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MISSION STATEMENT: The Dunedin Family History Group’s purpose is to

promote interest in the field of family history through educational programs, to

collect and disseminate genealogical knowledge and information, and to

provide support and guidance to those trying to research all aspects of their

family history.

Issue 62 Feb 2013

PROGRAMME FOR 2013 Unless otherwise stated meetings start at 7.30 pm St Peter’s Church Hall, Hillside Road, Dunedin.

Wednesday 13 February 2013 GUEST SPEAKERS: Judy Bennett and Angela Wanhalla GI Babies: Searching for the Children of the Pacific War

Thousands of children were fathered by American servicemen during the Pacific War. Many of these children grew up with little knowledge of their American connections. This talk offers an overview of a

research project about the social impact of American servicemen on Pacific societies in the South Pacific Command, and reveals some of the emotional stories that have emerged from the project. The talk will then turn to the heart of the project: assisting GI Babies to trace their American family. It will highlight some of the key strategies they have pursued, the frustrations and barriers encountered, as well as the

success stories.

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Wednesday 13 March 2013 GUEST SPEAKER: Robert Barnes Developer of the website - Famnet

www.FamNet.net.nz Robert’s vision is to create a complete genealogy program on the web, combining the advantages that you find in genealogy programs for your personal computer with the advantages that the web brings of instant publication, shared access, and the ability to link to the work of others. Come along on this night to hear and see demonstrated

exactly how Robert’s website works.

Please note: This topic may be subject to change at the last moment. We will advise any changes in the March newsletter.

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Wednesday 10 April 2013 TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SAILOR

Researching occupations and military records for genealogists

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Wednesday 8 May 2013 LAUNCH OF IRISH MOTHER BOOK Followed by a presentation on using

Newspapers in New Zealand, Australia, England, Scotland, Ireland and America.

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Wednesday 12 June 2013 PROBLEM SOLVING NIGHT

Send your questions / problems to [email protected] or post to 28 Milburn Street, Dunedin. Our panel of experts will try and help you.

IRISH MOTHER

To be published May 2013

All entries must be received by 31 March 2013

SUBMITTING AN ESSAY FOR THESE BOOKS

The Dunedin Family History Group is publishing two books in 2013 in relation to the lives of Irish born mothers and fathers. The criteria is that the articles must involve a mother or father born in Ireland who immigrated and died in New Zealand. We are able to accept submissions in any format - i.e. hardcopy, via an email attachment or on CD. Submissions can be in almost any Windows compatible format. The article can be as small or as large as needed but for space we have set the limit as 20,000 words (on average 750 words are usually 1 page so this allows a maximum of 26 pages). Graphics, photographs and maps can be in addition to the 20,000 words. Photographs, graphics and maps help enhance an article. All pictures should be 300 dpi (dots per inch) and high quality. The published size is usually about a column width (83mm) by the relative height of the picture which also needs a caption. All photographs must be sourced i.e. JOE BLOGGS PERSONAL COLLECTION or PRINTED WITH PERMISSION OF THE HOCKEN LIBRARY COLLECTIONS, DUNEDIN. All articles must be received by the dates shown above. Entries which arrive after this date may not be able to be included in the final publication. All articles accepted for submission provides the author with a

10% discount on the final cost of purchasing the book.

Any questions please contact [email protected] or write to 28 Milburn Street, Dunedin.

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MEMBERSHIP OF OUR GROUP IS FREE There is a monthly door charge of $2 to cover the rental of the hall and the supper provided after the meeting.

The Dunedin Family History Group cannot vouch for the accuracy of goods and services that are advertised in this newsletter or be responsible for the outcome of any contract which may be entered into by a reader with an advertiser.

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IRISH FATHER To be published in September 2013 All entries must be received

by 31 July 2013

This months “Blast From The Past” is a little different. We know it is the Exchange, Dunedin looking up towards High Street.

There is a horse drawn cart on the right of the photograph, there is a tram car on the left and an early motor car at the bottom of High

Street. We can also make out Browns Exchange Tea Rooms on the left of the photograph which operated in the 1920 era. Most of the

women in the photograph are wearing hats. Using these clues and the style of dress we believe this photograph was taken in the 1920s. But

can anyone confirm the era or even provide the exact date? If you can email [email protected]

GOLDRUSH ONLINE at www.kaelewis.com This is a freely searchable online database. To date it includes more than 50,000 records of New Zealand gold miners, of which 22,000 are from Otago (1861-1866) and 30,000 from Thames (1867–1872). There are records of individual miner’s rights and registrations for water races, dams, tunnels, leave of absence and residence sites. The database is fully searchable by first and last name of the miner. The Otago Goldfields presently covered include Gabriels, Clutha and The Dunstan. To mark the 150th Anniversary of the goldrush to Arrowtown, a recent addition has been about 3000 mining records from the Arrowtown Goldfield (1863–1866). Included are miner’s rights, mining applications (mostly water races) and some early residence permits from the Arrow River, Kawarau and Cardrona. Also there is an index of the names that appear in the Arrowtown Gold Receipt Book held by the Lakes District Museum in Arrowtown. In the near future, I intend to add The NZ Goldrush Journal to the Goldrush online website at www.kaelewis, to gather up stories of the NZ goldrush. I would like to ask members if they could assist me in launching this Journal by sending me articles about gold mining families or gold fields you are interested in. If anyone who had a goldmining story in the recent publication PICK AND SHOVEL and would now be willing to add it to this new online Journal, they should also contact me at [email protected] The NZ Goldrush Journal has not started yet but you will see a similar online Journal on Thames that I edit: www.thetreasury.org.nz (click on Journal). I will be modeling this new Journal on that. It has proved very popular with authors, especially since Google soon indexes each article, and attracts a lot of interest to it. Authors will have the choice of adding their email address to the article or not. There is no cost for the author and no profit is made on the website. If you are interested, please contact me at [email protected]. This Journal relies on people like you to keep it going so please help. I would just need the original Word doc plus jpg versions of the photos attached to an email.

Article submitted by Kae Lewis

QUESTION AND ANSWER

QUESTION: I have an English Will which mentions land is to be

inherited by the eldest son who can lease the land at the rate “set by

inch of candle” to the highest bidder. What does this mean?

Judy Taylor, Mosgiel.

ANSWER: I believe this method of auctioning was called 'canting' and was usually carried out by means of burning a candle or using a sandglass. In the first case, a candle was cut into short lengths and lighted, the highest bid received before the flame died out taking the land in question. Often instead of waiting for the flame to die out a pin was inserted in the wax or tallow and the successful bid was determined when this fell out. When a sand glass was used, bidding began when the glass was turned and ended when the last grain fell, the glass could be turned a stated number of times. People would try to keep the bidding as low as possible and so bidding would begin slowly, but as the candle guttered the bidding pace would increase and some were expert enough to be able to tell almost to the second when that flame would die or the last grain of sand fall!

QUESTION: According to his death certificate my 3x great

grandfather died, in England in 1863, of “military fever”. What was

this and did it mean he died while with a British regiment?

Bill Swanson, Te Anau

ANSWER: Military fever is another name for typhus. It did not mean the victim was in a military regiment. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's death certificate records he died of military fever.

QUESTION: What is a Whitesmith? My grandfather, who comes

from a long line of blacksmiths appears on the 1891 census as a

Whitesmith Apprentice. Jan Munroe, Invercargill

ANSWER: A whitesmith is a person who works with metals such as tin and pewter. Unlike blacksmiths (who work mostly with hot metal), whitesmiths do the majority of their work on cold metal although they might use a hearth to heat and help shape their raw materials. Whitesmiths fabricate items such as tin or pewter cups, water pitchers, forks, spoons, and candle holders.

Alexandra is situated at the junction of State Highway 8 and provincial Highway 85 by the mouth of the Manuherikia River alongside the Clutha River. The Maoris appropriately named it Ka Moana Haehae – the split waters, the junction of the Manuherikia River and the Mataau (Clutha River). The name Clutha is taken from Scotland's Clyde River - Clutha being Gaelic for Clyde. Alexandra was named after Princess Alexandra who became the new Princess of Wales when she married the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VII) on 10 March 1863. The town and surrounding area had, in the early 1860s, been known by several names including Lower Dunstan, Manuherikia or Manuherikia Junction (or The Junction). The original settlement of Manuherikia was a canvas town (approximately where Graveyeard Gully is located today) on the opposite side of the river to the present town of Alexandra. Manuherikia township had all but disappeared by 1870 in favour of the present site of Alexandra. Even after the name of Alexandra was finally adopted it took some time to come into general use. The reason being there was a military settlement also called Alexandra in the Waikato. To avoid confusion Alexandra was known as Alexandra South. Although the Waikato town was renamed Pirongia, it took until January 1914 before Alexandra was officially known as just Alexandra. This results in some confusion when using early civil registration as all of the above names can appear with reference to Alexandra. Alexandra probably owes its origins to the discovery of gold at the Dunstan goldfields between Alexandra and Cromwell in 1862. Many thousands of miners travelled to the district along the Old Dunstan Road from the Taieri or from the south travelling over the Knobby, Range known today as the Old Coach Road.

The Clock on the Hill Anyone visiting Alexandra will have seen the clock on the h i l l , which was constructed on a rock face above the town measuring 11 metres in diameter. The construction of the clock was instigated by the Alexandra Jaycees in June 1966. It is constructed of six vertical steel columns averaging 7.3m in length firmly supported in concrete foundations and fastened into the rock face with steel supports. At night the time can be clearly read up to eight kilometres away.

