed to Italy where he received a wound to the neck, serious enough to keep him in hospital for two months. The men under his command gave him ‘a colourful but unprintable nickname, a friendly tribute to his energy and enthusiasm.’During the breakthrough at Senio, 14 April 1945, an airburst at the Santerno River severed his spine.In the 66 British General Hospital where they removed shrapnel, an English surgeon told his brother Joe, of the 24 Battalion, “It’s not looking good, you know.” Stan travelled back to New Zealand as a bed patient and eventually transferred to the military annex of Middlemore Hospital. Wracked with pain, he never left his bed. Sometimes, it was so bad the doctors sedated him. Once a keen rugby player, deer hunter and regular at the Pakuranga Hunt, Stan could no longer use his hands. His wounds took four hours each morning to dress.According to an article in The Review, March 1950, he became an institution at the hospital. Ever optimistic, he talked of returning to the family farm and driving a car again.“Never did I see anyone in so much pain,” said the hospital welfare officer, Kenneth King. “Yet he always had a smile for you. To avoid embarrassing you with signs of pain, he took the conversation off your hands. I went into him one day when I knew he was having a frightful time. He grinned at me and said, “You know Ken, you’re not getting enough sleep. You should look after yourself more.”Truck loaded with peas ready for the factory208
A nursing sister, described as a close friend, used to visit him each day after finishing her own duties, to redress his wounds and read him the newspaper. Flora Kidd of Karaka had served in the New Zealand Army Nursing Service.The Review reporter asked her, “Did Major Wright put on an act with all this cheerfulness that inspired others in the hospital?” “Let’s just say he always put his best side forward to a visitor,” she answered.“That was the feeling he gave us all,” said a young woman who visited patients on behalf of the Victoria League, “He was so genuine. The other boys in the wards loved him. One of them told me, he’s the greatest man in the hospital.”One of those who also used to visit was his old Commander in Chief., the Governor-General, Sir Bernard Freyberg. One day he pinned the Efficiency Decoration (a long service award) on his pyjama shirt.Stan never made it back to the farm. On 24 March 1950, he died of his wounds. The Review said he gave inspiration to every patient who knew him; in death he would remain as a symbol of courage.The death notice columns of the Auckland daily newspapers filled with tributes from army comrades. More than 500 people attended his burial at Papakura, and extra cars had to be brought to hold all the flowers.Olive, his oldest sister, named one of her racehorses, Majoright, in his memory.Sources:1 The Official Histories of New Zealand (created from the War Diaries) 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment by W A Glue & D. F. C, Chapter 20, The Last Lap, Page 569.2 Grateful thanks for the information and photos passed on by Trudy, Joe Wright’s daughter.3 Article in The Review, March 1950 – saved by Joe Wright and provided by Trudy.4 Service Personnel file of 48655, Stanley Wright, NZDF Personnel Archives, Trentham Camp5 Many thanks to the Kidd family for the photo of Flora Kidd, c/- the Karaka MuseumResearched by Carol Eggleton and Wendy ClarkOlive Wright on MajorightWrights Cottage, Karaka.209
WYMER Bruce LewisService: Royal New Zealand Air ForceService Number: 4213329R C A F No. 5 Bombing and Gunnery School Last Known Rank: Warrant OfficerMemorial Board: Mauku Bruce Lewis WYMER was born 25 October 1920, in Auckland, New Zealand. He was the second youngest of six children born to Isaac George Wymer and Elizabeth (Lil) Wymer née RUSSELL. His siblings were Robert (1908), Ronald (1913), Doreen (1915), Walter (1917) and Desmond (1922). His parents were born in England. Bruce Wymer's grandfather purchased a block of land at Glenbrook, where he established a herd of Friesian cattle. The Wymer family grew up on this farm.Bruce attended the Mauku Primary School where his father was on the school committee.In November 