By Julia Kennedy A sundial is placed on the upper slope of the right-hand side of the original Soldiers’ section. It was a gift of Mrs Holmes (Elsie), in memory…
Category: Influenza
Louis Wager
Our next biography in celebration of Movember is about Louis Wager 1888-1965. Biography from Te Papa’s website: “Private Louis Wager, service number 77744Louis Wager was born in Heybridge, Essex in…
Influenza
FROM DISTANT SHORES – Some of those who died of influenza in 1918 and were buried in Karori Cemetery came from far away – Arthur Howell, Captain, SS Alma, from…
Influenza
In 1918 influenza killed men and women in their productive years, aged 20-50. In many cases their deaths left orphans to be cared for by wider family, or the state….
Influenza
Mary KEEGAN lived with her husband and children (she had 12) on a coal hulk in Wellington Harbour. During the 1918 influenza epidemic several of the children became sick as…