The Shaky Bridge The Shaky Bridge is located in Kerry Street, Alexandra. In 1887 tenders were called for the building of a packhorse bridge over the Manuherikia at Alexandra. But when the tenders were received the Vincent County

Council decided that it would be better to build a traffic bridge. So fresh tenders were called and a tender for £974 10s from Grant and McKellar was accepted. The bridge was built, but for no known reason there appeared to be no hurry to open it or even prepare the roadway leading to its approach. Concerts were held by the County Council to raise the funds spent on the bridge but although the local people supported the concerts and the bridge was finally paid for, it remained unopened. Its completion without the approaches being done

is recorded in the Dunstan Times, 25 April 1879 but there is no record that an opening ceremony ever took place. It is assumed that it was put into eventual use either in late 1879 or early 1880. By 1906 the Vincent County Council did not believe its use warranted the maintenance costs and sold it for £1 to Messrs Cameron and Moorhouse, two settlers living across the river. The bridge fell into a state of neglect and was eventually repaired by a specially formed committee who raised finance to preserve the excellent stone pillars as a monument to Alexandra’s pioneers. It was at this time that the bridge was narrowed to foot traffic only. Before it was built, the only way across the Manuherikia River was by punt, a risky operation when the river was high. The original punt owners were a partnership of Duley and McKersey who got their business license issued in the District of Lower Manuherikia on 25 January 1869 but they had been running a ferry service over the Manuherikia River for some

months prior to this license being granted. In fact the Dunstan

Times newspaper reported the official opening of the punt called “Alexandra” under the proprietorship of Duley and McKersey in October 1868. This iron punt replaced their original ferry which is believed to have been constructed by the roping together of two old whaling boats. The new punt was built by Robert Sparrow of the Dunedin Iron Works and cost £800. Each boat was 36ft long, 10ft wide, 3ft 9 in deep and 4 tons in weight.

The Bridge The photograph on the following page shows the old Alexandra bridge which opened in 1882. The punt ceased to operate soon after the bridge was constructed. Tenders were called for the building of this bridge in 1878. A tender for £16,111 from J. Drummey was accepted. The 552 feet structure was founded on two magnificent piers. The eastern pier and the largest (on the Alexandra township side) was the first to be erected. This was the more difficult pier to construct as it required a solid three foot concrete foundation. The pier commences at about twenty feet below normal river level. The piers were constructed of schist stone quarried locally at "The Half Mile", and the northern piers from the hill known today as Tailors Place. Each stone was numbered before it left the quarry. In modern terms the total height of the piers is 29.48 metres with 6.8 metres beneath the present water level. When the bridge was replaced in 1958, steel was the chosen material for the new bridge. Spanning some 158 metres the new tied-steel arch bridge incorporated special design

The old Alexandra Punt, appropriately

named “Alexandra”, and once owned by

Duley and Mackersey, in service at

Lowburn, Central Otago

ALEXANDRA FERRY MOLYNEUX CROSSING

On the New Line of Road to Teviot and Tuapeka, via the West Bank of the Molyneux, Messrs Duley and Mackersy [sic] have completed their new Iron Punt, and are prepared to Cross Traffic of every description with speed and safety.

Rates of toll: vehicles, two wheels, 1s; ditto, four wheels, 1s 6d; horses, drawing, 6d; ditto, not drawing, 1s; passengers 6d;

daily return tickets for man and horse, 2s 6d;

Goods, sheep, and cattle at exceedingly moderate rates

Advertising -

Dunstan Times,

26 February 1869 page 4

Alexandra,

Princess of

Wales

features. It is anchored to one abutment by means of a hinge and there are bearings, or rollers on the other abutment and all the piers, that allow the bridge to freely expand and contract. The old bridge was demolished except for the piers in 1962. The Piers remained as a memorial to its construction and the early pioneers of Alexandra.

HISTORICAL BUILDINGS

Vallance Cottage Vallance Cottage is located in Samson Street. It is a mud brick cottage built by goldminer William Vallance, who had a claim across the Manuherikia River. One of his daughters lived in the cottage until the 1970s. Restoration work on the cottage was completed in 1996 and the decor of the cottage represents life in the early 1900s in Alexandra. In 2009 the cottage was closed to the public, as the floor was considered unsafe for visitors. Money is being raised for restoration work.

St Enochs Presbyterian Located on Centennial Avenue, this church was built in 1877. Its official

opening was reported in the Dunstan

Times newspaper on 19 October 1877. The church was built of local schist and is surrounded by a stone wall.

St Aidan's Anglican Church Located on Shannon Street, it was opened in 1901. The first vicar, Rev W. A. R. Fitchett (1902-1911) became the Bishop of Dunedin in 1934. He first travelled over the

extensive parish around Alexandra on bicycle and later had a motorcycle with a side car. The church is built of local schist and has stained glass windows.

St John The Baptist Roman Catholic Church The first church was in Ennis Street but was replaced by a second church built in 1883. The present church opened in 1958 in Killarney street.

Alexandra Courthouse The old Alexandra Courthouse in Centennial Avenue is now a local café. It is one of the town's oldest stone buildings and had an important role in the life and administration of the Central Otago goldfields. Opened on 16 June 1879, it housed both the Warden's and Magistrate's Courts. The Warden's Court dealt with the registration and enforcement of miners’ rights. Disputes often arose over claim jumping, forgeries, water races, roading and between partners of a joint claim. Granting business licences to traders operating within the goldfields was another role. The Magistrate's Court dealt with more general legal matters. The courthouse closed in 1972 when the court moved to a new building. After that it housed other government departments, was a temporary library, Plunket rooms and information centre. Although the Alexandra Courthouse is now nearly 130 years old it is still being used daily, leased out as a cafe and restaurant, though fully protected as an historic place.

Tucker Hill Lookout The Tucker Hill Lookout is across the Shaky Bridge and two kilometres on offering spectacular views of Alexandra. The diggings at Tucker Hill, on the outskirts of the town, remain much the same as when mining ceased in the early 1900s. The gold miners named the area Tucker Hill because their gold reserves, while not rich, could be relied on to cover the cost of dinner.

Earnscleugh Tailings The majority of Otago's gold was found in the rivers and the river terraces particularly the Shotover, Kawarau and Clutha rivers. Once the easy alluvial river shallows and sand bars had been worked, small groups of miners got together, constructing races to carry water to the gravel terraces along side the rivers and later with powerful water monitors, sluiced away the terraces. While most were working the terraces, others were eyeing the deeper riverbeds. The first dredging company in 1863, using a primitive spoonbucket dredge, enjoyed some early success when working a claim on the river midway between Clyde and Alexandra. However, although dredging was pioneered in this area, the initial 30 years were not a success for the dredging industry. Alexandra did however, benefit greatly as a result of the gold dredging boom of the 1890s and early 1900s. Extensive terrace tailings line the Clutha River from Clyde to Alexandra with the most extensive area now protected at the Earnscleugh Tailings Historic Reserve. These tailings represent and preserve a sequence of the relics of early dredging era of 1896-1924, and the last dredging era of 1951 to 1963. The most recent of these were from the Alexandra Dredge which worked the Earnscleugh Flats until 1963. Access to this Goldfields Historical Reserve is made from Marshall Road. The smaller tailings closest to the river cover the period from the late 1890's to the mid 1920's while the bigger tailings are more recent, from the 1950/60 period. Opposite at the Muttontown Tailings between the Clutha River and SH 8 in a pond, lies the remains of the hulk believed to be the Dunstan Lead, (renamed the Earnscleugh No 5), abandoned back in 1924.

What remains of the

Old Bridge Piers

The current bridge at Alexandra

The Old Alexandra Bridge soon after its opening in 1882

ALEXANDRA’S CEMETERIES

THE MANUHERIKIA JUNCTION CEMETERY Also known as the Graveyard Gully Cemetery

The old cemetery is located across the Manuherikia River from the Alexandra township. Access is from the Little Valley Road which runs beside the Otago Central Rail Trail. Take the first turn to the right after crossing the old railway bridge. Or you can take a walk to the cemetery via the Shaky bridge. All access is sign-posted. The first interment in this cemetery is believed to have been of a seven year old boy, William George Robertson, who drowned in the Manuherikia River in February 1863. Local history tells us that rocks were used to encircle the burial mounds and that only a few of the graves had headstones erected (probably better to be referred to as headboards as they were made of wood. Erecting of headstones in this time period was too difficult in this cemetery due to its location). Although it was close to some of the mining encampments which had sprung up along the river banks it was on the other side of the river to the actual township of Alexandra and funeral parties had to use punts to cross the river. The cemetery was only open from 1863 to approximately 1868 and the first permanent bridge (what is now the Shaky Bridge) across the river was not in use until 1879. It has always been believed that the closure of the Manuherikia cemetery was in 1868 as the new cemetery on the Alexandra Flats (the present cemetery) opened in this year (A newspaper report of the death of a two year old boy, the son of Robert Finlay (first Mayor of Alexandra in 1867) on the 5 April 1868 indicates his body was to be interred in the New Cemetery at Alexandra and is believed to one of the first burials there). After the last burials and due to it location being difficult to access and very few loved ones around to tend the graves, the Manuherikia Junction cemetery fell into disrepair. In 1898 some restoration work on the cemetery was carried out and on 3 August 1898 the Vincent County Council made an application to the Department of Lands and Deeds for the ground to be proclaimed a Cemetery Reserve - 35 years after the first burial and 30 years after the cemetery closed. Between 1898 and 1905 volunteers worked to tidy up the area. A wall of schist stone about a metre high was built. It was mortared and vertically set capping stones were used to finish it off. In the centre an obelisk was erected to commemorate those buried there. This comprised a tablet of Oamaru stone set into a concrete base. Inscribed on the tablet was the following:

ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE EARLY PIONEERS

WHO DIED BETWEEN 1863 AND 1868

CHARLES NEIL ROBERT THOMPSON ROBERT HOOPER

JOHN CURWEN CUMMING MICHAE O’REGAN JOHN STEPHENS THOMAS O’HARA EDWARD NIHILL PATRICK RIDER WILLIAM GROSE ROBERT BOYD JOHN DALEY JOHN LORD

JAMES HONEYMAN The abnormality about the names mentioned on this obelisk is that the Manuherikia Junction

cemetery is believed to have closed in 1868 but John Lord died in July 1869 and John Curwen Cumming in December 1871 and both are clearly shown in the burial registers to have been buried in the New Alexandra Cemetery. There is also a Michael O’Regan buried in the new cemetery having died in September 1872 and it is possible he could be the Michael O’Regan recorded on the obelisk. John Daley is actually John Duley, the punt owner (and your editor’s 2x great grandfather) who died in May 1869. He is mentioned in the new cemetery burial records and has a headstone in the new Alexandra cemetery but according to documentation is buried in the Manuherikia Junction Cemetery. The burial records indicates he was buried in the new cemetery on 11 May 1869, the day after his death but we have a receipt showing his widow did not purchase the plot in the new cemetery until August 1869, three months after he died. She was planning to bring his body across the river for re-interment but fate acted against this happening and the family firmly believe that his body is in the Manuherikia Junction Cemetery. The plot in the new Alexandra cemetery is empty although a headstone was erected on the plot. No burial records have survived for the Manuherikia Junction cemetery. There is possibly more buried in the cemetery than those mentioned on the obelisk. There are major discrepancies as to who exactly was buried there and who were re-interred in the new Alexandra Cemetery and also exactly as to what time period the cemetery was officially closed for burials. Historical evidence indicates that John Hyde and George Love who both died on 8 December 1863 were probably buried in the Manuherikia Junction Cemetery along with William George Robertson, aged 7 years, who died 7 February 1863 but they are not mentioned on the obelisk. After the initial tidy up of the Manuherikia Junction cemetery finished in 1905 very little maintenance work was carried out at the cemetery. An article in the Otago Daily Times newspaper on 11 June 1960 showed the obelisk was decaying badly and the lettering on the tablet was almost unreadable. Vandalism at the cemetery followed and the obelisk was broken in half. In the 1980s the local Jaycees took on the cause of repairing the walls and a new bronze plaque was placed on the site in the late 1990s. Today the only signs of what were graves are a small number of depressions in the ground which could co-incide with collapsed graves. In recent times The Otago Goldfields Heritage Trust have erected an information panel at the entrance to the old graveyard.