1940, Bruce's name came up in the Ballot list, and he enlisted in the New Zealand Air Force. He began training as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner (WAG), completing his elementary training in New Zealand before being sent to Canada for advanced training.In May 1943, Bruce boarded the troop ship Lurline bound for San Francisco. From there, he travelled to the Royal Canadian Air Force No. 3 Wireless School in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. At this school, Bruce received training in the operation of onboard and ground radio systems. Originally chosen as the main wireless training school for Australian and New Zealand recruits, the program consisted of a 28-week course including theoretical technical training followed by two weeks of flying. After completing his training at No. 3 Wireless School, Bruce was posted to the Royal Canadian Air Force No. 5 Bombing and Gunnery School located in Dafoe, Saskatchewan. This school specialised in training bomb aimers and aerial gunners for service in Bomber Command overseas.Shortly after his return to New Zealand, Bruce married Isobel Eleanor Christina (Nell) YOUNG in Temuka on 4 May 1946. Temuka is a town on New Zealand's Canterbury Plains where Isobel was born. Together they had two children; Beverly Merle and Lewis James. In 1946 and subsequent electoral rolls show that Bruce and Isobel ran a dairy farm at Okoriore, near Matamata, in the Waikato.Bruce died 1 October 1994 at Waikato Hospital when he was 73 years old. Isobel died 2013 at the age of 90. They are both buried at Tirau Lawn Cemetery in South Waikato.Sources:Online Cenotaph, Auckland War Memorial Papers PastAncestry®Researched by Ian Shackleton210
AppendicesThe ForcesArmy, Navy, Air Force, Merchant Navy, Home Guard, Land Army, Nursing ServiceMedalsAs mentioned in the storiesWW2 TimelineWW2 timeline of important dates for New ZealandIndex of PersonnelSources211
The New Zealand ArmyIn 1939 the New Zealand government immediately pledged to send an expeditionary force to assistthe Commonwealth war effort in Europe and in 1941 after the attack on Pearl Harbour expanded tothe Pacific War. The men were trained in three echelons (Auckland, Wellington and Canterbury),which left at four-monthly intervals from January 1940.New Zealand forces were soon serving across Europe and beyond. The force of New Zealandersstationed in Northern Africa and Southern Europe were known for their strength and determination.The 2nd Division, 2nd NZEF, fought in Greece, Grete, the Western Desert Campaigns and the ItalianCampaign. Among its units was the famed 28th Maori Battalion. Following Japan’s entry into the war3rd Division 2nd NZEF IP, (in Pacific), saw action in the Pacific seizing several islands from the Japanese.New Zealand troops arrived in Italy in October 1943. The men endured harsh winters and eighteenmonths of gruelling combat before ending the war in Trieste in May 1945. More than 2,100 of ourmen were killed and 6,700 wounded during the liberation of Italy. More than 8,000 New Zealandprisoners of war were freed when the war ended in Europe.The New Zealand Women’s Auxiliary Corp (WAAC) was formed in 1942 and numbers reached a peakin 1944 with 4,600 women serving. Most of its personnel served on the Home Front, with severalmanning coastal and anti-aircraft defences. Many WAACs were also sent overseas to serve in Europeand the Middle East mainly providing medical and welfare services to the troopsNew Zealand Forces in North Africa212
Royal New Zealand Air ForceAt the beginning of war the primary equipment of the RNZAF was thirty Vickers Wellington bomberswhich had been ordered in 1938. RNZAF crews were training on them in the United Kingdom by1939; but with the outbreak of war in Europe increasingly likely, the New Zealand governmentoffered the aircraft with their crews to the United Kingdom in August 1939. This became No. 75(New Zealand) Squadron RAF within No 3 Group.With only 756 full-time RNZAF personnel (backed up by 404 territorials), the Air Force launched alarge-scale recruitment drive. Thousands of new recruits were channelled into the Empire AirTraining Scheme (EATS). The initial entry point was