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Leonard Christopher Simpson

Leonard Christopher Simpson was born in Palmerston North or Feilding on 9 May 1891, eldest son of

George Moore

Putting the pieces back together....RIP Uncle.

Leslie Clive Bennett
Ronald Leslie Brewer

Ronald Brewer was born at Portsmouth, England on the 19th January, 1912, son of Arthur W.

Martin Capon

Martin Capon was born in Liverpool, England in 1894 and had several brothers and sisters.

Richard McMurray

Richard Henry McMurray's photo is in the Otago Settlers Museum WW1 display.

James Milton Hall
Tame Tahi

Tame Tahi's father (Rungatahi) and my great grandmother (Paeroa Te Koi) share the same grandfathe

Eric Trevor Logier Walker
William John Albert Bell

William's sister, Margaret, was my Father's mother.

Frederick Christopher Benfield
William Scott Young

My mother-in-law was a small child when her half brother, William was killed.

Leigh Ford Smith

While sifting through old family papers I have come across a New Zealand newspaper cutting (photo

Andrew William Linton

Andrew William Linton was also the brother of Robert Charles Linton, who fought in World War One

James Alfred Hall

Only brother of William Thomas Hall and Alison Nancy Hall Miller.

Robert Charles Linton

Robert Charles Linton is the brother of Andrew William Linton, who also fought in World War One a

Patrick Joseph Butler

Patrick Joseph BUTLER was born 27 January 1880 in Navigators (Near Ballarat), Victoria, Australia

Percy Luscombe Seidelin

We went and visited Percy's grave in 2011.

Desmond Joseph Russell

He was in the Navy and was on one of the ships escaping Batavia as the Japanese advanced.

Willie Hobson

Willie was one of twelve brothers and sisters brought up in Walkley, Sheffield, UK.