New cemetery

Manuherikia Junction cemetery

Shaky Bridge

The bronze plaque erected in

the 1990s

PRESENT ALEXANDRA CEMETERY

The cemetery is located at the end of Ngapara Street. For easy access travel along Tarbert Street from the War Memorial and the cemetery is clearly sign-posted on your left. The cemetery is very well maintained although some of the headstones are showing damage due to a deposit of lime in the water spread by the sprinkler system. The original cemetery transcripts cover 1868-1977 but in recent years the cemetery has been re-transcribed by members of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Alexandra Branch. Indexes relating to Alexandra Cemetery, along with other Central Otago cemeteries, are available on the Dunedin Family History Group website. The burial registers for the Alexandra cemetery appear to contain some omissions. In the first two pages which run from 1868 to mid 1887 there are several gaps that exceed 12 months. The biggest gap is between May 1874 and October 1877 (a total of nearly three and a half years). This does not correspond with burial dates on the headstones in this time

period. Death notices in the Dunstan Times newspaper indicate burials in the Alexandra Cemetery. Headstones have been found but no corresponding burial records. The first recorded burial in the cemetery is that of a two year old boy, the son of Robert Finlay who died on the 5 April 1868 and was buried on 8 April 1868. This burial is in lot 52 so it is hard to follow the early burial patterns which do not appear to have started at lot 1. This may have been through a renumbering due to the access to the cemetery. Originally access was through two gates - one for the wagon carrying the coffin and the second for the pedestrians. This entrance was three rows back from the present frontage of the cemetery. For further information on Central Otago cemeteries visit http://www.codc.govt.nz/facilities/community_facilities/

cemeteries

CHINESE MINERS IN CENTRAL OTAGO

Chinese gold miners arriving in New Zealand mostly came from villages near Canton, in southern China. It has been estimated that by 1868 there were some 1200 Chinese miners in Otago. These miners often successfully re-worked sites abandoned by Europeans who believed they were not profitable. Chinese settlements were established at Lawrence, Teviot (Roxburgh), Naseby, Nevis Valley, Conroy's Gully, Arrowtown, Skippers, Cardrona Valley, on the Kawarau and the Clutha River - Cromwell / Clyde (Cromwell Gorge), Alexandra (Roxburgh Gorge) and Nokomai Valley, Southland. In the summer months, small numbers of Chinese worked the winter snow areas of the Serpentine and Macetown and moved back to their river claims in winter. They worked the riverbeds and terraces as well as hydraulic sluicing on a small scale. Some Chinese set up trading stores - mainly for their own people and as the gold ran out others went into small scale

market gardening and fruit growing while others worked on road and bridge construction when work was available. Chinese miners often lived apart from the Europeans in Chinatown's alongside the mining villages. In the mid 1870's the Chinese population in New Zealand reached some 5000, of which 4300 lived in Otago. At this time the Government imposed a “Poll Tax”. Immigration slowed down and by the 1890's the Chinese population began to recede. Today nearly all of the original Chinese settlements have now disappeared. The last big remains of the Cromwell Chinatown settlement on the lower Kawarau riverbank, vanished in 1992 along with most of old Cromwell under the waters of the newly formed Lake Dunstan. Many historians believe the most interesting historical evidence of the Chinese miners presence is the Chinese writings on gravestones at several Central Otago cemeteries. There are some very interesting examples in Roxburgh Cemetery. These are in need of some restoration work. There were many Chinese miners buried in the Alexandra cemetery in the mid to late 1800s but most were exhumed in 1902 and their bodies prepared to be returned to China for burial. Their plots were then resold for further burials and some of the Chinese headstones have turned up in museums. The Chinese bodies were shipped to Hong Kong aboard the “Ventnor” but it sank off the west Coast of the North Island after hitting rocks in the vicinity of Cape Edmont. The entire cargo of Chinese remains were lost. Three weeks before this sinking the Otago Daily Times newspaper carried an article on the exhumation of Chinese and their return to China. It is well worth a read and appears on page 3 of the 27 October 1902 issue. A summary of the article records how seven railway vans of coffins of Chinese, who died in the Otago Province in recent years, had arrived at Port Chalmers and the people of Dunedin were a little alarmed at their presence. The coffins were zinc lined and each coffin had the name and details of the deceased on the foot of the coffin. A total of 474 remains were to be returned to their respective families in China. The Chinese burial society based in Dunedin had a membership nationally of 2,500. The shipment in 1902 was the first in 21 years and cost £5000. The process of exhumation and removal was carried out under inspection of the Health Department. Where the remains were now just dry bones they were taken and washed and dried at a shed in Kaikorai in Dunedin. Each bone, even to the finger bones, were wrapped in calico and the parts belonging to each body were placed in a kauri case. The bodies where decaying was still taking place were put into the zinc lined coffins and placed in outer kauri shells of one and a quarter inch thickness, screwed together and then varnished.

ALEXANDRA SCHOOL Alexandra School was established in 1864. In 1912 it became Alexandra District High School, incorporating primary and secondary schools. A separate primary school and Dunstan High School were established in 1963. Today Alexandra has three primary schools - Alexandra Primary School, Terrace Primary, and St Gerards and a high school - Dunstan High School. The Hocken Collections in Dunedin hold the records for Alexandra School and Alexandra District High School from 1878 to 1961.

Alexandra Cemetery.

ALEXANDRA PUBLIC SCHOOL The following list is pupils at Alexandra Public School from 1877 to 1900. The year shown is the year they were first admitted to the school.

ABERCROMBIE George 1900 ABERCROMBIE Lilian 1900 ABERCROMBIE Ralph 1900 AH WING David 1889 AH WING Elizabeth 1877 AH WING Ernest 1892 AH WING James 1879 AH WING Janet 1880 AH WING Robert 1883 AH WING Rose Ann 1887 AH WING William 1878 ALDRED Charlotte Laura 1884 ALDRED Emily Louise 1887 ALDRED Ethel Agnes 1885 ALLAN Isabella 1879 ALLAN John 1893 ALLAN Thomas 1885 ALLEN Isabella 1879 ALLEN Thomas 1878 ALLEN William 1878 ANDERSON Louis 1900 ANDERSON Melina A 1896 ANDERSON Thomas Johnson 1897 APPLETON Mildred 1897 APPLETON Ralph 1898 APPLETON William 1895 ATKINS Robert 1882 AUSTIN Millie E A 1899 BAILEY Thomson 1881 BAKER Gipsy M 1898 BAKER Hugh 1900 BAKER Mildred 1895 BAKER Olive 1895 BECK Elizabeth 1880 BECK Thomas 1878 BLACKWELL Charlotte 1888 BLAKELY Edward F 1880 BLAKELY Howard McI 1880 BLAKELY Jane Emily 1880 BLAKELY John William 1880 BLANCH Isaac Dean 1880 BLANCH Mary Annie 1880 BOHNING Annie 1879 BOWDEN Emma Maud 1893 BOWDEN Maud E 1890 BOWLER Lucy 1898 BOWLER Maud May 1899 BOYD Allen 1898 BOYNE Elsie 1900 BOYNE Flora Helen 1890 BOYNE Norman M 1892 BOYNE Olive Mabel 1897 BOYNE Robert 1895 BRENNAN John 1878 BRENT Garnet 1896 BRENT Ruby 1894 BRENT Theodore Daniel 1899 BRINGANS Isabella 1881 BROWN Augustus 1890 BROWN Charles 1894 BROWN Elizabeth 1886 BROWN George Ann 1885 BROWN Jacob 1878 BROWN James 1879 BROWN Louisa 1888 BROWN Margaret 1881 BROWN Sarah Phina 1893 BROWN Thomas William 1887 BROWN William Francis 1899 BROWN William John 1890 BRUCE Amy Martha 1900 BRUCE Archibald 1882 BRUCE Christina 1883 BRUCE Grace 1891 BRUCE Hugh 1880 BRUCE Isabella 1893 BRUCE John 1878 BRUCE Mary Ann 1887 BRUCE Robert 1895 BRUCE Robina 1888 BUCKLEY John 1879 BUCKLEY Thomas 1878 BUTLER Alexander Henry 1893 BUTLER Patrick 1893 BUTLER Rosie 1898 CAMERON Catherine 1878 CAMERON Hugh 1878 CAMPBELL Elsie 1898 CAMPBELL Jessie 1899 CAMPBELL Margaret 1899