at Levin where basic military training and Air Force life was instilled into new recruits. Most completed their training in Canada before serving with the RAF in Europe and the Mediterranean.Closer to home, the RNZAF undertook operations in South-east Asia and the Pacific against Japaneseforces. By late 1942, New Zealand combat squadrons were serving alongside United States forces inthe South Pacific. Equipped with American-made aircraft, the RNZAF conducted anti-submarinepatrols, reconnaissance, bombing, rescue, and fighter escort missions throughout the SolomonIslands and over the Bismarck Archipelago off New Guinea. At its peak in the Pacific, the RNZAF hadthirteen squadrons of Corsair fighters, six of Venturas, two each of Catalinas, Avengers and C 47 Dakotas, one using Dauntless dive bombers, mixed transport and communications squadrons, a flight of Short Sunderlands and nearly 1,000 training machines.Construction or additions to aerodromes had to be made to cope with the numbers of personnelrecruited and by March 1941 there were fourteen stations around New Zealand, includingWhenuapai, Ohakea, Woodbourne and Wigram. By March 1943, some thirty-seven RNZAF stationswere in operation in New Zealand. By 1945 the RNZAF had over 41,000 personnel, including just over 10,000 aircrew who served with the RAF in Europe and Africa.The Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) was formed in 1941 and reached a peak in 1943 with 3,600serving.The crew of 75 (NZ) Squadron’s Lancaster AA-C at Mepal213
Royal Navy and Royal New Zealand NavyNew Zealand's Navy entered the war as a Division of the Royal Navy. In September 1941 the Kingapproved the proposal that the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy should henceforth be knownas the Royal New Zealand Navy.When war came in September 1939, the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy consisted of twomodern cruisers and one minesweeping vessel. Personnel numbered 82 officers and 1,257 ratings, of whom New Zealanders comprised 8 officers and 716 continuous service ratings. The remaining 74officers and 541 ratings were on loan from the Royal Navy.The New Zealand Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve consisted of 78 Officers and 610ratings. The volunteer reserves were part-time, trained to be fit for service. By July 1945 the totalstrength of the Royal New Zealand Navy attained its wartime peak at 10,649 officers and ratings.Three small ships that were under construction in the United Kingdom, the Kiwi, Moa, and Tui, wereadded to the fleet during the war. HMS Philomel, a depot ship and training establishment wassituated at Devonport, Auckland.In 1942, New Zealand was invited to recruit personnel for the Royal Navy to serve in the Fleet AirArm, under what was called ‘Scheme F’. The initial intake consisted primarily of personnel who hadvolunteered to join the Air Force, but for whom there was not yet a place. Some 1,066 recruits leftNew Zealand under this scheme and something in the order of 600 served as frontline pilots oraircrew, with a maximum of about 450 in May 1944. This number formed a significant proportion ofthe Fleet Air Arm. They saw action in many operations, from the landings in North Africa (OperationTORCH), to the attack on the Tirpitz in 1944 and in 1945 the final attacks on Japan.The Women’s Royal (New Zealand) Naval Service (WRENS) peaked with 591 women serving in 1942,most engaged in Signalling and Intelligence work.HMNZS Gambia214
The Merchant NavySeveral thousand New Zealanders served in the Merchant Navy during the Second World War. These civilian volunteers sailed the ships that delivered troops, military equipment and vital cargoes of food, fuel and raw materials across the world. Although cargoes and destinations were controlled, the wartime Merchant Navy was neither a military force nor a single coherent body.Crews ranged in age from 14 to 75 and did not wear uniforms – they were identified by a silver lapel badge with the letters MN. Recording personal information was not as comprehensive as in the armed forces and the exact number of those who gave service is unknown. However, more than 160 are known to have lost