Issue 2 Volume 4, April 2015

MT ROSKILL (Puketapapa) Historical Society

Newsletter (Special Gallipoli 100th Anniversary Edition)From the Editor:Welcome to this bigger than normal second newsletter of 2015. It is my first issue having taken over from Joanne Graves who has been our editor since our formation. I would like to say a big thank you to Joanne for the great job that she did.

You will have noticed I have dedicated this issue to the 100th Anniversary of the Gallipoli Campaign. Gallipoli was a major date in our history. From the President:Having decided to continue without face-to-face meetings for a while, this newsletter will be our way of keeping in touch with our members. For those of you who are still keen to attend meetings we will be advertising details of the Avondale/Waterview Historical Society where you will be made to feel most welcome. We will also provide details of events in our community that you might like to attend.

CATCH UP WITH US ON SOCIAL MEDIA!!Please continue to check out the Facebook page, details below. I have uploaded more photographs recently, including a new album for Mt Roskill School (Three Kings).

On Facebook, go to https://www.facebook.com/Roskill People1840-1940 On Twitter go to www.twitter/RoskillHeritage

COMMUNITY EVENTS TO ATTEND 21 April 10.30 am War Memorial Upgrade Unveiling, War Memorial Hall, May Rd25 April 9.30 am ANZAC Day Service May Rd War Memorial Hall. This is our first using our upgraded cairn and it is the 100th Anniversary of the Gallipoli Campaign.

Historical Society Fix!! Avondale/Waterview Historical Society At St Ninians, St George’s Bay Road (opposite the Hollywood Cinema.) Saturday 4 April at 2pm. Talk on Norfolk IslandSaturday 6 June at 2pm. Still to be finalisedAll Mt Roskill (Puketapapa) Historical members are welcome to attend!

Mount Roskill War Memorial UpgradeWe can be very proud that it was our Society that instigated this upgrade. What was an unattractive and rather sad area has been upgraded so we will have a space that will meet Anzac Day ceremonies well into the future. It is now a fitting memorial to the men of our community who gave their lives in the service of their country. As part of the upgrade the men listed below, who were killed in action, will finally have their names recorded for all to see. We are hoping there will also be other material for each man, permanently displayed in the Freyberg Room in the hall.

ROSKILL

MEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY

WW1

Name Rank No Residence Died

BARRIS Robert Lance Corporal 23/994 NZ R B Pah Rd 24 Jun 1917 BROOKS Herbert William Private 34316 NZEF White Swan Road 30 Dec 1917 CARPENTER David Reid 2nd Lt 12/8 NZEF Ranfurly Home 6 May 1915 CHADWICK Cyril Wareham Trooper 16275 NZEF Mt Albert Rd 30 Mar 1918FARR Frederick John Driver Royal Field Artillery parents Duke St 26 Sep 1916 FEARON Arnold Edwin Rifleman 24/1376 NZ R B parents Hillsborough 21 Sep 1916 FEARON Henry Guy Private 10/704 NZEF parents Hillsborough 8 Aug 1915 GORRIE Donald Buckland Corporal 17583 Imp. Camel Corp. parents Buckland Rd 7 Nov 1917GORRIE John William 2nd Lt 7th Worcestershire Reg Buckland Rd 19 July 1916 LESLIE James Alexander Private 14444 NZEF Lynton Ave (Pah Rd) 16 Nov 1916LESLIE Roy John Corporal NZ Field Artillery Lynton Ave (Pah Rd) 5 Sept 1917McGILL David Lance Corporal 52439 NZEF Queenstown Rd 20 Dec 1917 McROBERTS Evan Oswald 2nd Lt. 22550 NZEF Hillsborough Rd 14 Oct 1917

WW2

ALDRIDGE Sydney Philip Flying Officer NZ421956 RNZAF 4 Somerset Rd 20 Aug 1944 ARCHIBALD Arthur Herbert Percy Petty Officer 3171 RNZN 44 Buckland Rd 19 Jul 1943ASMUSS Alan William Pilot Officer NZ 41863 RNZAF 23 Pukehana Ave 6 June 1942CHADDERTON Arthur Gunner 1620 2NZEF 471 Mt Albert Rd 29 Mar 1942 DOUGLAS Robert Dryburgh Private 63933 NZInf. 17 Parau St 16 Jul 1942 GRIFFITHS Colin David 2nd Lt. 13691 NZInf. 61 Duke St 2 Oct 1943 HARDMAN Frank Flight Lt. NZ 414285 RNZAF 43 Liverpool St 2 Feb 1945

