South Canterbury World War One Servicemen
24 'Weekly News' photos
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"As the dawn is now about to pierce the night, so let their memory inspire us to work for the coming of the new light into the dark places of the world. We will remember them." A wreath was laid at the base of the Cenotaph before a lone bugler played the Last Post and the flags at the Cenotaph were lowered to half mast. Heavy rain continued to fall and the crowd stood in silence for a minute.
Images courtesy of Carol. Posted July 11 2003. Photos of servicemen appeared in the "Weekly News". Do a search on the NZ mailing list archives for WW1 & WW2 photos "Weekly News" to find who's photo appeared in the "Weekly News"
Database - WW1 Soldier's photos "Weekly News"
Sandi Halling is placing all the names Carol lists on the NZ mailing list, on a database.
Eltham Historical Society have a good coverage of "Weekly News" for this period and is prepared to search their photos for a small fee, if date of death is known. N.B. Not all servicemen who were killed had their photos published. Their contact is: Jill Bennett
PTE. Robert Francis Aitken
14044 of Timaru. Killed in action on
Friday 5 April 1918. Age 23. 1st Bn., Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
Son of Robert and Barbara Aitken, of Pleasant Point, Timaru, New Zealand. Buried
in the Martinsart British Cemetery Somme, France.
'Weekly News' 19 September 1918
PTE. A.J. Attwell
Of Waimate.
Died of wounds
'Weekly News' 28 February 1918
Pte. Albert H. Austin
of Timaru and Oamaru
Killed in action.
'Weekly News' 13 June 1918
Rifleman S. Bennett
of Geraldine.
Wounded.
'Weekly News' 4 January 1917
Rifleman
Alfred Brasell 21770 1st Bn. 3rd, N.Z. Rifle Brigade of Pareora West.
Killed
in action on
Thursday 16 August 1917. Son of Mrs. A. Brasell, of Pareora West, Timaru. Messines Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial
to the Missing, commemorates over 800 soldiers of the New Zealand Expeditionary
Force who died in or near Messines in 1917 and 1918 and who have no known grave.
Located at Mesen, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
'Weekly News' 4 October 1917
Lance
Corporal James Brown 21769 of
Clandeboye,
N.Z. Machine Gun Corps died of wounds on Monday 15 October 1917. Age 29. Buried
Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
'Weekly News' 3 January 1918
Tpr. O.P. Carr and his brother Sergt. J.J. Carr both of Waimate
Missing believed killed in action.
Killed in action
'Weekly News' 23 May 1918
Sergt.
C.H. Crowe, of Geraldine. Killed in action.
'Weekly News' 7 September
1917
PTE. A.R. DOBIER, of Timaru.
Killed in action in Somme, France, aged 25. Remembered with honour. Caterpillar
Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, a memorial to those missing men of the New Zealand Division, 1,205 in all, who fell in the Battles of the Somme in 1916.
'Weekly News' 16 November 1916
Private
W.H. Gason, 614248 1st Bn., Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
of Temuka. Killed in action on Friday 12 October 1917.
Son of H. J. B. and Rose Gason, of Temuka. The Tyne Cot Memorial to the
missing is one of four memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders.
'Weekly News' 3 January 1918
Corporal Sydney. H. Gibson
15893 of Timaru, 3rd Bn. 3rd, N.Z. Rifle Brigade died of wounds on
Thursday 18 October 1917 . Age 22. Son of Mrs. M. A. Gibson, of Timaru.
Buried Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
'Weekly News' 3 January 1918
Trooper W.H. Hay, Canterbury Mounted Rifles.
Killed in action.
Weekly News' 10 June 1915
Private David Lundie of Timaru. Wounded.
Weekly News'
Pte. D. McDonald
of Waimate
Killed in action
'Weekly News' 12 December 1918
Sapper L.J. Palmer of Timaru
'Weekly News' 7 December 1916
A sapper is a military engineer who does sapping. (digging trenches or undermining fortifications) A sap is a covered trench or tunnel dug to a point near or within an enemy position.
Private R. Richardson of Timaru. Wounded.
