And in the Newspaper...

nice news report

Update

I am still working in the background on this blog.

Happy to share and collaborate.

Recently I have bought a couple of medals of soldiers from the district.

Not On Memorial but with Te Aroha Connection

These fallen soldiers have a Te Aroha connection prior to enlisting but have not made the list on the town's memorial. I don't know what criteria there was for the memorial; these men who sacrificed their lives can be remembered through other means, such as this blog.

Some of the criteria for getting into this list include being born in the district, next of kin living in the district during the war, working or had worked in the district. It is possible that some of these men will be remembered on other memorials around the country but I think it is important that these men are remembered wherever they had a connection.

This list is likely to have updates as more soldiers with a local connection come to light.

Victor Emiel Adolph (MC) 13/225  Second Lieutenant                           
Auckland Mounted Rifles
DOW 31 March 1918 Palestine
Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery

Colvin Stewart Algie  12/294  Captain
Auckland Infantry Regiment
KIA 21 July 1916 Somme, France
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery

Roland Llewellyn Armit  26/49  Sergeant
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
DOW 15 September 1916 France
Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

 Evening Post 13 October 1916

John Alexander Armstrong  1094  Private
Australian Infantry, 18th Battalion
KIA 9 October 1917 Belgium
Ypres Memorial (Menin Gate)
also Australian War Memorial

Walter Patrick Armstrong  13/965A  Trooper
New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade
KIA 8 August 1915 Turkey
Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial

Charles Basil Beeson  26535  Lance Corporal
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
KIA 8 September 1918 France
Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery


NZ Herald 25 September 1918

John Robert Bentley  56234  Private
Auckland Infantry Regiment
KIA 26 March 1918 Somme
Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial

Andrew Jackson Blyth  12/303  Sergeant
Auckland Infantry Regiment
DOD 4 October 1918 Mesopotamia
Tehran War Cemetery
also Linwood Cemetery
 Waikato Times 23 October 1918

Frank Bovett  23339  Private
Auckland Infantry Regiment
DOW 28 September 1916 France
Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

Edward Cecil Brown  48698  Rifleman
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
KIA 12 October 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Tyne Cot Cemetery
also Matakana War Memorial

Eric Hamilton Clark  8/1212  Private
Otago Infantry Battalion
KIA 2 May 1915  Gallipoli
Lone Pine Memorial
also Auckland Grammar School War Memorial

 Jack Bruce Clark  12/3282  Lance Corporal
Auckland Infantry Battalion
KIA 31 January 1917 Belgium
Y Farm Military Cemetery

William Collett Cooper  15/149  Private
Otago Infantry Regiment
DOW 1 October 1918 England
Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard










Edwin Arthur Corden  26/739  Rifleman
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
DOW 17 September 1916 France
Dartmoor Cemetery

NZ Herald 7 October 1916

William Clement Augustus Cornes  24/386  Rifleman
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
KIA 30 September 1916 Somme, France
Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

Sydney Allan Davies  4/895  Sapper
New Zealand Field Engineers
DOD 10 July 1917 England
Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Churchyard

NZ Herald 30 July 1917

Harold William Davis  24/1018  Lance Corporal
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
KIA 15 September 1916  Somme, France
Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial

George Patrick Dunphy  60  Private
Australian Infantry, 28th Battalion
KIA 29 May 1916 France
Ration Farm Military Cemetery
also Australian War Memorial

John Thomas Finnerty  42070  Private
Auckland Infantry Regiment
KIA 22 October 1917 Belgium
Tyne Cot Memorial

Waikato Times 19 November 1917
Auckland Star 17 November 1917

William Arthur Francis (MM)  10/2139  Lance Sergeant
Wellington Infantry Regiment
KIA 7 June 1917 Belgium
Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial

Norman Freeman  36965  Private
Wellington Infantry Regiment
DOW 5 October 1917 Belgium
Nine Elms British Cemetery

