By Julia Kennedy Two marble seats add to the symmetrical layout of the original part of the Soldiers Cemetery. They were presented by the Women’s National Reserve (W.N.R) in 1920. […]
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Memorial Benches
Memorial Kauri
On the right hand side of the original Soliders’ area is a magnificent Kauri with a bronze plaque underneath which reads: “Memorial Kauri Planted By Sir James Allen G.C.M.G, Armistice […]
Mathew & Elsie Holmes
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 […]
Claude Woodford
Claude Albert Curtis Woodford – served in WWI twice Claude was 8 years old when his father died in 1895 (see previous story). He went to Sydney Street school and […]
Fearn & Quick
Fearn & Quick – architects of the William Booth Memorial Training College, Aro Street. Stanley Fearn was born in Mile End, London, in 1887 to Walter who was a pawnbroker […]
Thomas William Rose Porter
Thomas William Rose Porter (1843 – 1920) and Major, the War Horse. We were lucky to meet a family member of Thomas William Rose Porter who told us some stories […]
James Boucher Winton
James Boucher Winton – erected by his friends and comrades James was born in 1864 in Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland. He was the youngest child of John Winton and his wife […]
Euphemia Culbert Baxter O.B.E.
Euphemia Cunningham, known as Effie, was born in Edinburgh in 1892 and was working in a printing factory when war began. Two of her brothers were regular soldiers and were […]
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 […]
Yesterday’s Military Funeral
“YESTERDAY’S MILITARY FUNERAL.—The funeral of the late Lieut.-Colonel A. J. Petherick, a former commander of the D Battery, passing under Kelburn Viaduct yesterday on its way to Karori Cemetery” – […]