their lives and 140 were taken prisoner. Home GuardThe Home Guard was a wartime armed service that was established with the primary objective of defending New Zealand from the threat posed by Japan. Within months of the outbreak of the Second World War, and mindful of the potential threat posed by the Empire of Japan, consideration was being given to the formation of a civilian force that would assist in the defence of New Zealand. The Home Guard, modelled on its British equivalent, was formed in August 1940 under the auspices of the Emergency Reserve Corps Regulations.Membership was initially voluntary, with a minimum age of 15 but no upper limit. From 1942, membership was compulsory for those in the 35 to 50 age bracket and in that same year non-British subjects residing in New Zealand became eligible for the Home Guard. Initially the guard were not supplied with uniforms and had to make do with an armband. For a long time, there was a shortage of weapons, and they depended on rifles provided by civilians. However, by 1943 training and resources had improved so that almost 100,000 guardsmen had uniforms.Members of the Home Guard who served for 28 days full-time or 6 months part-time were eligible for the New Zealand War Service Medal. At the peak of its membership, the Home Guard had approximately 119,000–123,000 men. 215
Women’s Land Service (Land Army)The New Zealand Women’s Land Army was formed to supply labour for agriculture during the Second World War. Beginning in an ad hoc manner with volunteer groups set up in various regions it soon became apparent there was an acute labour shortage due to the mobilisation of male farm workers. In November 1941 the Government announced that it would establish a national Women's Land Corps. Recruitment of members was originally undertaken by the Women's War Service Auxiliary, but the scheme was reorganised in September 1942 and redeveloped as the Women's Land Service.With the reorganisation the basic wages were increased, the uniform and working clothes were liberalised, farmers could employ their relatives, and district Man-Power officers became responsible for recruitment. These changes made the Service more attractive to both women and farmers and membership increased during the following two years, peaking in September 1944, when 2088 women were employed on farms. A total of 2,711 women were employed as members of the Service from the time it was reorganised in September 1942, making it the largest of the women's services raised by New Zealand during the war.Unidentified models wearing Women's Land Service uniforms. Burt, Gordon Onslow Hilbury, 1893-1968: Negatives. Ref: 1/2-037125-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22777703New Zealand Army Nursing ServiceNew Zealand nurses sailed with the First, Second andThird Echelons of the 2nd New Zealand ExpeditionaryForce and served in a variety of locations, includingNorth Africa, Greece, Crete, Italy, the Pacific and Japan,as well as on various hospital ships.In all, around 600 New Zealand Army Nurses (NZANS) members were toserve outside New Zealand between 1939 and 1945. Without themmany more New Zealanders in service would have died from theirwounds or illness.Boyer, Charles Percy Samuel, 1902-1973. New Zealand nurses of the 3rd Echelon departing from Wellington during World War 2.: Ref:DA-07102-F, Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand./records/230235081993.1196 – First Khaki Clad Sisters in Middle East in WW2. National Army MuseumTe Mata Toa 216
World War II Medals awarded toNew Zealand PersonnelThere are many medals and awards made to serving personnel for acts of Gallantry and Bravery, Campaign Stars, and medals for Long Service and Good Conduct. Those listed here are those awarded to personnel who feature in this book. Pictures and information have been sourced from the Waiouru Army Museum and RSA Birkenhead/Medal section.The Military CrossObverse: A Cross of silver on each arm of the Imperial Crown and bearing in the center the letters G.R.I.Reverse: Plain, but between 1938 and 1957 the year of the award was recorded on the reverse side of the lower arm.Instituted in 1914, The Military Cross is