CAMPBELL Mary Ann Margaret 1896 CAMPBELL Murdoch 1900 CAMPBELL Peter 1899 CAMPBELL William 1899 CAMPBELL William Thomas 1892 CARLINE John 1900 CARROLL Margaret 1893 CHAPPLE Agnes Allan 1884 CHISHOLM Annie 1896 CHISHOLM Hugh John 1895 CHISHOLM Roderick Geo 1895 CHISHOLM Wm Alex 1895 CHURSTAN John Henry 1900 CLOSS James Robert 1894 CLOSS Jean Gunning 1894 CLOSS William Osborne 1894 CROSSAN Margaret 1886 DAWSON Eva 1877 DE SILVA Jessie 1892 DEADY Cornelius 1884 DEADY Edward 1883 DEADY Eugene 1895 DEADY Hannah Maria 1887 DEADY Honorah Catherine 1895 DEADY Margaret 1883 DEADY Mary Jane 1885 DEWAR Janet Bethia 1900 DEWAR Robert Alex 1900 DOVE Alex 1899 DOVE John James George 1896 DOVE Rosina McNeill 1896 DRUMMEY Agnes 1884 EDGECOMBE William S 1893 EDMONDS James 1900 FAIR Alexander 1884 FAIR Alice 1884 FAIR Charles 1889 FAIR Ellen 1890 FAIR Grace 1885 FAISANDIER Felix 1879 FAISANDIER Marguerite 1880 FAISANDIER Melanie 1879 FALCONER Ernest Gordon 1900 FALCONER Lilian Evelyn 1900 FEATHERSTONE Joseph 1888 FIELD Bertha 1884 FINDLAY Vida 1897 FINLAY Robert 1880 FINLAY William 1880 FISHER Charlotte C 1884 FISHER George 1883 FISHER Susan 1879 FLINT Herbert Lanham 1898 FLINT Wilfred 1900 FORREST Fredrick 1900 FORREST Grace 1889 FORREST James Roy 1892 FORREST William 1888 FRASER Alice 1889 FRASER Annie 1892 FRASER Christina 1879 FRASER Effie 1884 FRASER James Peter 1886 FRASER Jessie 1885 FRASER Mary Ann 1888 FRASER Maude 1886 FRASER Olivia 1879 FRASER Robert Thomas 1890 GARTLEY James 1892 GARTLEY Roger 1889 GARTLY John Edward 1891 GARTLY William H 1888 GEE Fred 1896 GEE Rosina 1896 GEMMELL David 1878 GEMMELL Hugh 1885 GEMMELL Joan 1881 GEMMELL John 1880 GEMMELL William 1883 GILCHRIST Norman D 1898 GRIMSTONE Reginald 1900 GUNION Colin Ross 1897 GUNION Dora 1897 GUNION Douglas 1897 GUNION Eleanor Grace McM 1891 GUNION Emily Gertrude 1891 GUNION Robert Alexander 1891 GUNION Ross Colin 1891 GUNION Victor 1897 GUYTON Gertrude May 1899 GUYTON Henry 1899 GUYTON Percy 1899 HANSEN Beryl 1896 HANSEN Sybil M 1893 HAWLEY John 1892

HAWLEY Mary 1893 HESSON Daisy 1898 HESSON John 1900 HESSON Joseph 1900 HOLDEN Mary Ethel 1893 HOLOHAN Emily Jane 1899 HOLOHAN Margaret 1890 HOLOHAN William 1891 HOOD Edith 1880 HOOD Emma 1880 HOOD Frederick 1881 HOOD Henry 1880 HORNE Elizabeth 1900 HUNT Daniel 1899 HUTTON Robert 1896 IVERSEN Andrew Carl 1887 IVERSEN Christina 1895 IVERSEN Edward George 1886 IVERSEN Gertrude 1879 IVERSEN Jessie Ellen 1889 IVERSEN Lena 1882 IVERSEN Theresa 1880 JACKSON George 1884 JACKSON Harold 1888 JACKSON Headley 1888 JACKSON James M 1878 JACKSON James Marwood 1884 JACKSON Lily 1893 JACKSON Minnie 1878 JACKSON Samuel David 1882 JACKSON Sarah 1878 JACKSON Thomas 1878 JACKSON William Albert 1892 JOHNSTONE Joanna 1898 KELMAN Albert James 1891 KELMAN Ethel Alice 1896 KELMAN Jessie 1889 KELMAN Mary 1888 KELMAN Rubina Edith 1898 KENNEDY Alexander 1893 KENNEDY John George 1900 KENNEDY Mary 1894 KILGOUR Evelyn 1897 KILGOUR Robert 1897 KING Adam 1878 KING Alexander 1895 KING Allan W S 1899 KING Emma 1893 KING Florence Daisy 1899 KING Jane 1888 KING John 1890 KING John Henry 1899 KING Louisa 1879 KING Margaret Ellen 1886 KING Robert 1882 KNEWSTUBB Edwin 1900 KNEWSTUBB Percy 1900 LAMBOURNE Ernest 1900 LAPSLAE Annie 1890 LAPSLAE Edward 1890 LAPSLAE William Andrew 1890 LARSON Arthur 1897 LARSON Isaac 1897 LARSON William 1898 LETT Samuel 1878 LINDSAY Alexander 1900 LITHGOE George 1885 LOTHIAN Alice Jessie 1887 LOTHIAN Millicent May 1889 MacGINNIS Eliza Jane 1882 MacGINNIS Flora 1884 MacGINNIS John Albert 1886 MacGINNIS Marjory 1887 MacGINNIS Michael Patrick 1884 MacKAY Annabella 1900 MacKAY Francis 1900 MacKAY Margaret 1900 MACKIE Arthur Perrot 1899 MACKIE Daisy Le Harrivel 1899 MACKIE Ian Bertram 1899 MacNAMARA May 1885 MAGNUS Agnes Jane 1891 MAGNUS Charles F 1896 MAGNUS John Bedford 1896 MAGNUS Laura Thelma 1897 MAGNUS Olaf Daniel 1893 MAGNUS Sabina 1888 McALLEN William 1898 McCOMBE John 1900 McDONALD Flora Isabella 1900 McDONALD George 1880 McDONALD George Ingram 1899 McDONALD Isabella 1899 McDONALD John 1895 McDONALD Stuart Gordon 1899

McELROY Mary 1878 McGINNIS Catherine 1886 McGINNIS John 1891 McGINNIS Joseph A 1890 McGREGOR Elizabeth 1899 McILROY John 1880 McILROY Mary 1880 McKAY Mary 1884 McKEEMAN James 1878 McKELLAR Archibald 1891 McKELLAR Isabella 1891 McKELLAR Ivan 1900 McKELLAR Mary 1891 McKENZIE Charlotte 1890 McKENZIE Ellen 1882 McKENZIE Hughina Josephine 1890 McKENZIE Ida Maud 1890 McKENZIE Jane 1882 McKENZIE Janet Isabella 1882 McKENZIE Jessie 1899 McKENZIE Johan 1882 McKENZIE Johanna 1890 McKENZIE Mary 1890 McKERSEY Lindsay 1878 McKERSEY William 1882 McLAREN Mabel 1898 McLAY Alice Mary 1886 McLAY Catherine Ellen 1886 McLAY Morton G F 1899 McMECKING Gilbert John 1899 McNAMARA Cecil Ernest 1896 McNAMARA Francis 1890 McNAMARA Francis James 1896 McNAMARA Gilbert 1896 McNAMARA Henry Richard 1889 McNAMARA John 1889 McNAMARA Mabel Helena 1889 McNAMARA Robert 1897 McNAUGHTON Alice Emily 1895 McNAUGHTON Caroline 1888 McNAUGHTON David 1891 McNAUGHTON Elizabeth 1880 McNAUGHTON Isabella 1882 McNAUGHTON James 1885 McNAUGHTON Jemima 1878 McNAUGHTON John 1884 McNAUGHTON Peter 1890 McNAUGHTON William 1892 McPHERSON Ethel Gertrude 1894 MIDDLETON Henry Joseph 1888 MOODIE Bedford 1898 MOODIE Florence 1898 MORRISS Charles 1878 MORRISS James 1881 MORRISS Jessie 1878 MORRISS Thomas 1878 MUIR Agnes 1881 NEIPER Catherine 1878 NEIPER Charles 1878 NEIPER Frank 1879 NEIPER James 1878 NEIPER J John 1879 NEIPER Mary Jane 1878 NEWBURY Bertram Douglas 1889 NIEPER Charles Fairlie 1900 NIEPER John 1879 NOBLE James 1881 NOBLE Margaret 1895 NOBLE Mary Ann 1882 NOONE George 1880 NOONE Jane 1879 NOONE Susan 1883 NOONE Walter 1879 NOONE William 1878 PACEY Alfred Wm James 1896 PACEY Cecil George 1899 PACEY Charles Robert 1893 PACEY Frank Heriot 1893 PACEY Samuel Ernest C 1893 PAGET Craven 1878 PAGET Martin 1878 PAGET Mary 1880 PAGET Thomas 1883 PAINE Alfred 1883 PARKER Eva Kneller 1895 PARKER James 1900 PARKER John 1900 PARKER Victoria 1900 PARKER Violet 1900 PEEK Alfred 1894 PETERS Benjamin 1881 PETERS Edith 1879 PETERS Millie 1879 PHIN Robert McIntosh 1900 PORTHOUS Charles Robert 1898

PORTHOUS Dorothy E 1900 PORTHOUS Violet Mary 1898 POULTER George William 1899 POULTER Robert James 1899 POULTER William B 1900 PRATT Alfred Mason 1891 PRATT Alicia May 1891 PRATT James 1891 PRATT Joseph 1891 RAINHAM Margaret Georgina 1896 RAPER Albert 1890 RAPER Francis Frank 1890 RATCLIFFE Henry 1883 REES Charles Gilbert 1881 REID Alexander 1895 REID Kate Elizabeth 1895 REID Maggie 1895 RICHARDSON Earl 1900 RIVERS Ada 1878 RIVERS George 1878 RIVERS James 1878 RIVERS John 1878 RIVERS Susan 1879 ROBBS George 1900 ROBBS Mary 1899 ROBERTS Violet Maud 1898 ROBERTS William 1895 ROBERTSON Catherine 1877 ROBERTSON Daisy 1900 ROBERTSON James 1883 ROBERTSON John C 1878 ROBERTSON Mary-Ann 1879 ROBERTSON Stewart 1878 ROEBUCK Phyllis 1898 ROEBUCK William 1898 ROSS Daisy Olivia 1893 ROSS Ivy 1897 ROSS Leonard 1898 ROSS Linda 1899 ROSS Rosa 1898 RYAN Edward 1884 RYAN Ellen 1878 RYAN James 1889 RYAN Laurence 1878 RYAN Leo Cyril 1884 RYAN Lucy 1880 RYAN May Anne 1881 RYAN Septimus Theodore 1887 RYAN Theresa 1879 RYAN William 1878 SAMSON John 1879 SANDERS Annie 1897 SANDERS John Charles 1895 SANDERS Thomas 1893 SANDERS Violet M 1900 SAWYERS Alice 1897 SAWYERS Frances 1894 SAWYERS Kathleen 1895 SCHAUMAN Henry 1896 SCHAUMAN William 1896 SCHAUMANN David 1900 SCHAUMANN Dorothea 1897 SCOTT Helen 1880 SCOTT Helen Miller 1900 SCOTT James 1878 SCOTT Mary Agnes 1900 SHORT Louisa 1880 SHORT Mary Jane 1877 SIMMONDS Alice E T 1900 SIMMONDS George 1878 SMITH Archibald 1897 SMITH Arthur 1896 SMITH Christina 1885 SMITH David 1897 SMITH Eliz Jessie 1895 SMITH Florence 1897 SMITH George 1878 SMITH Isabella 1895 SMITH Jane 1880 SMITH John Thomas 1895 SMITH Margaret 1883 SMITH Marjory 1900 SMITH Robert 1886 SMITH Thomas 1881 SPAIN Catherine 1887 SPAIN William 1885 SPENCER Louis 1899 SPROAT James 1883 STABBE Percy 1893 STEELE Annie 1885 STEELE James 1894 STEELE Jane 1900 STEELE Walter Ingleheart 1885 STEWART Alice 1879 STEWART Flora 1879

