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Poem dedicated to my Great Great Uncle who died, on this day 99 years ago, proudly serving his co
James emigrated to New Zealand at five years old with his mother Honoria Hudner and sisters Kate
Son of Arthur Frederick Bush and Elizabeth Bush, of Picton. Worked as a farmhand.
My family and I visited the cemetery to find Richard Travis VC (aka Dickson Cornelius Savage) on
Uncle Hector signed up almost immediately for WW1 but the Wellington regiment was full so he was
Here is a link to a description of events at Orsogna as narrated to Dave Homewood by veterans of
William Jules Masciorini was born 1st June 1897. [Record since amended - NZWGT]
Reported in Northern Advocate 18.06.1917: "The sad announcement is made of the death from wounds,
401800 PLTOFF Lewis Alfred Wright (26) single of Christchurch NZ was the navigator/bomb aimer of