awarded to officers, up to the rank of captain, and warrant officers of the Army who have displayed courage or devotion to duty in active service.Two hundred and fifty-six Crosses and thirteen first bars were awarded to members of the New Zealand Army, or New Zealanders serving with allied forces, during the Second World War. Also, two Crosses were awarded to members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force during the Second World War.The Military MedalObverse: An Uncrowned Effigy of the Sovereign.Reverse: The words \"For bravery in the Field\", encircled by a wreath surmounted by the Royal Cypher and a Crown.Although The Military Medal was instituted in 1916 for award to noncommissioned officers and soldiers of the Army for acts of bravery in the field, the first awards dated back to the beginning of the First World War. Provision was made for the award of bars and subsequent Warrants extended the award to women and to warrant officers, as well as to personnel of the other services when operating on the ground. Well over 100 awards of this medal have been made to women for bravery under fire. Details of the recipient are recorded on the rim.During the Second World War, 590 Medals and four first bars were awarded to members of the New Zealand Army and three to members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force.217
The 1939-1945 StarObverse: A six-pointed star, in the centre of which is the Royal Cypher surmounted by a crown superimposed on a circlet that bears the words \"THE 1939-1945 STAR\".Reverse: Plain.Awarded to British and Commonwealth forces for service during World War 2. Those who had completed six months service overseas between 3 September 1939 and2 September 1945 were entitled to this medal.Clasps: Battle of Britain, and Bomber Command.Africa StarObverse: A six-pointed star, in the centre of which is the Royal Cypher surmounted by a crown superimposed on a circlet that bears the words \"THE AFRICA STAR\".Reverse: Plain.Awarded to British and Commonwealth forces for service in any operational area in North Africa between 10 June 1940 and 12 May 1943.Clasps: \"1st Army\", \"8th Army\" and \"North Africa 1942-43\".Pacific StarObverse: A six-pointed star, in the centre of which is the Royal Cypher surmounted by a crown superimposed on a circlet that bears the words \"THE PACIFIC STAR\".Reverse: Plain.Awarded to British and Commonwealth forces for operational service in the Pacific* between 8 December 1941 and 15 August 1945.*The Phoenix Islands, Samoa, Fiji, the New Hebrides, the Cocos/Keeling Islands and New Caledonia are not qualifying areas for the Pacific Star. Service for these islands qualified towards the Defence Medal.218
Italy StarObverse: A six-pointed star, in the centre of which is the Royal Cypher surmounted by a crown superimposed on a circlet that bears the words \"THE ITALY STAR\".Reverse: Plain.Awarded to British and Commonwealth forces who served in land operations in Italy, Sicily, Greece, and Yugoslavia between 11 June 1943 and 8 May 1945.Defence Medal 1939-1945Obverse: An Uncrowned Effigy of King George VI surrounded by the legend \"GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX F:D:IND:IMP.\".Reverse: The Royal Crown resting on the stump of an oak tree and flanked by two lions. On the top left is the date \"1939\" and on the top right the date \"1945\". At the bottom is the wording \"THE DEFENCE MEDAL\".Instituted in 1945 and awarded to British and Commonwealth forces for service at home or in non-operational areas. To qualify they had to have completed three years home service, or one year’s service in a non-operational area or 6 months service in areas that were subjected to air attack or were otherwise closely threatened. The obverse of the medal shows the uncrowned profile of King George VI.War Medal 1939-1945Obverse: A Crowned Effigy of King George VI surrounded by the legend \"GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX ET INDIAE IMP:\".Reverse: A lion standing on a dragon that is lying on its back. The lion's right forepaw is resting on the dragon's head. At the right top are the dates \"1939\" and \"1945\".Instituted in 1945 and awarded to British and Commonwealth forces for at least 28 days service between 3 September 1939 and 2 September 1945. Those serving at home also qualified, including service in the Home Guard. Civilians such as war correspondents and ferry pilots operating in operational theatres also qualified. The obverse of the medal shows the crowned profile of King George VI.219
