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Private Erni Bond was the youngest of five children of the late Mr Erni Bond (1852- 20 December 1914) and of Mrs Alice Bond (nee Freeman, (1858 – 1941)) of 51 Remuera Road, Remuera. He was born in Wade, near Silverdale on 30 June 1896. Erni Bond was killed at Passchendaele on 4th October 1917. Click Here to Read More
Henry George Blackie (1857- 8 April 1916), a Baptist missionary and tea dealer, and his wife Louisa Rose Blackie (nee Murphy (3 March1858 – 17 June 1923), married in 1878 and had seven children, four sons of whom served in World War I. They had sailed from England to New Zealand via India, where their first son, Owen Campbell Blackie was born in 1884. Click Here to Read More
Henry George Blackie (1857- 8 April 1916), a Baptist missionary and tea dealer, and his wife Louisa Rose Blackie (nee Murphy (3 March1858 – 17 June 1923), married in 1878 and had seven children, four sons of whom served in World War I. They had sailed from England to New Zealand via India, where their first son, Owen Campbell Blackie was born in 1884. Later, the family sailed to Tasmania, Australia, where, the second son, Allan Stuart Blackie was born in 1892. Whilst in Melbourne, two more sons were born - Bernard Blackie in 1893 and Walter Palmer Blackie in 1894. Click Here to Read More
Henry George Blackie (1857- 8 April 1916), a Baptist missionary and tea dealer, and his wife Louisa Rose Blackie (nee Murphy (3 March1858 – 17 June 1923), married in 1878 and had seven children, four sons of whom served in World War I. They had sailed from England to New Zealand via India, where their first son, Owen Campbell Blackie was born in 1884. Later, the family sailed to Tasmania, Australia, where, the second son, Allan Stuart Blackie was born in 1892. Whilst in Melbourne, two more sons were born - Bernard Blackie in 1893 and Walter Palmer Blackie in 1894. Click Here to Read More
Henry George Blackie (1857- 8 April 1916), a Baptist missionary and tea dealer, and his wife Louisa Rose Blackie (nee Murphy (3 March1858 – 17 June 1923), married in 1878 and had seven children, four sons of whom served in World War I - Bernard, Walter, Owen and Allan. Click Here to Read More
Lance-Corporal Charles Beeson (Reg. No 26535), also known as Bungee Beeson, was the fifth son of George and Joanna or (Anna) Beeson, of 81 Clonbern Road, Remuera. Charles was born 12 October 1886 and was educated at Waiorongomai, Te Aroha in the Bay of Plenty. He was one of nine sons, four of whom served in World War I. Click Here to Read More
John Stewart Dagg of Remuera was killed at the Battle of the Somme on 15th September 1917. He was the son of Robert and Rosalind Dagg of Ascot Avenue, Remuera. When he enlisted on 13 March 1915, he was working as an architect for Leonard Bidwell of Whitianga, Click Here to Read More
Edgar Woodward Boucher enlisted in New Zealand’s first military operation in World War 1 in Samoa and died in New Zealand’s bloodiest battle on the Western front of Europe when 846 young New Zealanders were killed in the Battle of Passchendaele on the 12th October 1917. Click Here to Read More
Henry John Innes Walker of Remuera was killed near Ypres on 25th April 1915 and his remains were found 101 years later in a Flanders field. A resident of Remuera, he had a distinguished career as an athlete and soldier. Click Here to Read More
Robert Armiger was killed in action at Somme on 20th April 1918. He was 23 years old when the Germans began their spring offensive on the site of the 1916 Battle of the Somme. Click Here to Read More

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