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William John 'Willie' Gliddon was born at Timaru in 1891.

Extract from the Memoirs of Private William Anderson - Attack on Chunuk Bair.

Ian Calvert was a member of 623 Squadron of RAF Bomber Command.

Hugh Barr Scott was remembered at the Matakana War Memorial on 22nd November 2016 - 100 year anni

Lance Corporal Gould was a prisoner of war of the Italians in Italy, held in Camp PG 107 at Torvi

DOB is 5/8/1921 - reference birth certificate. [Record since amended - NZWGT]

Douglas McLean McDonald's was the eldest son of Hugh and Catherine McDonald.

Jack was my grandmother's brother .... his body was never recovered ...

Gibson played for Raith Rovers FC in the Scottish Football league 1912-13 with 17 games and 2 goa

Article in the Press, 5 October 1901 and the war memorial at Springfield.

Photo of William's family at their home in Annat, mid Canterbury.

Second son of John & Hannah Moore, early settlers and sheep farmers in mid Canterbury.

Walter Jack Perry was my Father.

My great uncle. Killed two weeks after his 23rd birthday.

Born Nightcaps 22-Nov-1892. Wounded 16-Sep-1916. Died of Wounds 22-Sep-1916.

On remembrance Sunday [2016] - after the service at Wickenby Airfield poppy bunches are laid on t