William George Geary  12/3022  Private
Auckland Infantry Regiment
KIA 30 September 1916 France
AIF Burial Ground

Bret Rowland George  46332  Private
Auckland Infantry Regiment
KIA 26 March 1918 Somme, France
Mailly Wood Cemetery
also Onehunga War Memorial

William Francis Hamilton  12/377  Private
Auckland Infantry Battalion
DOW 8 August 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial

Geoffrey Arthur Ilbert  10/1266  Private
Auckland Infantry Regiment
KIA 28 February 1917 Belgium
London Rifle Brigade Cemetery
 also Thurlestone Parish Church, England
and Auckland Grammar School War Memorial



George William Johnson 10842 Lance Corporal
New Zealand Cycle Corps
DOD 14 Oct 1918 France
Duisans British Cemetery

Thomas Henry Lorraine Lawlor  23/1428  Corporal
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
DOW 4 August 1916 France
Trois Arbres Cemetery
also Hastings War Memorial
and Soldiers Memorial Hospital, Hastings
and Hastings War Memorial Library
and Hastings RSA Cemetery Block
and St Matthew's Anglican Church Memorial Cairn, Hastings

Thames Star 18 August 1916

Edward Lynch  26/841  Driver
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
DOW 21 September 1916 France
Heilly Station Cemetery

Francis Augustus Neels  12/3111  Lance Corporal
Auckland Infantry Regiment
KIA 15 August 1916 Somme, France
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery
also Morrinsville WW1 Memorial

Bert Nelson  13/2873  Lance Corporal
New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
KIA 5 December 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Buttes New British (New Zealand) Memorial
also Katikati Roll of Honour
also Katikati War Memorial Hall
also Katikati War Memorial

James Arthur Paton  12/2817  Private
Auckland Infantry Regiment
KIA 4 October 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Dochy Farm New British Cemetery

William Ernest Redshaw  21094  Rifleman
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
KIA 7 June 1917 France
Messines Ridge British Cemetery

William John Rice  52467  Private
Auckland Infantry Regiment
KIA 1 October 1918 France
Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial

Maurice Wyndham Shepherd  32079  Corporal
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
DOW 19 July 1918 France
Bagneux British Cemetery
also Christ Church First World War Memorial Tablet, Papakura
and Papakura-Karaka First World War, Memorial, Papakura

John Smith  48288  Private
Otago Infantry Regiment
DOD 19 February 1919 UK
Brookwood Military Cemetery

Herbert James Tuck  4/1355A  Second Corporal
New Zealand Engineers
KIA 21 August 1918 Bapaume, France
Queens Cemetery

Hugh Latimer Tuke  12/473  Private
Auckland Infantry Battalion
DOW 7 June 1915  At sea, HMHS Sicilia, ex Gallipoli
Lone Pine Memorial
also Hereworth School Roll of Honour

Julius John Vogel  11557  Private
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Accidentally killed 9 May 1918 France
Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial

Alfred Eric Waller  12/3499  Private
Auckland Infantry Regiment
DOD 6 March 1918 France
Etaples Military Cemetery

Henry Richard Williams  24/1864  Private
New Zealand Cyclist Battalion
DOW 27 April 1918 France
Longuenesse (St Omar) Souvenir Cemetery

Te Aroha War Memorial - World War One - Panel C

This is the final panel of the War Memorial in Te Aroha. I have linked each soldier to their respective pages at Auckland Museum's excellent Cenotaph database and to the Commonwealth War Grave Commission's database.

I have included photos of the soldiers; this is not complete, if you have a photo you would like to add please contact me.