Weekly News' 31 August 1916
GNR
G.H.
Simmons, of Timaru. Died of sickness.
S/o James and Eliza Simmons. Died 16 August 918. Buried in
France.
'Weekly News' 26 Sept 1918
Corp. Cecil F. Smith of Timaru
'Weekly News' 7 December 1916
Private C.S. Verity of Timaru
'Weekly News' 5 October 1916
Pte. Frank Wagstaff
of Timaru
Died of sickness
'Weekly News' 4 April 1918
Sapper J. Walker of Pleasant Point.
'Weekly News' 7 December 1916
Pte. A.V. Whitley
of Timaru
Killed in action
'Weekly News' 28 February 1918
L.Corp. J.K. Wilson of Timaru.
'Weekly News' 18 January 1917
AUCKLAND WEEKLY NEWS - Photos of men killed,
wounded, died of wounds, missing etc. and the odd one receiving decorations.
AITKEN, R F, Pleasant Point 13 September 1917
ANDERSON, James, Timaru 24 May 1917
ANDREWES, Leonard C, Ashburton 20 September 1917
ASPINALL, William D, Temuka 8 November 1917
BAKER, Charles G, Christchurch 12 July 1917
BARCLAY, C C, 2nd Lieut., South Canterbury Coy 13 May 1915
BIRD, A J, Waimate 4 January 1917
BENNETT, S, Geraldine 4 January 1917
BILGTON, Francis J, Temuka 17 May 1917
BLACKLER, F C, Pleasant Point 26 July 1917
BRASELL, F W, Timaru 27 September 1917
BRETT, James P, Geraldine 13 December 1917
BRISTOL, Ivor A, Timaru 26 July 1917
BROWN, G A, Ikawai 19 July 1917
CASKEY, T J, Fairlie 22 February 1917
CLARKE, A S, Timaru 11 October 1917
COTTER, H F, Timaru 26 July 1917
COUPER, James R, Timaru 8 November 1917
CURRY, Geo., Temuka 21 June 1917
DAVID, E J, Timaru 13 December 1917
DILLON, E T, Albury 9 August 1917
ELLIOT(T), W, Waimate 8 March 1917
FERGUSON, D J A, Timaru 20 September 1917
FITZGERALD, J, Waimate 27 December 1917
GARLAND, E, Waimate 22 February 1917
GLANVILLE, R B, Pareora West Timaru 22 November 1917
GODSELL, J A, Geraldine 13 September 1917
GOW, Charles, Timaru 8 November 1917
GRANT, David, Major, South Canterbury Coy 13 May 1915
GRANVILLE, G, Timaru 23 August 1917
GUINESS, A G, Timaru 15 November 1917
HEIND, Charles A S, Timaru 5 July 1917
HENRY, W S, Temuka 27 September 1917
HILL, J C, Lieut., South Canterbury Coy 13 May 1915
HIND, W E R, Timaru 6 December 1917
HIND, W E R, Timaru 15 November 1917
HOWES, C, Fairlie 31 May 1917
HUTT, J F, Waimate 21 June 1917
KIDD, D C, Timaru 17 May 1917
JENKINS, W S, Geraldine 23 August 1917
JURR, J T, Timaru 26 July 1917
LIVINGSTONE, C M, Fairlie 1 February 1917
LUNDIE, David, Timaru 9 August 1917
NEWCOMBE, H W, Christchurch 12 July 1917
PRATLEY, H, Temuka 18 January 1917
MAHONEY, G R, Timaru 29 November 1917
MARSHALL, G R, St Andrews, South Canterbury 26 July 1917
MATTHEWS, C, Timaru 11 January 1917
MITCHELL, J, Geraldine 6 December 1917
MORGAN, A, Temuka 19 July 1917
RAMSAY, A S, Timaru 9 August 1917
READY, Robert G, Christchurch 20 September 1917
ROBERTS, J P, Lake Pukaki 2 August 1917
ROBERTSON, J, Timaru 11 October 1917
ROSS, H C, Fairlie 27 September 1917
SCANNELL, C, St Andrews 30 August 1917
SCANNELL, M J, St Andrews 30 August 1917
SEGAR, A E, Timaru 23 August 1917
STRACHAN, J T, Timaru 12 July 1917
STOREY, H, Timaru 2 August 1917
STUMBLES, A, Pleasant Point 22 November 1917
SMITH, Albert D, Waimate 29 November 1917
THYNE, George, Timaru 27 September 1917
WAGSTAFF, Lieut. H S, Timaru 11 January 1917
WATSON, William, Timaru 23 August 1917
WHYTE, Robert H, Timaru 6 December 1917
WILKES, O G, Timaru 8 March 1917
WILSON, Colin E, Timaru 8 March 1917
WILSON, J R, Timaru 18 January 1917
“There would hardly have been a family or town in New Zealand who would not
have been touched by the war and Passchendaele in particular.”