New Zealand War Service Medal 1939-1945Obverse: An Uncrowned Effigy of King George VI surrounded by the legend \"GEORGIVS VI D:G:BR:OMN:REX F:D:IND:IMP.\".Reverse: The legend \"FOR SERVICE TO NEW ZEALAND 1939-1945\" in four lines, above a frond of fern.Instituted in 1946 and awarded to all New Zealand forces who completed one monthof full-time service or six months part-time service either overseas or at home between September 1939 and September 1945. The obverse of the medal shows the uncrowned profile of King George VI. Note the two fern leaves acting as the medal suspender. The medal is considered to the first distinctively New Zealand campaign medal.Mentioned in DespatchesIn 1943 King George VI authorised the wearing of a single leafed oak emblem for those mentioned in despatches during the Second World War. Originally worn on the jacket where medals would be worn, it was, after the issue ofThe War Medal 1939-45, authorised to be worn on the ribbon of that medal.Emblems for Mention in Despatches in other campaigns are worn on the appropriate campaign ribbon or, if no medal is granted, on the jacket after any other ribbons. Only one oak leaf may be worn on any one ribbon, irrespective of the number of mentions.220
New Zealand Forces WW2 Timeline19393 September: New Zealand declares war on Germany12 September: Enlistment for 2 New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2 NZEF) begins4 October: New Zealand government announces formation of a Māori battalion for 2 NZEF23 November: Major-General Bernard Freyberg appointed to command 2 NZEF13 December: HMS Achilles involved in Battle of the River Plate with German battleship Admiral GrafSpee17 December: Empire Air Training Scheme agreement commits NZ to providing 3000 trainees p.a.19405 January: First Echelon embarks for Middle East1 April: Formation of No. 75 (NZ) Squadron in Britain by the British Air Ministry29 April: Empire Air Training Scheme commences in Canada, Australia and New Zealand2 May: Second Echelon 2 NZEF sails from Wellington5 June: New Zealand begins raising an infantry brigade group for Fiji11 June: New Zealand declares war on Italy2 August: New Zealand Home Guard established20 August: German raider Orion sinks steamer Turakina off Cape Egmont27 August: Third Echelon 2 NZEF embarks for Middle East10 September: Advance party of 8 Infantry Battalion leaves for Fiji3 November: HQ 8 Infantry Brigade established in Fiji25 November: Steamer Holmwood sunk by German raiders off Chatham Islands27 November: Liner Rangitane sunk by German raiders 480 km from East Cape8 December: New Zealand steamer Komata sunk by German raiders off Nauru Island194116 January: Establishment of Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF)3 March: Bulk of 2 NZEF now in Middle East; Kiwi Concert Party formed6-7 March: British troops, including most of 2 NZ Division, begin to arrive in Greece.22-29 April: Evacuation of troops from Greece – some to Crete, others to Egypt28-31 May: New Zealand troops evacuated from Crete1 June: New Zealand troops regroup and train in Egypt31 July: All eligible married men in unreserved occupations have been called up for service11 November: 2 NZ Division moves from Baggush to assembly point near Matruh-Siwa; the first time the entire New Zealand force has been together (20,000 all ranks)18 November: Operation Crusader offensive begins in Western Desert26 November: New Zealand 4 Brigade captures Belhamed and 6 Brigade captures Sidi Rezegh30 November: Axis army recaptures Sidi Rezegh and take many NZ soldiers prisoners of war2 December: 2 NZ Division withdraws from Libya8 December: New Zealand declares war on Japan19421 January: New Zealand casualties in the Libyan campaign were 671 killed in action, 209 died ofwounds, 1699 wounded, 2042 prisoners of war3 January: 488 Sqn RNZAF in action in Singapore23 February: 2 NZ Division deploys to Lebanon-Syria3 March: No. 486 (New Zealand) fighter squadron formed in RAF in Britain8 March: Japanese submarine I-25 sends reconnaissance plane over Wellington13 March: Reconnaissance flight from I-25 over Auckland30 April: New Zealand prepares for possible invasion. Evacuation plans for some cities prepared221
