War Memorials
Waimate, South Canterbury, NZ
In commemoration of The South African War 1899-1902, in which New Zealand, represented by her 6500 volunteers for the first time, took part in the battles of the empire and assisted to maintain the prestige of the British Flag.
Also
In memory of
Trooper ALFRED WHITNEY,
7th NZ Contingent
who fell in the memorable
night attack at Bothasberg, Transvaal
23 February 1902.And in honour of the
74 volunteers from this
district who nobly responded
to the call of their
Queen and Country.The war memorial is located on a triangle on the corners of Victoria Terrace and John St. Waimate but most people refer to it as being opposite the St Augustine Church (which is itself a preserved and listed building). The photo actually shows the St Augustine Hall in the background. Seventy-six Waimate men went to the South African War.
Information courtesy of Gail Woods. Posted 19 March. 2000.The figure is "Zealandia"
The masons were the Dunedin partnership of Bergamini and Reid.Memorial to those from the Waimate area who never returned from WW2.
War Memorial Clock, Queen Street.
This monument is in honour of the men of the Waimate County and Borough who died in the Second World War. The clock was originally on the post office in 1912, but had been in storage since 1947. It was relocated to the front of the Waimate District Council on Remembrance Day 1956. There were 90 names on the tablets. Bud lights were installed in December 1992. The first Waimate Post Office was built in 1870 of totara and is now a private residence in Mill Road. The second in 1892 and the third PO was situated in Queen Street and opened in 1910. The clock and chimes of this third Post Office were set in motion in 1912 by the Prime Minister the Hon. Thomas Mackenzie and were erected to commemorate the coronation of King George V in 1911. The Waimate Museum's Pavilion building contains a small post office shop displaying various old post office items.
Images courtesy of Don Weston. March 2000
A memorial archway, to those of WW1, is located down at the main entrance to the Waimate gardens, Victoria Park. Corner of Queen Street and Tennant Street was unveiled 25 April 1923. The tree nurses who died were on the 'Marquette.'
1914-1918
To Our Glorious Dead
Nurse Brown
Nurse Fox
Nurse Gorman
S. Adamson
G.A. Allfrey
A.J. Attewell
L.J. Baker
S. Ballagh
R. Ballantyne
E.J. Bannerman
C.C. Barclay
N. Baxter
J. Bean
N.M. Bell
S.F. Bell
W. Benson
A. E. Berry
A.G. Bird
J. Black
W.B. Bowles
W. Brass
W.S. Brien
J. Briggs
R.E. Briggs
E.O. Bringans
G.A. Brown
B. Buckley
J. R. Campbell
Jas. Campbell
Jos. Campbell
L. Campbell
L.A. Carmichael
E.M. Carr
Jos. Carr
O.P. Carr
J. Carson
T.J. Chalmers
C.P. Chamberlain
T. Claridge
A.P. Clark
W.T. Clear
J. Cochrane
C.W. Cogdale
C. Coltman
E.T. Corry
J. Crone
A. Cruickshank
G.I. Cuthertson
I.J. Davis
J. Dodd
H. Douglas
A. Dunn
P.D. Dunn
J. Englebrecht
J. Fitzgerald
J. Fogarty
M. Foley
J. Fotheringham
E. Garland
P.G. Geary
M. Gibson
J.T. Gill
J. Gynes
P.J. Gynes
T. Haynes
T. Hazelton
H. HeadT. Heap
W.F. Hutt
A. Ironside
M.W.G. Jackson
H.P. Jacobs
E. Julian
H. Julian
R.D. Kearton
W. Kelly
J.W.F. Kempton
T. Leal
A. Lindsay
E.C. Loper
H.A. Lucas
W. Luck
P. McAllister
E.F. McCarthy
D.M. McDonald
L. McFarlane
D.R. McKenzie
J. McLeish
R. McRae
G.R. Mahoney
W. Manson
J. B. Marsh
G. Marshall
F.G. Marshall
F.D. Maurice
W.B. Menzie
W.R. Menzie
E.J. Mercer
T. Mitchell
G.M. Morgan
J. Morrison
C. Morton
J. Morton
J.C. Munro
W. Nichol
R. Norrie
P. Norris
W. Noster
H.L. Park
H.S. Paul
B. Pelvin
G.A. Pelvin
W. Penny
T. Peneamene
L.N. Pollard
A. Quigley
S.S. Reid
H. Richard
E.A. Rickman
J.H. Rogers
W.G. Russell
J.A. ScottJ. Shefford
S.A. Shirley
F.T. Simpson
L. Simpson
L. Sinclair
H. Sole
C. Sprott
L. Stewart
R. H. G. Storey
W. Tavendale
G. Taylor
A. H. Walker
H.M. Wall
W.H.D. White
G. Wilce
H. Wilds
W. Wilks
F. Wills
E.D. Wilson
G.L. Wilson
G.H. Wood
T.F. YorkTHEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
There is another war memorial in the St Augustine Church Grounds, John Street, Waimate.