STEWART Herbert 1878 STEWART John 1884 STEWART Kathleen 1899 STEWART Margaret 1899 STEWART Norman 1878 STEWART William 1883 STUART Charles 1887 STUART Elizabeth 1883 STUART James 1883 STUART Jane 1883 STUART Mary Ann 1887 SULLIVAN Edith 1895 SULLIVAN John 1895 SYMES Grace Montgomery 1899 SYMES Henry 1897 SYMONS Colin Cameron 1896 SYMONS George Henry 1892 SYMONS Janet Elizabeth 1896 SYMONS John Albert 1889 SYMONS Vivian Lewis 1896 TALL William 1900 TAYLOR Elizabeth 1900 TERRY Edward 1878 THEYERS David 1885 THEYERS Harriet 1879 THEYERS James Tiley 1883 THEYERS John 1878 THEYERS William 1878 THOMPSON Charles 1883 THOMPSON Eleanor Maude 1883 THOMPSON Emma 1883 THOMPSON Joseph Edward 1884 THOMPSON Joseph J 1891 THOMSON Bruce 1899 THOMSON David 1894 THOMSON Leslie 1897 THOMSON Mary 1884 THOMSON Peter 1878 THOMSON Ruby Beatrice 1899 THOMSON William 1899 THORNE Annie 1892 TIMMINGS Herbert 1900 TIMMINGS John Handel 1900 TOHILL Charles Henry 1890 TOHILL Daniel 1898 TOHILL Edmund 1900 TOHILL Hugh 1898 TOHILL John 1897 TOHILL Margaret 1888 TOHILL Roger 1899 TRAVIS Elizabeth 1900 TRAVIS Ellen 1900 TRAVIS Rubina 1899 TREVETHICK Archibald 1898 TREVETHICK Eva 1898 TREVETHICK Herbert 1899 VAUSE Frances 1879 VAUSE George 1879 VAUSE Henry 1889 WALTON John William 1889 WALTON Kate Louisa H 1889 WATSON Alexander Thomas 1890 WATSON Amy Winifred 1892 WATSON Edward H 1887 WATSON Eleanor Isabel 1890 WATSON Hugh Henry 1887 WATSON Margaret 1879 WATSON Mary 1884 WATSON Rebecca 1882 WATSON Susan 1900 WATSON William 1882 WATTS Arthur Edwin 1896 WEAVER Charles 1878 WEAVER Mary-Ann 1879 WEBB George Richard 1881 WEBB William Robert 1887 WEIR John Alex 1900 WELLS Agnes 1879 WHITE Annie 1881 WILLCOX Ernest H 1884 WILLIAMS Cecil Bertram 1887 WILLIAMS Constance Cecil 1888 WILLIAMS Edgar H L 1896 WILLIAMS Flora McDonald 1897 WILLIAMS Frederick Harold 1887 WILLIAMS Reginald Eric 1890 WILLIAMS Robert 1893 WILLIAMS Roland Adolf 1892 WITTICK Annie 1895 WITTICK Gertrude 1895 WITTICK May 1895 WONG Mary 1889 YOUNG Henry Llewellyn 1888 YOUNG Joseph 1900

THE GREAT WAR 1914-18

IN HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN WHO FROM THIS DISTRICT

GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR RIGHTEOUNESS, JUSTICE AND LIBERTY

UNVEILED ON ARMISTICE DAY 1921

RE-DEDICATED ANZAC DAY 1947 TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO FELL 1939-1945

ALEXANDRA 1914-1918

ALEXANDRA 1939-1945

EARNSCLEUGH 1914-1918


GALLOWAY 1914-1918

GALLOWAY 1939-1945

FRUITLANDS 1914-1918


MOUTERE 1914-1918

MOUTERE 1939-1945

BARR, HUGH BRENT, THEO. CAMPBELL, W. J. CLOSS, W. O. COUSTON, BERT COULSON, JOHN FLEMING, M. A. FLINT, H. L. FORRESTER, JAS. FORREST, W. T. GRIMSTONE, L. E. JACKSON, J. H. H. KANE, JAS. KITTO, J. F. McCOMBE, JOHN

McEACHEN, PERCY McKELLAR, D. I. MARSHALL, E. D. MARSLIN, W. T. NOBLE, JAS. PACEY, C. R. PARKER, JAS. SCHAUMANN, W. A. STRONG, S. TOHILL, H. A. TREGILGUS, SAML. WEAVER, P. WEAVER, C. L. WOODHOUSE, F. E. McKNIGHT, ROBERT

ASHWORTH, C. P. HUNT, L. G. R. LUNN, J. D. NIALL, A. W. RANKIN, R.

RUFF, A. J. B. TAYLOR-CANNON, K. C. TOLL, T. J. WALKER, R. W. WATTS, W. A.

HAWLEY, WM. JEFFREYS, JAS. KINNAIRD, JAS. McGINNIS, JOSEPH

MARTIN, L. L. SMITH, WM. HEPBURN, STANLEY SYMONS, V. L.

ALEXANDRA 1914-1918

BARR, Hugh - unable to identify this soldier

BRENT, Theodore Daniel, Trooper 7/312 Son of Septimus and Susannah Brent, Dunedin NZEF Canterbury Mounted Rifles Killed in action Gallipoli, Turkey on 21 August 1915.

CAMPBELL, William John, Gunner 13/2308 Son of Mr P. and Mrs M. Campbell, Alexandra Husband of Florence Campbell, Thames NZEF New Zealand Field Artillery Killed in action Somme, France on 8 April 1918.

Name also appears on the Old and New Roxburgh War Memorials

CLOSS, William Osborne, 2nd Lieutenant 22670 Son of Mr G. & Mrs Jane Closs, Waitahuna NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action Ypres, Belgium on 22 July 1917.

COULSON, Bert, Private 22309

Appears in records as Bertie Coulson Son of Louisa Coulson, Alexandra NZEF Killed Ypres, Belgium on 12 October 1917.

COULSON, John Watson, Private 8/2882

Appears in records as John Watson Coulston Son of Louisa Coulson, Alexandra NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed Belgium on 7 June 1917.

FLEMING, Mostyn Aldborough, Corporal 36829 Son of Mrs E. Fleming, Balclutha NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in Action Ypres, Belgium on 12 October 1917.

FLINT, Herbert Lanham, Private 42492 Son of late Joseph Flint, Wales Husband of Mrs J. S. Flint, Earnscleugh NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action Ypres, Belgium on 12 October 1917.

FORREST, William Tobin, Private 8/914 Son of Mrs E. Blackholm, Alexandra NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Killed in action Gallipoli, Turkey between 2 and 24 May 1915.

FORRESTER, James, Private 8/1115 Son of Mr and Mrs James Forrester, Dunedin Soldier enlisted at Alexandra NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Killed in action Gallipoli, Turkey on 2 May 1915.

GRIMSTONE, Lionel Edward, Lieutenant 11/743 Son of L. B. & Alice Grimstone, Alexandra NZEF New Zealand Field Artillery Killed in action Le Cateau, France on 8 October 1918.

JACKSON, John Herbert Headley, Rifleman 40957 Miner at Alexandra NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Killed in action Ypres, Belgium on 18 November 1917.

KANE, James, Private 32676 Son of James and Mary Kane, Dunedin NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Killed in action Belgium on 16 June 1917.

KITTO, John Francis, Private 15186 Son of John and Mary Kitto NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action Ypres, Belgium on 12 October 1917.

McCOMBE, John Samuel, Private 11179 Son of John and Edwina McCombe, Dunedin. Soldier born at St Bathans. NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action Somme France on 1 October 1916.

McEACHEN, Percy James, Private 8/148 Son of John McEachen, Winton NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Killed in action Gallipoli, Turkey on 13 July 1915.

McKELLAR, Donald Ivan, Private 813333 Son of Peter and Mary McKellar, Alexandra NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Died of wounds at Belgium on 3 August 1917.

MEIKLEJOHN, A. B.

CLEARIE, A. CUMMOCK, V. P. CUMMOCK, W. S. A.

O’DONNELL, J. MUIR, T. D. F.

BUTLER, D. J. FALCONER, J. C. GRAY, C. B.

JOHNSON, WM. McDONNELL, RANDOLPH

SYMES, I. G.

JOPP, W. A. T. McINTOSH, R. M.

WILSON, F. S.

SYMONS, V. L.

RUFF, Aiden John Bartlett, Private 13096 Son of Noble and Annie Ruff, Alexandra 26 Infantry Battalion Killed in the Western Desert on 26 October 1942.

TAYLOR-CANNON, Keith Granville, Squadron-Leader NZ412284 Son of Lewis and Alice Taylor-Cannon, Alexandra Royal New Zealand Air Force 486 Squadron Killed in action in Europe on 13 April 1945.

TOLL, Thomas James, Gunner 438855 Son of James and Mary Toll, Arrowtown New Zealand Artillery Killed in Italy on 12 January 1944.

Name also appears on Arrowtown War Memorial

WALKER, Reginald William, Lance Corporal 16876 Son of William and Edith Walker, Alexander 23 Infantry Battalion Killed in Italy on 28 November 1943.

WATTS, Walter Alexander, Sergeant 401449 Royal New Zealand Air Force Killed in transit to North Africa on 4 July 1941.


HAWLEY, William, Private 47525 Son of John and Catherine Hawley, Earnscleugh NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Died of wounds in France on 6 November 1918.

HEPBURN, Stanley, Private 16877 Son of Mrs D. Hepburn, Clyde NZEF Machine Gun Corps Died on 21 September 1921.