Edward Roland Nutter  38849  Second Lieutenant
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
KIA 30 March 1918 Somme, France
Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial

John O'Grady  12/1755  Private
Auckland Infantry Battalion
KIA 25 April 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
Lone Pine Memorial

George Orr  24/1769  Private
Auckland Infantry Regiment
KIA 28 August 1918 Bapaume, France
Grevillers British Cemetery 

Thomas Albert Parr  10/2730  Private
Wellington Infantry Battalion
KIA 4 October 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Tyne Cot Memorial

Frank Newman Peterson  11528  Private
Auckland Infantry Regiment
DOW 22 February 1917 France
Estaires Communal Cemetery

Albert William Gresham Poole  10/3058  Corporal
Wellington Infantry Battalion
KIA 4 October 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Tyne Cot Memorial

Fredrick Phillip Presnell  32052  Private
Auckland Infantry Regiment
KIA 10 July 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Motor Car Corner Cemetery

Harold Douglas Puckridge  15319 Lance Corporal
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
KIA 20 June 1917 Belgium
Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery

Hugh Leslie Ross  12263  Private
Wellington Infantry Battalion
KIA 1 August 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial

Kenneth Ross   any information about this man would be gratefully received.

Thomas Henry Ryan  24/272 Sergeant
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
KIA 1 October 1918 La Cateau, France
Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery

Robert Henry Victor Scott  13/2369  Private
Auckland Infantry Regiment
KIA 15 September 1916 Somme, France
Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

Robert Scott  12/459  Sergeant
Auckland Infantry Battalion
KIA 16 April 1918 Somme, France
Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial

Victor Richard Stanley Scott  10275  Lieutenant
Auckland Infantry Regiment
KIA 4 October 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Tyne Cot Cemetery

Charles Simson  29501  Private
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
DOW 4 July 1917 No.2. New Zealand General Hospital, Walton on Thames, England
Brookwood Military Cemetery

Ralph Barry Lake Somers  44955  Second Lieutenant
Auckland Infantry Regiment
DOW 30 September 1918 France
Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery

Herbert Andrew Stanley  12/4093  Private
Auckland Infantry Regiment
DOD 30 November 1918 Te Aroha
Te Aroha Cemetery

Thomas James Stanley  12/4094
Auckland Infantry Battalion
DOD 4 September 1918 at sea, en route to England
Auckland Provincial Memorial

Arthur Stanley Sutton  12/471  Private
Auckland Infantry Battalion
KIA 25 April 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
Lone Pine Memorial

Auckland Star

Archie Walter Taylor  24/307  Rifleman
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
KIA 9 September 1918 Havrincourt, France
Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery

Laurence Philip Thaxter  10/1682  Temporary Corporal
Wellington Infantry Battalion
KIA 15 October 1916 Somme, France
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery

Ernest John Timblick  32095  Private
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
DOD 29 September 1916 Featherston, New Zealand
Te Aroha Cemetery

William Timmins  25/1211  Private
Auckland Infantry Regiment
DOW 16 September 1916 France
Heilly Station Cemetery

Arthur James Trythall  2/1941  Gunner
New Zealand Field Artillery
DOW 18 October 1916 France
Etaples Military Cemetery

William Doran Voysey  46251  Sergeant
Auckland Infantry Regiment
DOW 5 September 1918 France
Bagneux British Cemetery

Arthur Albert Wagstaff  13/2383  Private
Auckland Infantry Regiment
KIA 17 September 1916 Somme, France
Thistle Dump Cemetery

William Wallace  12/3856  Private
Auckland Infantry Regiment
DOW 30 May 1916 France
Bailleul Communal Cemetery

John Ward       any information about this man would be gratefully received.

Ralph William Warren  18437  Second Lieutenant
New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
DOD 26 November 1918
Grantham Cemetery

Aubrey Hamilton Wild  15440  Rifleman
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
KIA 27 March 1917  Messines, Belgium
Berks Cemetery Extension

William Baynard Williams  72914  Private
Otago Infantry Regiment
KIA 8 October 1918 Le Cateau, France
Marcoing British Cemetery

Charles Wood  13/581  Lance Sergeant
Auckland Mounted Rifles
DOD 19 August 1916 Egypt
Port Said Memorial Cemetery