HENSHAW Douglas James 2nd Lt. 11084 NZ ASC 38 Princes Ave 20 May 1941 HUGHES Roy James Private 432822 2NZEF 30 Somerset Rd 26 Mar 1943 JOHNSTON Frederick George Private 12253 2NZEF 45 Buckland Rd 25 Nov 1941 KNIGHT Leon Gaston Sergeant 405494 RNZAF 1 Kings Rd 9 Jun 1942 McMILLAN John Dunch Navigator 415341 RNZAF 29 Fernleigh Ave 24 Feb 1944 OLLERENSHAW Alan Christie Pilot Officer 41729 RNZAF Aldersgate Rd 15 May 1940 O’SULLIVAN John Private 285086 NZInf. 56 Parau St 20 Apr 1945 OXLEY Herbert John Sergeant 412725 Richardson Rd 4 Apr 1943 SENIOR Harold George Private 62215 NZInf. 23 Duke St 26 Nov 1943 THOMPSON Desmond Lewis Pilot 413152 RNZAF Hillsborough 29 Apr 1943 THOMPSON Wynne Hall Gunner 63300 2NZEF Hillsborough Rd 1 Dec 1941

David Reid Carpenter

Mt Roskill’s first Gallipoli fatality. World War I, 1914-1918

SERVICE NUMBER 12/8  FORCE Army 

RANK AND UNIT AT DISCHARGE Second Lieutenant  Auckland Infantry Battalion, 3rd (Auckland) Company

David was born in1893 at Hounslow Barracks England. He was living at the Veterans' Home Three Kings when he enlisted. 

Departed New Zealand 16 October 1914 Arrived Suez 3 December 1914 

David Carpenter was the sixth son of Major Robert Carpenter, Former Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster-General of Auckland, Superintendent of the Veterans' Home. He came to Auckland with his parents in 1895 and was educated at Grafton School, the Auckland Grammar School and the Royal Military College Duntroon, returning to Auckland in 1911. Lt Carpenter entered Major T W Dawson's office and was studying law. He was killed in action 6 May 1915 Gallipoli Turkey. No known grave.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21

MAJOR ROBERT CARPENTER NOTABLE SERVICE RENDERED.

The death has occurred at Onehunga of Major Robert Carpenter, N.Z.S.C. Born in 1850 at Gloucester, he enlisted at the age of 16 in the Royal Marine Light Infantry and served with that famous unit in China, Japan and Cape of Good Hope. Then, in 1581, he transferred to the Army and was attached to the Middlesex Regiment at Hounslow until 1894. About this time in New Zealand volunteering was at a low ebb and nowhere more so than in Auckland. Colonel Fox, the commandant, sent to England for an instructor and Regimental-Sergeant-Major Carpenter, as he then was, was appointed. He was described as " a splendid warrant officer and the best drill instructor in the British Army." Arriving at a time when there were only seven volunteer and one cadet company in the whole district, he set to work to build up the movement. Spurred on by his enthusiasm, more and more companies were enrolled, until in 1897 there was an efficient force of about 4000 officers and

men, artillery, mounted, navals, engineers, infantry and ambulance. Strict as a disciplinarian, with a meticulously correct knowledge of the drill book and intimate acquaintance with all questions of etiquette and correct procedure, he was the final court of appeal for officers and men. To Major Carpenter's influence has been credited the grounding that made possible in Auckland the success of the territorial system and the staffing of the first Expeditionary Force. Before this he had gained well-earned promotion to the Staff Corps, where, first as captain and then as major, he helped to smooth the reconstruction of the New Zealand Army until he retired in 1912. For eight and a-half years he managed the Veterans' Home, and then lived quietly in retirement at Onehunga. Major Carpenter is survived by his wife, six sons and three daughters. There are 13 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. One son, Lieutenant David Carpenter, was killed at Gallipoli when serving with the 3rd Auckland Company

ANZAC DAY

Anzac Day occurs on 25 April. It commemorates all New Zealanders killed in war and also honours returned servicemen and women. The date itself marks the anniversary of the landing of New Zealand and Australian soldiers – the Anzacs – on the Gallipoli Peninsula in 1915. The aim was to capture the Dardanelles, the gateway to the Bosphorus and the Black Sea. At the end of the campaign, Gallipoli was still held by its Turkish defenders.

Thousands lost their lives in the Gallipoli campaign: 87,000 Turks, 44,000 men from France and the British Empire, including 8500 Australians. To this day, Australia also marks the events of 25 April. Among the dead were 2779 New Zealanders, almost one in four of those who served on Gallipoli.

It may have led to a military defeat, but for many New Zealanders then and since, the Gallipoli landings meant the beginning of something else – a feeling that New Zealand had a role as a distinct nation, even as it fought on the other side of the world in the name of the British Empire.

Anzac Day was first marked in 1916. The day has gone through many changes since then. The ceremonies that are held at war memorials up and down New Zealand, or in places overseas where New Zealanders gather, remain rich in tradition and ritual befitting a military funeral.  