JEFFREYS, James - unable to identify this soldier.

KINNAIRD, James, Private 8/2638 Son of Robert and Elizabeth Kinnaird, Earnscleugh Flat NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Killed in action Somme, France on 27 September 1916.

McGINNIS, Joseph Augustine, Private 49913 Son of late Michael and Mary McGinnis, Earnscleugh Flat NZEF Auckland Infantry Regiment Killed in action Somme, France 30 March 1918.

MARTIN, Leslie, Private 17894 Appears on war memorial and L. L. Martin Son of Thomas and Doris Martin, Christchurch NZEF New Zealand Cycle Corps Died of wounds in England on 5 July 1918.

SMITH, William - unable to identify this soldier.


MEIKLEJOHN, Arthur Burnard, Driver 15488 Son of Arthur and Annie Meiklejohn, Alexandra New Zealand Army Service corps Killed in Western Desert on 28 November 1941.


BUTLER, Daniel John, Rifleman 62008 Son of John and Mary Butler, Alexandra Husband of Eunice Butlr, Waihau NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Killed in action Le Cateau, France on 31 October 1918.

FALCONER, James Courtney, Sergeant 36828 Son of James and Catherine Falconer, Ettrick NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action Ypres, Belgium on 2 October 1917.

GRAY, C. B. - unable to identify this soldier.

JOHNSON, William, Private 8/57 Son of John and Lucy Johnson, Dunedin NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Killed in action at Gallipoli, Turkey on 2 May 1915.

McDONNELL, Randolph, Private 39282 Son of John and Sarah McDonnell, Bald Hill Flat NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Died of wounds in France on 22 August 1918.

McKNIGHT, Robert, Rifleman 51421 NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Died in New Zealand on 14 September 1921.

MARSHALL, Edward Daniel, Private 8/1796 Son of Mary Ann Smith, Alexandra NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Died of wounds at sea from Gallipoli, Turkey on 12 July 1915.

MARSLIN, William Thompson, Rifleman 69354 Son of Edward and Margaret Marslin, Alexandra NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Killed in action Havrincourt, France on 12 September 1918.

NOBLE, James Winton, Private 61363 Son of James and Jessie Noble, Invercargill NZEF Auckland Infantry Regiment Died of wounds in France on 26 August 1918.

PACEY, Charles Robert, Private 6/925 Son of Thomasina and late William Pacey NZEF Canterbury Infantry Battalion Killed in action Gallipoli, Turkey 7 August 1915.

PARKER, James, Private 8/3032 Son of Eliza and late William Parker, Alexander NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action Belgium on 13 June 1917.

SCHAUMANN, William Anderson, Warrant Officer 8/3064 Son of Henry & M. Schaumann, Alexandra NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Killed in action in Bapaume, France on 25 August 1918.

STRONG, Stanley Robert, Rifleman 45249 Son of Robert and Helen Strong, Dunedin NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Died of wounds in France on 20 May 1918.

TOHILL, Hugh Augustus, Private 39359 Son of Henry and Mary Ann Tohill, Alexandra NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Died of wounds in France on 25 July 1918.

TREGILGUS, Samuel, Rifleman 24/599 Son of Margaret and late Samuel Tregilgus, Alexandra NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Killed in action Somme, France on 15 September 1916.

WEAVER, Charles Leslie, Driver 9/890 Son of Patrick and Lily Weaver, Earnscleugh NZEF Otago Mounted Rifles Died in New Zealand on 17 August 1921.

WEAVER, Peter, Trooper 9/1747 Son of Patrick and Lily Weaver, Earnscleugh NZEF Otago Mounted Rifles Returned to New Zealand

WOODHOUSE, Frank E., Trooper 9/896 Son of Mr and Mrs William Woodhouse, Alexandra NZEF Otago Mounted Rifles Killed in action Gallipoli, Turkey on 27 August 1915.

Name also appears on the Old and New Roxburgh War Memorials

ALEXANDRA 1939-1945

ASHWORTH, Corran Perry, Flying Officer NZ413367 Son of Arthur and Edna Ashworth, Alexandra RNZAF 65 Squadron Killed on active service over Europe on 3 August 1944.

HUNT, Lester George Radcliffe, Gunner 57717 NZEF New Zealand Field Artillery Returned to New Zealand

LUNN, John Davis, Flight Lieutenant NZ416864 Son of John and Joan Lunn, Alexandra RNZAF 257 Squadron Killed in Europe on 24 January 1945.

NIALL, Alexander William, Warrant Officer NZ404928 Royal New Zealand Air Force 15 Squadron Killed on active service in France on 16 September 1943.

RANKIN, Robert, Private 15580 Son of William and Margaret Rankin, Alexandra 20 Infantry Battalion Killed Crete 2 June 1941.


SYMES, Ira Gladstone, Private 19984 Son of Robert and Annie Symes, Fruitlands 23 Infantry Battalion Killed in action in the Western Desert on 15 July 1942.

GALLOWAY 1914-1918

SYMONS, Lewis Vivian, Private 8/3086

Appears on the war memorial as V. L. Symons Son of Agnes and late Henry Symons, Galloway NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Died of wounds in France on 12 October 1916.

GALLOWAY 1939-1945

CLEARIE, Alister, Private 13031 Son of Alexander and Anne Clearie, Galloway 26 Infantry Battalion Died at sea on 9 December 1941.

CUMMOCK, Vincent Patrick, Flight Sergeant NZ41574 Son of James and Ellen Cummock, Galloway Royal New Zealand Air Force 57 Squadron Killed in action in Germany on 3 June 1942.

CUMMOCK, William Smith Anthony, Lance Bombardier 25538 Son of James and Ellen Cummock, Galloway New Zealand Artillery Killed in the Western Desert on 31 October 1942.

O’DONNELL, John Terence, Private 9453 Son of Thomas and Jessie O’Donnell, Winton Enlisted in Alexandra Machine Gun Battalion Killed in Greece on 15 April 1941.

MUIR, Thomas Douglas Forsyth, Sapper 22543 Son of John and Alice Muir, Alexandra New Zealand Engineers Killed in the Western Desert on 26 August 1942.

MOUTERE 1914-1918

JOPP, William Alexander Tolmie, Gunner 9/1693 Son of Elizabeth Jopp, Chatto Creek NZEF Otago Mounted Rifles Died of wounds in England on 18 November 1918.

McINTOSH, Robert Matthew, Private 32602 Son of Robert and Grace McIntosh, Chatto Creek New Zealand Training Unit Died in New Zealand on 25 August 1916. Buried Drybread Cemetery.

MOUTERE 1939-1945

WILSON, Frank Shields, Warrant Officer NZ42717 Son of James and Delia Wilson, Dunedin Royal New Zealand Air Force 6 Squadron Killed in the Pacific on 27 January 1945.

FRUITLANDS Fruitlands is situated on State Highway 8, 14 kilometres southwest of Alexandra, and 27km northeast of Roxburgh. Fruitlands was initially settled as a gold mining town known as "Bald Hill Flat" following a gold rush to the area in August 1863. Miners Andrew Drew and Ben Buchanan were getting an ounce of gold in 30 buckets from a depth of only a foot below the surface. In the next few years the whole of Bald Hill Flat was prospected with small amounts of gold recovered from shallow depths almost everywhere. Bald Hill Flat was initially an outlying part of Teviot Station before the gold rush of 1863. Following the discovery of gold, it was split off the Teviot run and subdivided into sections for lease. Bald Hill Flat was renamed Fruitlands in 1915, in recognition of it becoming a fruit growing area. However only one crop of fruit was ever exported from the area, and although there was ample summer irrigation water available, the hard winter frosts destroyed most of the trees. Once a community with school, post office and Roman-Catholic church, today the area has only the remains of miners' stone cottages; some derelict, others restored. Fine examples of restored houses are John Mitchell's cottage, and the Speargrass Inn, formerly the Speargrass Hotel.

The following is a list of children at Bald Hill Flat School from 1879-1900.

The year shown is the first year they were enrolled at the school.

AUSTIN, Albert 1890 AUSTIN, Johns 1890 BISHOP, Albert 1881 BISHOP, Edith 1881 BISHOP, Maud 1881 BLACKWELL, Alice M 1896 BLACKWELL, William 1897 BROWN, Charlotte 1895 BROWN, Ellen 1879 BROWN, Margaret 1888 BROWN, Mary 1879 BROWN, Matthew 1892 BROWN, Patrick 1879 BROWN, Thomas 1879 BURTON, William 1894 BUTLER, Alex H 1886 BUTLER, Annie 1880 BUTLER, Catherine 1883 BUTLER, Daniel 1888 BUTLER, Jack 1884 BUTLER, John 1879 BUTLER, Kate 1879 BUTLER, Margaret 1891 BUTLER, Mary 1879 BUTLER, Patrick 1884 BUTLER, Sarah 1879 CAMPBELL, Archibald 1895 CAMPBELL, Jeannie 1894 CAMPBELL, Jessie 1894 CAMPBELL, John 1899 CAMPBELL, Minnie Jane 1898 CARROLL, Ellen 1879 CARROLL, James 1879 CARROLL, Johanna 1891 CARROLL, John 1884 CARROLL, Maggie 1886 CARROLL, Mary Jane 1879 CARROLL, Patrick 1879 CARROLL, Percy William 1898 CARROLL, Pierce 1898 CROSKERY, Edith 1893 CROSSAN, Agnes 1883 CROSSAN, Elizabeth Ann 1887 CROSSAN, Henry 1891 CROSSAN, Ida 1886 CROSSAN, Jane 1887 CROSSAN, John George 1888 CROSSAN, John Thomas 1887 CROSSAN, Mai 1892 CROSSAN, Margaret 1883 CROSSING, John 1879 DIAMOND, Ellen 1898 DIAMOND, Minnie 1897 DOUGHERTY, James 1899 DOUGHERTY, John 1899 DOUGHERTY, Patrick 1900 EKBERG, Thomas 1891 FALCONER, Ernest 1898 FALCONER, Herbert 1895 FALCONER, James 1895 FALCONER, John Herbert 1900 FALCONER, Laura 1895 FALCONER, Lily Eveline 1897 FALCONER, Mildred 1896 FALCONER, William 1895 FEATHERSTONE, Joseph 1885 FIELD, Bertha 1883 FIELD, Sarah 1883 FREW, Ellen 1895 GALVIN, Annie 1881 GALVIN, Bridget 1883 GALVIN, James 1880 GALVIN, John 1879 GALVIN, Margaret 1879 GALVIN, Mary 1879 GALVIN, Michael 1881 GALVIN, Patrick 1879 GALVIN, Thomas 1885 GRAY, Clarence 1899 GRAY, John 1895 GRAY, Mabel 1897 GRAY, Margaret 1894 GRAY, Robert 1894 HALL, Hany 1891 HARVEY, John Russell 1898 HARVEY, Margaret 1894 HESSON, Eliza 1885 HESSON, George 1879 HESSON, Henry 1889 HESSON, James 1879 HESSON, Joseph 1896 HESSON, Mary 1894

