Strathallan County War Memorials
Geraldine Area
South Canterbury, New Zealand
Gapes & Beautiful Valley | Geraldine | Mesopotamia | Peel
Forest | Orari | Woodbury |
South Canterbury War Memorials
Gapes Valley & Beautiful Valley Monument
Erected by the residents of Gapes and Beautiful Valley
In Memory of those who died in 1914-1918 War
Trooper W. Hopkins
Privates C.K. Tinder, E. Dass, L. G. Hopkins MM., A. Hall, C. Maxwell, R. Maxwell DCM
Killed in action May 1941
Pte A. J. Waller
LOCATION - This monument is situated beside the road on the Geraldine - Fairlie Highway 13 km west of Geraldine on the left side of the road if heading to Fairlie. On a fine day you can see the sea from here. A hazardous spot to stop.
Geraldine Victory Memorial Community Centre
Completed 1963
TO HONOUR ALL WHO SERVED IN
WORLD WAR TWO 1939 -1945LOCATION - This is a memorial plaque situated at the entrance to the Geraldine Public Library. A lamp is kept burning all the time. (2004The Community Centre with the memorial plaque and light have also gone. There is a new complex there now, office/service centre and library.)
Buried in the Geraldine Cemetery, Huffey Street, Geraldine: 3 WW1 and 3 WWII
FIFIELD, Maurice Frederick
Flight Lieutenant, Regiment: Royal New Zealand Air Force, Service No: 427494
Date of Death: 06/04/1946 Age: 25
Date of Interment: 09/4/1946
S/o Frederick Fifield, and of Frances Katrina Fifield (nee Ferguson), of Woodbury, Canterbury; husband of Tui Moana Fifield, of Geraldine, Canterbury
Grave/Memorial Reference: 175 Presbyterian Section
KERR, James Edward
Leading Aircraftman, Royal New Zealand Air Force Service No: 431254
Date of Death: 12/06/1943 Age: 27 ? age 22
Date of Interment: 12/08/1943
S/o John Patrick and Annie Jane Kerr, of Geraldine, Canterbury
Grave Ref.: 133. Catholic Section
McNAMARA, Thomas
Private, N.Z. Machine Gun Corps Service No: 24196
Date of Death: 26/03/1921 Age: 39
Date of Interment: 26/03/1921
Additional information: Son of the late James and Mary Ann McNamara, of "Cottesmere," Kyeburn, Otago. Served on the Western Front, 1916-18.
Grave Ref.: Plot 11. (R.C. Ground)
PELVIN, Walter Allen
Private, N.Z. Military Forces Service No: 496685
Date of Death: 28/02/1943 Age: 34
Date of Interment: 02/3/1945
S/o Arthur Ernest Pelvin, and of Rose Anne Pelvin (nee Humphries), of Waimate, Canterbury; husband of Ivy Josephine Pelvin, of Geraldine, Canterbury
Grave Ref.: 330 Anglican Section
SKEVINGTON, Cyril Thomas
Private, N.Z. Training Unit. Service No: 2915 (?29195)
Date of Death: 19/08/1916 Trentham Military Hospital Age: 21
S/o Thomas and Margaret Skevington, of Rakaia, Canterbury. Born at Ohoko.
Grave Ref.: 70 Bock M. Methodist
TYLER, James
Private, Canterbury Regiment, 1st N.Z.E.F. Service No: 6/3494
Date of Death: 04/12/1919
S/o Mrs. Johanna Tyler, of Kerford Rd., Albert Park, Victoria, Australia
Block A, Plot 66 A. Anglican Section
Mesopotamia Station War Memorial
Erected by the Station
In Memory of those who went
Oversea from Mesopotamia
And Fell in 1914 -1918 War
F. Boucher R. Dalton J. Jobberns J. McNeil A. McRae J. McRaeLOCATION - This memorial is located in front of the Mesopotamia Primary School, Upper Rangitata Gorge. Nearly all of the Mesopotamia station's mustering gang enlisted to fight in World War 1. Of the eight who went, only two returned. High Country Heros Remembered
Peel Forest War Memorial
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF
PEEL FOREST
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-1919
Lieut. J.R. DENNISTOUN 2nd Lieut. F.G. RUSSELL 2nd Lieut. L.D. RUSSELL Sergt. W.C. PETERSON Cpl D.T. GILLESPIE Private C. CROWE Private J. GODFREY Private A. JOHNSTON Private P. MacFARLANE Private R.O. MAISTER Private D.A. RAE Private J.W. RAE Private J.STILLIFANT Private J. TAIT Private R.F. THEW Private K. TINEY Private H. WHETTON
THEIR NAME LIVETH
FOR EVERMORE
IN MEMORY OF
E.T.F. REID
D.M.H. TRIPP H.M.H. TRIPP
WHO FELL IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 -1945
LOCATION - on the side of a small rise about 100 yards past the Peel Forest Hall. Unveiling date 12 September 1921.
Orari District War Memorial
REMEMBRANCE
ORARI
and
DISTRICT TRIBUTE
TO THOSE WHO FELL
for
KING & COUNTRY
LEST WE FORGET
J. BENNETT W. BATES S.G. ELLERY R. FITZGERALD N. MUFF A. HENDERSON A. MAITLAND R. PIPER 1939 - 1945 M.K. BRENTON P. FITZGERALD
LOCATION -This monument is located just opposite the Orari Post Office about 50 yards off SH One.
Woodbury District War Memorial
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THOSE WHO
GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR
KING AND COUNTRY IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
L.H. BARTROP, TPR J. OWENS, PTE. P.S. BARKER, M.C. CAPT. J.W. PINCKNEY, LIEUT. C. CAZALET, LIEUT. R. PRIEST, CAPT. C. CROWE, TPR W.S. QUAID, PTE. S.C. FARNIE, RFM. R. SMITH, PTE. J. FIFIFLD, CPL. P. SULLIVAN, PTE. E. HARRIS, CAPT. G.A. SINCLAIR-THOMSON, CAPT. A.J. HAMMOND,D.C.M., SGT, K. SINCLAIR-THOMSON, LIEUT. J. KNOWLER, LIEUT. F.D. TEMPLER, PTE. J.M. LYONS, PTE H.L. THATCHER, CPL. A. MCPHERSON, PTE. J.M. WILLIAMSON, PTE.THESE PASSED OUT OF THE
SIGHT OF MEN BY THE PATHS OF DUTY
AND SELF-SACRIFICE, GIVING UP THEIR
LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM
THESE ARE THEY WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY
1939 - 1945
LIEUT. P. FOGT
L/SGT J.Y. BROWN
PTE C.H. MOSS
PTE D.R. NOLAN
FL/LT M.F. FIFIELD
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
LOCATION - This monument is located outside the Tripp Memorial Library in the centre of the Woodbury village.
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