ROLL 0F HONOUR FOR ROSKILL MEN WHO SERVED IN WW1

SURNAME FIRSTNAME RANK NUMBERAbraham John Private 16/596

ANZAC DAY

Andrew Norman Henry Ernest  Gunner 65926Baldwin Herbert Edward  Quartermaster Sgt. 28647Barris Robert Lance Corporal 23/994Brooks Herbert William Private 34316Bunkall Ernest Arthur Trooper 13/583Campbell Edward Rifleman 21494Carpenter David Reid Second Lieutenant 12/8Carpenter George Goodwin  Sapper  4/698Chadwick Cyril Wareham Trooper 16275Clarke Thomas  Private 76733Cleghorn Frank Burns Private 62505Comber D'Arcy  Private 1/595Cornish Leslie  Private 40519Cox William James  Private 71731Elkington Arthur Frederick  Trooper 13/136Elliott Ernest Henry  Rifleman 26/1197Ellis John Tenny  Private 42311Farr Frederick James DriverFearon Arnold Edwin Rifleman 24/1376Fearon Henry Guy  Private 10/704Fearon Richard Charles Private 30780Gardner William James Lancelot  Private 44721Gillmore Henry James  Lieutenant 60356Gorrie Donald Buckland Corporal 17583Gorrie John William Second Lieutenant.Grange Leslie Issott  Corporal 40936Grant George Joffant  Lance Corporal 13/2572Gray Wynne Peyton  Second Lieutenant 12/2602Hamblin Claude  Rifleman 40554Hamon Harry Gordon  Sergeant 25998Harrison Harry  Private 49088Henderson Richard Alexander Private 3/528Hogwood Arthur Cecil  Trooper 57825Hogwood Edward James Leslie  Corporal 4/471Hull Victor Francis  Private 54691Hunter William Gordon  Trooper 70287Leslie James Alexander Private 14444Leslie Roy John CorporalLivingstone James Shield  Gunner 2/165Lockie Leslie William  Private 10/3205Lockie Tom  Gunner 2/2185McClennan William Joseph  Private 62439McGill David Lance Corporal 62439McMillan Milton  Private 70509McRoberts Evan Oswold Second Lieutenant 70509Moore Charles Alexander  Lance Corporal 8/2061Page William Charles  Driver 5/615Pascoe Joseph  Private 28785Piper Edward George  Trooper 13/3065Preston Edward  Private 58220Preston William  Corporal 35218Sands David  Trooper 13/1090

Shooter Charles  Private 26697Simpson Charles William  Trooper 74237Smallfield Eric Jackson  Sergeant Major 48806Smallfield Percy Walton  Sapper 78659Smallfield William Mandeno Corporal 17735Smith Harold Curtis  Second Lieutenant 15298Stewart Alan James  Driver 2/1846Stoddard Harold Fletcher  Private 56374Warburton Ambrose Edgar Trooper 13/2947Watts Arthur Quartermaster Sgt. 46408Webber George Thomas Private 16031Webster Arthur Snowden Private 14513Webster Fred Private 12/1042Wilson Charles Rifleman 23/1239Wilson Edwin Private 48603Wilson Johnson L. Private 12/3515Wilson Kirkby Harry Second Lieutenant. 7228Yearbury Alick Charles Private 48608

To date this is the best list we have been able to compile of all the Roskill men who served during World War.1 Thank you to Lisa Truttman for her help creating this list. If we have

missed anyone please contact the Editor so they can be added to our records.

100th Anniversary Commemorative Coin

If anyone knows people who might be interesting in joining our Society please forward this newsletter on to

them by email or forward their details to our Membership Officer.

Many former pupils who attended the 80th Anniversary of Mt Roskill (Three Kings) School, remembered with pride and affection, Mr Dick Henderson, who was an extremely popular teacher both in and out of the classroom and was attached to the school from June 1st 1913 to August 12th 1914, when he enlisted in the Forces.

. JUST PASSING THROUGH by Jade Reidy. This is the revised version that has corrected the mistakes people discovered in the first edition. Just $20 per copy. Contact Garth.

Anzac Cove

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HISTORICAL SOCIETY CONTACT DETAILS JOINING INFORMATION One year subscription: $10 Puketapapa Historical Society Garth Houltham 15 McIlroy Street, Hillsborough, Auckland 1042. CONTACT DETAILS President/Treasurer Garth Houltham Membership: Garth Houltham Vice-President: Lisa Truttman Minutes Secretary: Margaret Ting Newsletter: Garth Houltham. Committee: John Adam, Anneli Torrance, Basil Pinhey, Mike Barker, Jenny Barker, Leonie Leman.

Don’t forget to attend our two April special War Memorial Events. Tne unveiling of our upgraded War Memorial on the 21st and the ANZAC Day

Ceremony on the 25th.