"Lord if thou hadst been here my brother had not died"First World War Memorial, Waimate transcription © 2001 South Canterbury Branch NZSG. This page may be freely linked to but not duplicated in any fashion. Permission has been given by the South Canterbury Branch of the NZSG and the NZSG to post the War Memorial inscriptions for South Canterbury on the South Canterbury NZGenWeb Project website.
St. Michael's Church
St Michael's Church about 1 km on the road up from the Waiho Forks Pub to Waihao Downs Inside the church Ted D'Auvergne and his sister Rata appear on the Honour Roll. Image courtesy of Don Weston. March 2000.
A Vicarage was built in 1906 at the Downs.
Otago Witness, 16 May 1906, Page 35 WAIHAO DOWNS
May 1O -A. most successful garden part and sale of work was held at Waihao Downs on April 26 in the ground of Mr E. Richards. It is estimated that between 200 and 300 persons were present. The sale of work was in aid of the Vicarage Fund, and realised over £80. The stallholders were Mrs Richards, assisted by Mrs Harrison and the Misses Huret, refreshments; Miss Kelcher and Mrs Wrathall, produce ; Mrs Hurst and Mrs Lamas, work table: Misses J. Smith, L. Richards, A. Hurst, and Wregdale, sweet stall and bran pie: Miss McCarthy and Miss B. Kelcher, art gallery and curio exhibition. At this latter many old and valuable exhibits- were shown by Mrs Hurst, of Brooklands, and included poems written by Hannah More, and published on single sheets after the fashion of that time; a Kentish Gazette of 1782, a quilt made in 1740, and a wedding dress worn in 1720 and again in 1747. Mrs Lomas exhibited some old china, Mrs Wrathall a curious pipe 250 years old. A sheep-guessing competition interested the men folk, and the baby show was the centre of interest for the married ladies, while the young girls were interested in the fortunes told by a gipsy who resided in a tent under the trees. During the afternoon short speeches were made by the Rev. C. C. Oldham (vicar of Waihao parish), Rev. M'Kenzie Gibson (Waimate), and the Yen. Archdeacon Harper (Timaru). The vicarage is nearing completion, and occupies a commanding position between the Forks bridge and the Waihao Downs railway station. Visitors from Waimate and all parts of the district were present, and all seemed satisfied both with the day's outing and the results of the sale.In 1924 St Michael's, a brick church, was built on the front section of the Vicarage property. The three stained glass windows eventually arrived by ship from England, having twice been turned back, and were installed in 1941. The Richards Memorial Windows, the centre one, is of St Michael, the captain of the heavenly host, spearing the devil in the guise of the dragon, flanked by Abraham and Sarah in the side windows. A 1940 white friar window. Edward and Elizabeth Richards farmed Elephant Hill Station and the windows were donated by their children..