HESSON, William 1880 HOLDEN, Elizabeth 1899 HOLDEN, Florence 1897 JACOBS , Amelia 1897 JACOBS , Peter 1898 JONES, Edith 1892 KEMP, Percy 1894 LAPSLIE, Anne 1891 LAPSLIE, Edwina 1891 LAPSLIE, William 1891 LIDSTON, Bessie 1886 LIDSTON, William 1886 LITHGOW, George 1886 LITHGOW, Joseph 1887 LYNCH, Ellen 1900 LYNCH, Kathleen 1900 LYNCH, Mary 1898 LYNCH, Matilda 1896 LYTHGOE, Alice 1898 LYTHGOE, George 1893 LYTHGOE, James 1896 LYTHGOE, John 1891 LYTHGOE, Joseph 1897 LYTHGOE, Mary 1892 LYTHGOE, Sarah 1900 LYTHGOE, William 1894 MARSHALL, Daniel 1900 MARSHALL, Emily 1900 McCARTHY, Frederick 1900 McCARTHY, Michael 1900 McDONALD, Mary 1883 McDONNELL, Catherine 1891 McDONNELL, Daniel 1886 McDONNELL, John 1885 McDONNELL, Randolph 1897 McDONNELL, Rose 1892 McDONNELL, Sarah 1888 McDONNELL, William 1894 McGINNIS, Flora 1880 McGUINNESS, Eliza 1879 McGUINNESS, Mackie 1879 McNEISH, Archibald 1893 McNEISH, Elizabeth 1893 McNEISH, Robert 1893 McPHERSON, Violet 1897 MITCHELL, Barbara 1891 MITCHELL, Edward 1899 MITCHELL, John 1899 MITCHELL, Margaret 1897 MITCHELL, Peter 1890 MITCHELL, Sarah 1896 MURPHY, Catherine 1885 MURPHY, Daniel 1879 MURPHY, Ellen 1883 MURPHY, Hannorah 1892 MURPHY, Julia 1894 MURPHY, Margaret 1882 MURPHY, Marion 1879 MURPHY, Michael 1887 OLIVER, James 1879 OLIVER, Margaret 1879 OLIVER, Robert 1879 PROSSER, Martha 1894 RAHILL, Edward 1886 RAHILL, Elizabeth 1886 RAHILL, Patrick 1884 REEVES, Charlotte 1879 REEVES, Emma 1897 REEVES, George 1879 REEVES, James 1879 REID, Alexander 1895 REID, Kate E 1895 REID, Maggie 1895 SMITH, Charlotte 1879 SMITH, Mary 1879 STABB, Daisy 1891 STABB, Percy 1891 STABB, Raymond 1891 SYMES, Elsie 1899 SYMES, Irene 1898 TOBIN, John 1885 WALTON, George 1889 WILKINSON, Andrew 1888 WILKINSON, Eliza 1882 WILKINSON, Elizabeth 1892 WILKINSON, Ellen 1886 WILKINSON, Emma 1879 WILKINSON, George 1899 WILKINSON, Henry 1889 WILKINSON, Marion 1879 WILKINSON, Robert 1879 WILKINSON, William 1884

In 1843 members of the Established Church of Scotland (Presbyterians) broke away from the Church to form the Free Church of Scotland. The split within the church occurred over the issue of who had the right to appoint ministers. Those who split from the Church of Scotland believed that the choice of a minister should r e s i d e w i t h t h e congregation, rather than with the wealthy local landowners. Following the split the newly formed Free Church of Scotland became interested in the colonisation scheme of Otago. This resulted in members of the Free Church arriving in Dunedin in 1848. Dunedin was planned as a Free Church settlement. Both the school and the community was to be controlled by the church. From the initial 350 members who arrived in 1848 further immigration meant that by the late 1850s the Free Church played a prominent role in the Dunedin settlement. By 1857 sufficient money had been raised by the Free Church congregation for them to erect a church in permanent materials that would seat 500. However, no tenders were received for a church design proposed by W.H. Monson and the idea of a new church lapsed until 1861. In January 1862 an architectural competition to design a new church for the Otago settlement was announced. The competition was won by R. A. Lawson (1833-1902), a young architect resident in Melbourne, Australia. He sent over six drawings. After winning the Otago competition Lawson moved to Dunedin and found the Provincial Council in the process of demolishing Bell Hill which was to be the site of the church. Bell Hill had proved to be a major physical obstruction for the Dunedin settlement, cutting the township in two as it was too steep for wheeled vehicles to cross. The Provincial Council had eventually decided to remove it in order to provide further flat land for businesses, the growth in which was directly attributed to the gold rushes of the early 1860s. Lawson suggested that a flat platform be left for the church site, above the level of the planned excavation and this was agreed. Because the excavation took so long the Provincial Government financed the building of a temporary wooden church in 1864 which served the congregation until 1873. Construction finally began on First Church in 1867 and it was completed in 1875. The church that Lawson designed was Gothic in style and was constructed in brick and faced with Oamaru stone.

THE FIRST CHURCH ROLL OF HONOUR

As well as a roll of honour which hangs inside First Church there is also a First World War memorial window.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD

AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING THE

GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918

AND FOR WHOM THE WINDOW IN THE EAST TRANSEPT OF THE CHURCH WAS ERECTED

Greater love hath no man than this That a man lay down his life for his friends

ARNOTT, Robert, Company Quartermaster Sergeant 11193 Son of James Arnott, Scotland NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on 12 December 1917.

AVERY, Arthur Gilbert, Rifleman 24675 Son of William and Eleanor Avery, Blenheim Soldier enlisted at Knox College, Dunedin NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Died of wounds in France on 3 October 1916.

BROWN, Norman Ellis, Lance Corporal 6/2366 Son of James and Clara Brown, Dunedin NZEF Canterbury Infantry Regiment Killed in action in Belgium on 13 June 1917.

CAMERON, James Muir, Private 3/761 Son of James and Grace Cameron, Dunedin NZEF New Zealand Medical Corps Died of disease at sea on 8 December 1915.

Name also appears on the Otago Provincial Memorial at Andersons

Bay Cemetery, Dunedin

CLOSS, William Osborne, Second Lieutenant 22670 Son of Mrs Jane Closs, Waitahuna NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on 22 July 1917.

COUSTON, George, Private 12/709 Son of William and Fanny Couston, Dunedin NZEF Auckland Infantry Battalion Killed in action at Gallipoli, Turkey on 25 April 1915.

CRAIGIE, James Colin, Warrant Officer 2/2392 New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Field Artillery. Son of Thomas and Ann Craigie, Milburn. Died of disease in England on 14 November 1918.

Name also appears on Milburn School Gates War Memorial and the

Bruce War Memorial in Milton.

CRAWFORD, John Cameron, Lance Corporal 8/1222 Son of James and Mary Crawford, Dunedin NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Died of wounds in France on 31 January 1917.

CRAWFORD, Stanley Hutson, Sergeant 12/2256 Husband of Mabel Crawford, Auckland NZEF Auckland Infantry Regiment Killed in action at Somme, France on 3 October 1916.

CROMBIE, George Pye, Private 29744 Son of James and Catherine Crombie, Dunedin NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action in Belgium on 13 June 1917.

DALZIEL, Edward, Private 21989 NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action at Messines, Belgium on 25 May 1917.

At the side of First Church on a plinth is the original bell. The plaque attach reads:

This bell was first erected

on Church Hill later

known as Bell Hill which

was levelled to provide

the site for this church.

This bell not only called

to Sunday Worship but

also tolled the hours of

work for the settlement.

DEWAR, Leslie Hastie, Private 33036 Son of Margaret and late Stewart Dewar, Dunedin NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on 12 October 1917.

DEWAR, Stewart George, Lance Corporal 9/31 Son of Margaret & late Stewart Dewar, Dunedin NZEF Otago Mounted Rifles Killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on 3 December 1917.

DUFF, William Wallace, Private 12/1616

Appears on War Memorial as W. H. W. DUFF Son of James and Christina Duff, Dunedin. Soldier born at Waikouaiti NZEF Auckland Infantry Battalion Killed in action at Somme, France on 28 September 1916.

Name also appears on the Waikouaiti War Memorial

DURANT, William McLeish, Lieutenant 4/1223 Husband of Mrs J. Durant, Dunedin NZEF New Zealand Engineers Died of wounds in France on 14 September 1916.

EGGLESTONE, Richard Ewen, Lieutenant 8/1010 Son of Mary and late Joseph Egglestone, Dunedin NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Killed in action in Gallipoli, Turkey on 2 May 1915.

EGGLESTONE, Valentine Joseph, Captain 8/1147 Son of Mary and late Joseph Egglestone, Dunedin NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Killed in action in Gallipoli, Turkey on 6 June 1915.

FRAZER, Robert McKinlay, Trooper 9/820 Son of John and Jane Frazer, Stirling NZEF, Otago Mounted Rifles. Died of disease at Gallipoli, Turkey on 4 September 1915.

Name also appears on Stirling War Memorial, the Kaitangata

School Honours Board and the Bruce War Memorial in Milton.

GIVEN, Andrew Moncrief, Private 2929 Australian Infantry 60th Battalion Killed in action in France on 19 July 1916.

GRAY, Peter, Private 15163 Son of Mr J. Gray, Dunedin NZEF, Otago Infantry Regiment Died of wounds in Belgium on 17 October 1917.

HUTTON, Con Gordon, Rifleman 27502 Son of David and Helen Hutton, Dunedin NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Died of wounds in France on 30 August 1918.

HUTTON, Lorne De Hutton, Second Lieutenant Son of David and Helen Hutton, Dunedin British Infantry 41st Company Machine Gun Corps Killed in France on 24 March 1918.

IRELAND, Thomas, Lance Corporal 8/2018 Son of W. Ireland, Dunedin NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in France on 6 May 1918.