"From o'er the sea at England's call,
her brave colonial sons stand by the empire one and all,
against the foe-man's guns.
Thou distance sever,
my thoughts are always with you.....
The Christchurch Press on Anzac Day 2005 had a feature on the Gallipoli campaign amongst which they included an whole page of casualties as published at that time, part of which I've included here (in another window) 256k. I know the scanning has a little bit to be desired.
| Row 1 Private J.H. McMilan Invercargill, Canterbury Infantry, wounded Trooper A. Mackenzie, Mangatora, Wellington Mounted, wounded Private T.P. Mahan Christchurch, Canterbury Infantry, killed Private W.J. Mansell Cashmere Hills Canterbury Infantry, killed Trooper D.M. Manson Motakara, Canterbury Mounted, wounded Private C.J. Maroni Foxton, Auckland Infantry, wounded Private F.M. Marshall Marton, Wellington Infantry, wounded Corporal F. McG. Marshall Wendonside, Otago Mounted, wounded missing right half of newspaper page |
Row 2 Private N.C. Morton Redcliffs, Canterbury Infantry wounded Private R.S.R. Murfitt Christchurch, Canterbury Infantry, wounded Trooper R.G. Murphy Nasby, Veterinary Corps Private A.C. Newcomb Auckland, Auckland Infantry wounded Private W.E. Newton Invercargill, Otago Infantry, wounded Private S.J. Norris Lyttelton, Wellington Infantry, wounded Private J. O'Connor Hokitika, Canterbury Infantry, wounded Private G.A. O'Shea Wakefield, Wellington Infantry, wounded |
Row 3 Private G. Payne Inglewood, Wellington Mounted, wounded Corporal R.E. Price Christchurch, Australian Force, wounded Private D.G.T. Pritchett Mount Somers, Canterbury Infantry, wounded Trooper C.E. Pryce Invercargill, Otago Mounted, wounded Sergeant W.B. Quenneall Cavershan, Otago Infantry, wounded Lieutenanut D.M. Robertson, Christchurch, Canterbury Infantry, invalided Corporal J.A. Ross Streamlands, Auckland Mounted, wounded Private F.J. Sage Hawera, Wellington Infantry, wounded
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| Row 4 Private W. Smith Hokitika, Canterbury Infantry, wounded Sapper A. McL. Steele Auckland Engineers, missing Trooper T.W. Stringer Christchurch, Auckland Mounted, wounded Trooper H.R. Sullivan Waimater, Canterbury Mounted, wounded Private W. Sullian New South Wales, Auckland Infantry, wounded Private A. Terry Stratford, Otago Infranty, wounded Private K.H.H. Waha_ui Onorohunga, Maori Contingent, wounded Private T.P.H.H., Waha_ui Onorohunga, Maori Contingent, wounded |
Row 5 Private A.R. Wingham Timaru, Otago Infantry, wounded
Private W. Woods Lieutenant E.A. Scott |
Row 6 Private
J.L. Sharman Private E.
Slow, Wellington Infantry, wounded Private J.
Traynor |
Killed in Action
"His country called and he answered."
WOODEN CROSSES.
Beside the Final Honour of a simple Wooden Cross
by E.W. Hornung,
The Times 20 July 1917.