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Hohepa Ruka Hohepa had one daughter before he passed. Her name was Darcia Dolores Ruka Hohepa.

My grandmother, Milicen [Melicen] Tomlinson (her maiden name) married John George Anderson.

Full story at this website:

A memorial to POW's who died during internment at the Parchim POW Camp, Germany is inscribed

Born 6th Nov 1883. [Record since amended - NZGT]

KIA on May 12 1940 flying Blenheim P-4914 from N° 107 sqdn during an attack on the bridges over t

First and foremost, many thanks for sending the phots of my Uncle's grave in Italy.

Known as Les - born 21 Feb 1889 in Dunedin. Occupation - shipping steward.

Harold Hislop Elliott (nicknamed Jum) was born on 15 July 1921, at Wellington.

The woman's name mentioned in this listing is an unusual one but the correct spelling, as is

Thank you for looking after the memory of my Uncle Robert.

The ‘Casualty’ was the elder brother, and only sibling, of my father John Mark Sanders McLeod.

Found this cutting in an old box of my Grandmother's memorabilia.

My father, Edwin Fitzherbert George Burroses was nzmed after this man, who was his uncle.

Herbert was born in Dargaville on November 6th 1918, he was a fireman with the NZ Railways.