KEAM, Frank Finley, Lieutenant Son of Peter and Margaret Keam Husband of Luna Keam, Australia. Soldier baptised at First Church. Australian 3rd Pioneer Battalion Killed in Belgium on 27 June 1917.

KEOGH, James Stanley, Rifleman 47023 Husband of Mrs E. Keogh, Dunedin NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on 12 October 1917.

KROON, William James, Private 36636 NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Died of wounds in Belgium on 9 November 1917.

LYON, George Ernest, Rifleman 24/2029 Son of Mary Lyon, Dunedin NZEF New Zealand Rifle Brigade Killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on 12 October 1917.

MAWHINNEY, Allen, Private 40978 Son of Mr Wilson Mawhinney, Ranfurly NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action at Ypres, Belgium on 12 October 1917.

McCLEARY, T. G. A. - unable to identify this soldier.

McINTOSH, John, Private 27553 Son of Mr J. McIntosh, Dunedin NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action in Ypres, Belgium on 12 October 1917.

McVICAR, Hugh, Private 8/607 Son of Alexander and Grace McVicar, Dunedin NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Killed in action at Gallipoli, Turkey on 2 May 1915.

MONDY, George Irvine, Gunner 2/2874 Son of Mr G. Mondy, Dunedin NZEF New Zealand Field Artillery Died of wounds in France on 2 October 1916.

MORRISON, Thomas Crawford, Private 24/2041 Son of Archibald and Agnes Morrison, Dunedin NZEF Canterbury Infantry Regiment He was one of 28 New Zealand Servicemen court-marshalled and sentenced to death during World War One.

MORRISON, Robert Donaldson, Private 55771 Son of Archibald and Agnes Morrison, Dunedin NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Returned to New Zealand

MUNN, Robert Russell, Lance Corporal 8/662 Son of Jeannie Munn, Dunedin NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Killed in action at Gallipoli, Turkey on 27 April 1915.

NISBET, Thomas Holmes, Lieutenant 8/767 Son of Rev Thomas and Sarah Nisbet, Dunedin NZEF Otago Infantry Battalion Killed in action at Gallipoli, Turkey on 7 August 1915.

PILLING, Ewen George, Lieutenant 8/1601 New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Otago Infantry Regiment. Son of Samuel and Mary Pilling, Milburn. Killed in action in Belgium on 7 June 1917.

Name also appears on Milburn School Gates War Memorial and the

Bruce War Memorial in Milton.

SMART, William, Private 3/927 Son of William and Jane Smart, Dunedin NZEF New Zealand Medical Corps Drowned at sea when the Marguette sank in the Aegeanic on 23 October 1915.

SOMERVILLE, William, Corporal 54164 New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade. Son of John and Isabella Somerville, Milburn. Killed in action at Havrincourt, France on 12 September 1918.

Name also appears on Milburn School Gates War Memorial and

Bruce War Memorial at Milton.

STEWART, Hugh Duncan, Major Son of Dr Peter Stewart, Milton British Royal Field Artillery Killed in France on 12 October 1918.

Name also appears on the Bruce War Memorial in Milton.

STRUTHERS, Alexander Cameron, Gunner 57659 Husband of Mrs A. Struthers, Dunedin NZEF New Zealand Field Artillery Died of wounds in France on 26 September 1918.

SUTHERLAND, David Hector, Private 41042 Son of David and Margaret Sutherland, Dunedin Husband of Mary Sutherland, Dunedin NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action in Ypres, Belgium on 4 October 1917.

TOMLINSON, David Mitchell, Major Son of Thomas and Annie Tomlinson, Dunedin Royal Scots 13th Battalion Killed in France on 13 May 1916.

TORRANCE, Robert Gordon, Sergeant Major 15258 Son of Richard and Jessie Torrance, Dunedin NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Died of pneumonia in France on 28 August 1918.

WALKER, T. - unable to identify this soldier.

WHITE, Edgar Disraeli, Private 32766 Son of Mr and Mrs John White, Dunedin NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Killed in action in France on 7 June 1917.

WILKINSON, Rogers William, Captain 8/810 Son of Francis and Ann Wilkinson, Dunedin Husband of Sophia Wilkinson, Wellington NZEF Otago Infantry Regiment Died of disease in England on 22 September 1915.

TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN LOVING MEMORY OF THOSE

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

1939 - 1945 AND FOR WHOM THE CLASS ROOMS IN BURNS HALL WERE PROVIDED AND THE CARILLON IN THE SPIRAL WAS ERECTED

Greater love hath no man than this That a man lay down his life for his friends

ANDERSON, Alan Douglas, Lance Bombardier 22789 Son of Douglas and Martha Anderson, Dunedin New Zealand Artillery Died of wounds in the Western Desert on 18 July 1942.

BREMNER, Ronald William, Flight Officer NZ422361 Son of Allan and Edith Bremner, Dunedin Royal New Zealand Air Force 18th Squadron Killed in the Pacific on 5 February 1942.

BUCHANAN, Neil, Major 12973 Son of Neil and Jean Buchanan, Dunedin 23 Infantry Battalion Died of wounds in Italy on 17 December 1944.

CAIRNEY, Robert Alexander, Corporal 8435 Son of John and Flora Cairney, Dunedin Husband of Freda Cairney, Dunedin Second NZEF Provost Company Died of wounds in the Western Desert on 16 July 1942.

FERENS, Oswald Russell, Corporal 16261 Son of Oswald and Janet Ferens, Dunedin Second Divisional Calvary Died of wounds in the Western Desert on 16 July 1942.

FRASER, William Dudley Urquhart, Private 16869 Son of John and Doris Fraser, Dunedin 23 Infantry Battalion Killed in action in the Western Desert on 27 November 1941.

GOLDTHORPE, Harry Roy, Gunner 29231 Son of William and Charlotte Goldthorpe, Dunedin New Zealand Artillery Killed in action in the Western Desert on 24 October 1942.

GRAY, Arthur Wilson, Gunner 534478 Son of George and Alice Gray, Dunedin Husband of Betty Gray, Dunedin New Zealand Artillery Killed in action in Palestine on 7 November 1944.

HAMILTON, James Allister, Private 466569 Son of James and Frances Hamilton, Dunedin Husband of Alma Hamilton, Dunedin 24 Infantry Battalion Killed in action in Italy on 7 December 1943.

INGRAM, Mervyn Robert Bruce, Squadron Leader NZ402190 Son of Charles and Jemima Ingram, Dunedin Royal New Zealand Air Force 486 Squadron Injured in an air crash and died from tetanus in India on 11 July 1944.

IRONSIDE, Clifford George, Captain 9241 Son of John and Isabella Ironside, Ravensbourne, Dunedin 23 Infantry Battalion Killed in the Western Desert on 15 July 1942.

KELLY, Alan Cameron, Sergeant NZ40771 Son of George and Mary Kelly, Gore Royal New Zealand Air Force, 247 Squadron Killed on active patrol duty in England on 23 April 1941.

MARK, Bruce, Sergeant 8246 Son of Donald and Mary Mark, Dunedin 20 Infantry Battalion Died of wounds whilst a prisoner of war in Greece on 7 July 1941.

MICHAEL, John Kitto, Corporal 8432 Son of Jack & Letitia Michael, Dunedin Husband of Irene Michael, Omakau 26 Infantry Battalion Killed in action in the Western Desert on 4 September 1942.

PAAPE, Arthur Mitchell, Squadron Leader 36192 Son of Arthur and Mary Paape, Dunedin Royal New Zealand Air Force, 467 Squadron Killed on active operations in Germany on 3 April 1943

PAAPE, John Michael, Flight Officer NZ411932 Son of Arthur and Mary Paape, Dunedin Royal New Zealand Air Force, 214 Squadron Killed on active operations in the Netherlands on 15 October 1942.

PARTRIDGE, Alexander George, Flight Sergeant NZ427719 Son of Frederick and Margaret Partridge, Wellington Royal New Zealand Air Force 115 Squadron Killed on active operations in France on 1 June 1944.

RAINES, Andrew Todd, Sub Lieutenant Appears in the army records as A. T. RAINOES Son of Victor and Gertrude Raines, Christchurch Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserves Killed in England on 23 September 1942.

SMITH, Lyndsay Gray, Major 11086 Son of Thomas and Margaret Smith, Dunedin Husband of Jessie Smith, Dunedin 26 Infantry Battalion Killed in action in Tunisia on 25 April 1943.

STONE, Arthur, Private 399658 New Zealand Infantry Killed in action in the Pacific on 26 May 1944.

STURGEON, Albert Victor, Engine-Room Artificer 68 Son of John and Julia Sturgeon, Dunedin Husband of Winifred Sturgeon, Dunedin Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve Lost at sea in the Mediterranean when his ship HMS Neptune hit mines in the sea off Tripoli on 19 December 1941. THOMPSON, Arthur Reginald, Gunner 17244 Son of Reginald and Florence Thompson, Dunedin Husband of Dorothy Thompson, Dunedin New Zealand Artillery Killed in the Western Desert on 1 Desert 1941.

THOMSON, Bruce McDonald, Paymaster Lieutenant Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve Lost at sea in the Mediterranean when his ship HMS Neptune hit mines in the sea off Tripoli on 19 December 1941.

WATT, James Birnie, Private Son of Harry and Emma Watt New Zealand Infantry Scottish Regiment Died in New Zealand on 15 January 1941. Soldier buried in the Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin.

WORLD WAR ONE SILVER WAR BADGE Ancestry.co.uk has published details on the 880,000 soldiers who received Silver War Badges (SWB) in World War I. These were small, circular badges made of silver, with the king’s initials, a crown and the inscription ‘For King and Empire’ and ‘Services Rendered’. They were granted to soldiers who had been honourably discharged from the war due to wounds or illness.

World War I Silver War Badge The SWB was intended to be worn with civilian cloths (it was forbidden to be worn on a military uniform). The SWB was given to discharged soldiers to prevent them being accosted by women with white feathers (a symbol of cowardice), which were presented to able-bodied men on the home front who were not wearing a uniform. This collection includes SWBs given to soldiers across the Commonwealth. A typical record lists name, rank, regiment number, unit, date of enlistment, date of discharge and reason for discharge. Many service records from World War I were lost. If you suspect this may have happened with your ancestor, then you should check this collection. Sometimes, the SWB record is the only record of military service that survived the Great War. Access is by subscription.

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