In 1947 a war memorial was considered, and on remembrance Sunday 1950, Archbishop Avrill, who had opened St Michael's in 1924, unveiled a tablet mounted in the Church to those who had given their lives-In Grateful Memory of Dvr La T.M. d'Auvergne Crete 1941 F.Lt. L. McLachlan Tunisia 1943 Cpl. R.J. Blunden Italy 1945 Sgt. E.R. Harper Italy 1943 F/O R.F. Wallace Germany 1945 G/O Rata M. d'Auvegne London 1945 WHO IN THEIR YOUTH GAVE THEIR LIVES DEFENDING OUR FREEDOM WORLD WAR II, 1939 -45The Parish Magazine in July 1947, carried a roll of honour of all men from the Parish who had served in the forces, and this was later to become an inscribed list- ROLL OF HONOR - WAIHAO PARISH
R. Railton J. Blundon L.M. d'Auvergne* C. Meynell J. Allan R.S. Bailey T.W. Rolfe F. Coles J.M. Hennessy F. Gluyas N.H. Whatman C.W.J. Thomas C. Thomas S. Peneamena H.W. Davis W. Tumaru* H.E. Allnutt* P. Heath I. Sutherland L. Wilson A.J. Milne E.R. Harper* A.W. Turner R. Wallace* A. Shepherd T. Dyer L. McLachlan* Mac Tumaru W.H. Heath* D. Thomas S.D. Thompson T.T. Te Whao* H.F. Wallace T.R. Turner C. Baynes R. Coulbeck E. C. Wright S.G. Williams R.G. Woods* R.J. Harrington *Paid supreme sacrifice, Killed in actionIn 1967 a Sunday School and Hall was added to St. Michael's. The sliding doors opened up into the Sunday School Hall giving much greater accommodation than the usual 60-80 seating. St Michaels has its own cemetery, with two large family memorials, and in the back corner the grave of Philomel Cross, infant daughter of Christopher and Audrey Cross, the English Vicar of the early 1930s who returned to England in 1935, and who kept in touch. There is also a columbarium alongside the hall where lie the ashes of Miss Whatman who had been in missionary service in ?Africa and a plot where Norman Whatman's ashes rest (see above roll of honor). The Anglican and Presbyterian Parishes became a Co-Operative Parish under the joint Regional Council in 1979- 80 following a Parish vote and acceptance by the Bishop of the Day. Information on St Michael's courtesy of a local resident October 25 2001.
Waimate Cemetery is located in McNamaras Road, Waimate, the main road to Oamaru.
There are 6 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 4 of the 1939-1945 war here.
ALGAR, HERBERT
Rifleman, N.Z. Rifle Brigade. Service No: 25/933
Date of Death: 28/11/1918
S/o Mrs. M. Algar, of Yaxley, Eye, Suffolk, England. Served in Egypt, 1916, and on the Western Front, 1916-17
Grave Ref.: 67
CROPLEY, Edward Fox
New Zealand
Private, Canterbury Regiment, NZEF. Service No: 6/2350
Date of Death: 05/02/1921
S/o William and Sara Cropley (nee Fox), husband of Emily Jane Cropley, of 51, Holmwood Rd., Fendalton, Christchurch. Born in Sydney, Australia. Served in Egypt, 1915, and at Gallipoli.
Grave Ref.: Plot 452. (C. of E. Portion.)
FRIEL, Gerald Michael
Sergeant, Royal New Zealand Air Force. Service No: 4310472
Date of Death: 16/01/1945 Age: 21
S/o Michael Joseph and Anna Friel, of Waimate.
Grave Ref.: 297.
GILL, John Thomas
Lance Corporal, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, NZEF Service No: 7/48
Age: 31
Date of Death: 17/01/1917
S/o Robert and Anne Elizabeth Gill, of Ocean View, Rosewill, Timaru. Born in Waikuku. Served at Gallipoli.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave Ref.: 189. (Methodist Portion.)
GUTTERY, Harry
Rifleman, N.Z. Rifle Brigade. Service No: 78884
Date of Death: 14/06/1921
S/o Maria Henry (formerly Guttery), of Wilkin St., Waimate; husband of Isabella Guttery. Born at Wario.
KEENAN, WILLIAM ARTHUR
Private, N.Z. Training Unit. Service No: 82088
Date of Death: 25/09/1920 Age: 22
S/o Sam and Kate Keenan, of Upper Hook, Waimate. Born at Waimate
Grave Ref.: 418.
McALEER, John Joseph
Sergeant, Royal New Zealand Air Force Service No: 391412
Date of Death: 03/02/1943 Age: 22
S/o John McAleer, and of Jessie McAleer (nee Russel), of Morven, Canterbury.
Grave Ref.: 535.
MORTON, George
Gunner, Regiment: N.Z. Field Artillery Service No: 7/1871
Date of Death: 08/02/1919 Age: 34
S/o George and Mary Morton (nee Campbell), of Morven, Canterbury. Born at Morven. Served in Egypt and on the Western Front.
Grave/Memorial Reference: 750. (Presbyterian Portion.)
STEVENS, Ronald
Private, NZ Infantry Service No: 50365
Date of Death: 01/01/1945 Age: 29
S/o Thomas Henry Stevens and Lillian M. Stevens, of Timaru
WRIGHT, GRAHAME WARDEN
Lieutenant, N.Z. Armoured Corps
Date of Death: 20/05/1946 Age: 32 Service No: 600700
S/o Ernest Henry and Susan Mabel Wright, of Willowbridge, Canterbury; husband of Leone Francis Wright, of Willowbridge.
Grave Ref.: 191.