14 May: Third New Zealand Division title is adopted3-6 June: US victory at Battle of Midway effectively ends danger of invasion of New Zealand14 June: 2 NZ Division recalled from Lebanon-SyriaJuly: New Zealand Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) formed1 July: First Battle of El Alamein12 July: New Zealand motor-ship Hauraki captured by Japanese raiders in Indian Ocean14–15 July: 2 NZ Division in the Battle of Ruweisat Ridge23 July: 9 Sqn RNZAF deployed to New Caledonia; first RNZAF involvement in area1 August: Air raid drills held regularly in New Zealand schools17 August: Italian transport ship Nino Bixio torpedoed carrying prisoners of war; 118 New Zealanders killedSeptember: HMNZS Leander involved in Solomons campaignOctober: 3 Sqn RNZAF deploys in South Pacific theatre23 October: Operation Lightfoot – the second battle of El Alamein begins19435 January: HMNZS Achilles badly damaged by bomb off Guadalcanal30 January: RNZN corvettes Kiwi and Moa sink Japanese submarine I-1 off Guadalcanal12 May: German and Italian troops in North Africa surrender12–13 July: HMNZS Leander suffers heavy damage when torpedoed off New Georgia27 August: 3 NZ Division arrives in Guadalcanal3 October: 3 NZ Division secures Vella Lavella. First troops of 2 NZ Division arrive at Taranto16–17 October: 4 and 5 NZ Brigades leave Port Tewfik for Italy27 October: 3 NZ Division lands on Mono and Stirling Islands27 November: First NZ Home Servicemen’s conference (Formed in 1943)December: 2 NZ Division battles for Orsogna, north of Sangro River194413 January: Decision made to move NZ troops from Orsogna across Italian peninsula to Cassino17 January: 3 NZ Division lands on Nissan Island in Solomons12 February: NZ Division begin the Battle for Cassino 15 February: 3 NZ Division lands on Nissan (Green) Island7 March: 20 New Zealand warplanes take part in their first attack on Japanese base at Rabaul, Papua New Guinea23 March: NZ Division abandons the attempt to take Cassino6 June: D-Day: Allied landing in Normandy, France15 June: Main body of HQ 3 NZ Division sails for New Caledonia12 July: NZ troops withdraw from the Solomon Islands20 October: 3 NZ Division is disbanded19452 May: 2 NZ Division enters Trieste7 May: German High Command surrenders unconditionally to Allied forces8 May: Victory in Europe (VE) Day6 August: Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan9 August: Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan14 August: Japan accepts Allied surrender terms15 August: Victory in Japan (VJ Day) 222
Index of PersonnelName Service No Name Service NoANDERSON Robert William 64304 FITZPATRICK John 64390ARMSTRONG William 21414 FLAY Geoffrey Alexander 421694AXCELL James Edward 38043 FOSTER Walter Joseph 32433BAGSHAW Douglas Frank 65052 FOWLIE Albert Edward 402372BAGSHAW Frederick Barry 436020 FRANKE Alfred Edward 1556BAKER Charles William 413804 FRANKE Allan Robert 74938BARRIBALL Malcolm Eber Palmer 42358 FRANKS Jack Ryland 455596BEDFORD Harold 28105 FRASER Allan Roy 425360BELLHOUSE Colin George 401481 FULTON John Graham 420069BIDDICK Ernest John 64148 FURMAGE James Francis John 281803BIDDICK Francis Arthur 65053 GALLAGHER Desmond Joseph 76166BIDDICK Leslie James 441607 GEARON Rex Lewis 413056BIDDICK Stanley Percival 80941 GIBSON Maurice James Alexander 6591BINDER Basil Joseph 406817 GIBSON Robert Leslie 24029BOLAND Patrick John 67189 GILL David Eagleson 618603BROOK John William MM 67105 GILLANDERS John Hector 436488BROOKE Bernard Martin 437860 GILLARD Allan Thomas 65574BROWNE E. GLASGOW Douglas Clive 61007BRUNT William 211168 GLASGOW Norman Frederick 22520BRYANT Noel Harkness 76251 GOOSMAN Brian Arthur 67929BUDGE Arthur Gordon Geoffrey Simmons 437173 GORDON Norman Cameron 64399BURROWS Leonard 61921 GORDON Winston 6724CAMPBELL Brian Douglas 71235 GREENWOOD Wallace 