Hugh Stainger Brown was born on the 29th July 1917, educated at Christchurch Boys High School and
Douglas was my father Peter’s only sibling.
Uncle Bill was killed in action in the Somme, 15/09/16.
Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 5787, 13 July 1917, Page 4
ROLL OF HONOUR.
Date of Birth = 12th January 1889 Date of Enlistment = 4th August 1914
Found in mother-in-law’s belongings. Unidentified girl by grave marker.
D.O.I.
Lest we forget
Lest we forget John McMurtrie 1880,
Photo attached of John that I have had coloured.
A brief bio was written up on the (now defunct) scout groups website - the wayback machine has it
Basil Gardiner Allaway was my mother's cousin.
Remembered so many years later through the family history.
Extract from memoirs of Henry Denis Dobbyn, older brother of Joseph Lawrence Dobbyn:
Alfred Dare was born Alfred Frederick Dare, on 30 May 1868, Reg no: 1868/16490.
Bill Harvey served on 75 (NZ) squadron and trained at No.
Cemetery path goes past Edgar's grave so I regularly walk past.
Hugh Stainger Brown was born on the 29th July 1917, educated at Christchurch Boys High School and