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Walter Leonard Sim was the son of James Sim and Ellen Wensley Sim (nee Richardson) of Johnsonvill

Albert James Sim was the son of James Sim and Ellen Wensley Sim (nee Richardson) of Johnsonville,

Bernie was a beloved brother and son, and on his death, killed in action at Maleme, Crete, his pa

The Wairoa of his birth is actually Northern Wairoa and the town was Mangawhare now part of the t

I was at he Hooge crater cemetery and was looking at all the graves and I saw at the front of Mr

Robert Livingstone Little, was born in the small village of Dundrennan in Scotland on the 17th of

Percy was born in Wedmore, Somerset, England, 28th May 1895.

My father is alive and while not having a perfect memory these days he likes to talk about the go

No real story but that Sidney's parents George and Betsy Norris emigrated from Lincoln and Fisker

Andrew Leslie Botica was one of three cousins from the close knit Phillips family from Hokianga w

Thomas Rigby (service number 2960) was born at Medbury (known at the time of his birth as Waitohi

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 20, 24 January 1942, Page 8 AIRMAN KILLED As the result of tw

Stanley was one of three brothers to lose his life in WWI.

My Grand Aunt Martha (1886-1953) emigrated to NZ early 1900s and I believe Thomas Edgar (1893-191

Brian Higginson is in the middle of the photograph which was taken sometime during 1943 at Lakenh

Allan Russell Hansen was born in Hastings on May 28th 1918 and educated at Wanganui Technical Col

According to his military file, Mannao Fati was born on Nanumea Island.

These photographs are of Walter's funeral and burial, 8 September, 1943, following his death as a