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Robert Adam McPhun was the son of Robert Boak McPhun & Amelia Reyling, he was born 1892 in Op
28 Sep 1915, at the age of 21 years and 3 months Ernest Brokenshire was examined by an Army Medic
When my maternal grandmother's cousin, Rita Reid, died in Gore New Zealand, my father Henry Freem
Frank Cecil Harvey date of birth 23 August 1896, New Plymouth. [Record since amended - NZWGT]
Kenneth Sinclair Thomson, the first New Zealander to be killed in action 3rd March 1915? Basra.
Not a story as such. A minor correction. He was 31 when he was killed in action not 37.
My father Douglas Angus McKay (deceased) was the illegitimate son of Queenie Jessie Mckay (the si
Hiya Uncle Jimmy, My son Jack and I go out to Tinui every year (Jack's being going longer than I
Only a very small number of New Zealanders were awarded the DFC, and Dawson was possibly only the
In 2008, I made an artwork in remembrance of my great-grandfather Eugene Waetford and my grandmot
The Waipu Museum is putting together stories of the people who left Waipu to participate in WW1.
Having just seen William's name in our local newspaper reminded me that he was my great uncle.
Jock Mackenzie never married, but his nearest brother, Alexander (who also served at Gallipoli an