Their Name Liveth for Evermore
At their country's call ,they eagerly served ,for freedom and justice in Wars on the other side of the World .They gave their lives so we could live in the best country in the world,Their Name Liveth for Evermore RIP
In Memoriam
World War I 1914 - 1918
Henry (Harry) Shipley 5/815 Ambulance Driver
Killed in Action 5 April 1918 aged 27
Buried Bertrancourt Military Cemetery France
Killed in Action 5 April 1918 aged 27
Buried Bertrancourt Military Cemetery France
George Thomas Wilkinson 76318 NZRB Rifleman
Discharged 17 September 1919
Past 5 May 1971
Buried Shannon Cemetery NZ
John Andrews 13750 RGA Gunner
Killed in Action 20 February 1915
Alfred Christopher Boyd 85527
Past 9 September 1950 Waihi New Zealand
William Andrews 7828 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry
Killed in Action 26 April 1915
Mentioned on the Menin Gate, Ypres Belgium
Harold Enoch Spencer 27974 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade
past 21 Nov 1918 aged 35
Buried at Karori Cemetery Wellington NZ
Claude Pycroft 25/228 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, B Company
Killed in Action 15 September 1916 aged 22
Mentioned on the Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France
On the day my Pop was injured there were 15 Kiwis Killed in Action.or who died from there wounds If it had not been for Scotty Sim my grandfather would have made this list
4 of these men were possibly fighting beside my grandfather on that day but in another Battery but in the same area and Battle R I P
Kenneth Mcintosh Cole Sergeant 12714 New Zealand Field Artillery 2nd Battery
Killed in Action on the Somme
Mentioned on the Memorial at Messines Ridge British Cemetery Belgium
George McKay Gunner 2/3051 New Zealand Field Artillery
Killed in Action on the Somme
Mentioned on the Memorial at Messines Ridge British Cemetery Belgium
Ray Thomas Tregear Gunner 17/298 New Zealand Field Artillery 2nd Battery
Killed in Action on the Somme
Mentioned on the Memorial at Messines Ridge British Cemetery Belgium
Roy Kessell White Gunner 18270 New Zealand Field Artillery 2nd Battery
Killed in Action on the Somme
Mentioned on the Memorial at Messines Ridge British Cemetery Belgium
James Spencer Clarke Private 58978 Otago Infantry Regiment
Died of wounds in France
Buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France
Jacob Fyfe Private 45088 Otago Infantry Regiment
Killed in Action on the Somme
Buried at Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, France
William McAlister Private 47280 Otago Infantry Regiment
Died of wounds in France
Buried at Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1, Somme, France
4 of these men were possibly fighting beside my grandfather on that day but in another Battery but in the same area and Battle R I P
Kenneth Mcintosh Cole Sergeant 12714 New Zealand Field Artillery 2nd Battery
Killed in Action on the Somme
Mentioned on the Memorial at Messines Ridge British Cemetery Belgium
George McKay Gunner 2/3051 New Zealand Field Artillery
Killed in Action on the Somme
Mentioned on the Memorial at Messines Ridge British Cemetery Belgium
Ray Thomas Tregear Gunner 17/298 New Zealand Field Artillery 2nd Battery
Killed in Action on the Somme
Mentioned on the Memorial at Messines Ridge British Cemetery Belgium
Roy Kessell White Gunner 18270 New Zealand Field Artillery 2nd Battery
Killed in Action on the Somme
Mentioned on the Memorial at Messines Ridge British Cemetery Belgium
James Spencer Clarke Private 58978 Otago Infantry Regiment
Died of wounds in France
Buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France
Jacob Fyfe Private 45088 Otago Infantry Regiment
Killed in Action on the Somme
Buried at Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, France
William McAlister Private 47280 Otago Infantry Regiment
Died of wounds in France
Buried at Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1, Somme, France
Norman Campbell Napier Private 57130 Otago Infantry Regiment
Killed in Action on the Somme
Buried at Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, France
Herbert Smith Private 26326 Otago Infantry Regiment
Killed in Action on the Somme
Buried at Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, France
John Patrick Moyna Sergeant 2812 5 Australian Machine gun Bn
Killed in Action France
Buried at Villers Bretonneux Military Cemetery , Fouilloy, France
Walter Charles Bell Corporal 16264 Imperial Camel Corps
Died of wounds in Palestine
Buried at Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Malcolm John Sorenson Rifleman 60316 New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Died of wounds in France
Buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France
Peter Drummond Rifleman 45195 New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Died of wounds in France
Buried at Doullens Communal cemetery Extension No.1 Somme France
Bertie Foster Private 14090 New Zealand area Employment unit
Died of wounds in France
Buried at Meteren Military Cemetery, France
Hubert Sydney Turtill Sergeant 426516 422nd Field Coy. Royal Engineers
Killed in Action in France
Buried at Brown's Road Military Cemetery Festubert,
After the war Pop was Balloted a piece of land up heights road behind Shannon New Zealand where he and 3 other soldiers farmed . They were
Albert Bendiksen Rifleman 51982 G Company Rifleman
Alexander James Hook Gunner 2/1015 New Zealand Field Artillery
Past 7 october 1982 Wellington New Zealand
George MacFarlane 45718
Infantry H Company
Past 8 August 1965 Levin NZ
Frederick De Mulford HYDE
No 57 squadron. RAF NZ1331
No.1 Aerodrome Construction Squadron Royal New Zealand Air Force
Awarded Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire ( MBE ) 26 July 1944
and the Air Force Cross ( AFC) 10 October 1919
Past December 1962
James Alexander Sim 2/358 Driver Farrier/Shoe-smith
3rd battery Artillery
Past October 1966 New Plymouth New Zealand
World War II 1939 - 1945
Thomas James Desmond Baber NZ 39857
RNZAF 75 (NZ) Squadron RAF
Killed in Action 12 March 1942
Awarded Czechoslovak Medal for Bravery
Name on the Runnymede Memorial
Ernest William Attfield 1900392
Sapper Royal Engineers
Killed in Action 28 May 1940 Aged 30
Buried at Sage War Cemetery Germany
Sapper Royal Engineers
Killed in Action 28 May 1940 Aged 30
Buried at Sage War Cemetery Germany
Alfred William Crowley VX 37809
AIF HQ 1 Australian Corps HQ
Killed in Action 22 April 1941 Aged 22
Remembered on the Athens Memorial Greece
Remembered on Australian War Memorial
Ford John Franklin 412219 RNZAF 46 Squadron
Killed in Action 18 December 1942
Mentioned on the Malta Memorial
John Wilson Hind Smith 84335
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Pilot officer
Past 13 September 1940
Thomas Henry Sunley 37926
Mechanical Transport NZ Army Service Corps
B-force 8th infantry brigade New Zealand 3rd Division