21927CARTER Claude Cyril 72989 HABGOOD Ebenezer George 68147CHARLES Ernest George 67197 HAMMOND Arnold Roye 2840CLARK Joseph Norman 415076 HARDY Clair Dixon MC 2013CLIST Edwin Harry 509015 HAYCOCK Raymond Douglas 1086CLOSE J. HIGHAM Frank Douglas 416116COCHRANE Alan Katans 629141 HINTON Ivan Percy 274529COCHRANE Charles Peter 391996 HINTON Trevor Harry 274308COCHRANE Ronald Auston 22928 HIRSTICH Bruce Mackenzie 41430COMMON Raymond William MM 32821 HISCOCK Archibald 425254COOGAN Francis Edward 60983 HISCOCK Reuben Clive 404022COOK John Frederick 435471 HOPE John David F4322759COSSEY Leslie Albert 444226 HUGHES Douglas Ulyett F4310353COTTINGHAM Richard Edward 30295 HUGHES Herbert Reginald 7946CRISPE Heywood 76436 HULTON Fergus 416196CUMMING Lindesay Roy Gordon 63423 HUNT Clifford MM 3209DAWSON Desmond Arthur 452616 HUNTER Ronald Crawfurd 403006DAY Alan Edward Woodford 413035 HUNTER Stanley 66740DUKE James Maitland 17610 ILLSLEY Kenneth Peter BEM 1656EDMISTON Alan Campbell 431169 IRWIN Walter King 74778EDMISTON Douglas James 416420 JAGGER Samuel Hancock 414633FELL Francis George Kennerley 437261 KIDD Arthur James MiD 1058FERGUSON James Alan 73562 KIDD Ewen Douglas 439509223
Name Service No Name Service NoKIDD Flora Isabel 813241 PARKER Stanley Henderson 631743KIDD Hilton Michael James 12311 PITTENDRIGH Noel Leonard 42502KIDD Lindsay William 32391 POLLOCK Cyril Nixon 539188KIDD Russell George 17656 POLLOCK Horace McDonald 21525KIRKHAM M. POLLOCK Oswald 251810KIRKNESS Harold Cecil Dickson 419201 POTTER Seager Ryman Denize 45493LANDON Allan Stanley 17664 PREECE Geoffrey Ivan 622325LANSDOWN Lewis Alfred 4213372 PREECE Keith Martin 432492LASKEY John Edward 250055 PURCELL Frank Earl 76570LINDESAY Denis Thomas Robert 962 PUSSELL Raymond John 4313534LITTLE Stanley Edward 83099 PUSSELL William Frederick 4211118LOWRY Robert Harold 415704 REEVE Alfred Arnold 2896MANISTY Desmond George 404175 RICE Harry Kenneth Lillington 4216075MANSELL Stanley David 4313515 RICHARDSON Charles Raymond 271594MARTIN William George 620036 ROBINSON B.MASON William Douglas 48712 ROGERS Claude Bray 12333MASSEY Carrick Burlton 43290 ROGERS Desmond Francis 83188MASSEY Clive Walter 566927 ROPER Thomas Melvin 62348MASSEY John Raymond 42302 RYDER Robert McChesney 432788McALPINE Frederick Arthur 62081 SARGENT Claude James 76331McALPINE Laurence Hudson 25452 SAUNDERS Trevor Oswald 1070McCORD William Henry 553328 SCHOOLER John 404175McGEE Richard Keith 35995 SCOTT Leslie McKenzie 401291McINTYRE Matthew Cuthbert 8864 SHADBOLT Frederick Charles 445027McKEOWN Gordon Birdwood 3667 SHADBOLT Oliver George 282152McLEOD Allan Francis 81104 SHARPLIN Victor Clarence 62218McMURTRIE Mervyn Scoular 513494 SHIPHERD Charles Ronald 630180McNEIL William George 483779 SIM Alexander George 418934McPARTLAND Trevor Hylton 60643 SIM John 263797McQUARRIE Dugald Nicholls MM 2983 SIM Peter James 67018MEMBERY Walter 41910 SLADE-GULLY John Aylmer 49197METHERELL David William 39927 SLADE-GULLY Philip Norton 44167MILLER Raymond John Hampton 2870 SMITH Norman Roy 36352MOIR Ivor 60650 SOMMERVILLE William Arthur 211203MOORE Shirley David 83275 STEENSON Henry 518461MORGAN Jack Vincent 26270 STEPHENS Allan Pearce 455140MORGAN John Perenara 413881 SWINBOURN James Ian 62253MORGAN Roy Wilfred 29399 TARVER John 520107MOSSMAN Rex Gower 431233 TAYLOR Orton Harold 67041MOULDEN Alfred 445549 THICKETT Arthur Edward 71059NEARY Leon Angus 60256 THORNE Clifford Charles Henry 4417NEGUS John Burroughs 22526 TIBBS Bernard Humphrey 2869NEGUS Norman Burroughs MM 66933 TIRIKATENE John Aperehama 422634O’CONNOR James William 5528 URQUHART Frederick John 14386O’CONNOR Maurice Francis 450484 WALLER William Frederick 71689O’TOOLE Frank 3763 WALTERS Frances Joyce 34996OLIVER Michael Geoffrey 23339 WARBRICK Barney Poukeke 4216087224
Name Service No Name Service NoWATKIN Jasper Gordon 245260 WOLFGRAM Colin Edward 414548WATSON James David 49296 WORTHY Edward HenryWATSON Stanley Leonard William 412962 WRIGHT Joseph Carlyle 67097WILLIAMS M. WRIGHT Stanley James 48655WILSON John James 83184 WYMER Bruce Lewis 4213329Achilles welcome home parade Queen Street, Auckland. 23 February 1940225
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