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From the 1850’s Anglican and Catholic cemeteries have been attached to the two churches in Otahuhu. The Anglican Church dates from 1851 (with cemetery records from 1856 to 1989) and the Catholic, at the corner of Hutton and High Streets, from 1856 (with cemetery records from 1861 to 1982). Both these cemeteries include burials of Fencible settlers, those killed in the New Zealand wars of the 1860’s, and many other early settlers from the area.

During the nineteenth century there was an increasing need to recognise the burial needs of other denominations, as an example the first Presbyterian Church was built in Otahuhu in 1855. Thus, the 3 acre Otahuhu Public Cemetery was constituted on 7 July 1880, to the west of the 1 acre Anglican Cemetery at the corner of Church and Luke Streets. The Anglican Cemetery is now Holy Trinity Memorial Park. The first Trustees were John Gordon, Joseph Elmsley M.D., Andrew Mackenzie Donald, Thomas Stringer and George Hotham.

The Otahuhu Road Board administered the Public Cemetery from 1 August 1894 to 1912. By the 1890’s Anglicans and Catholics from the Otahuhu area were also being buried in the Public Cemetery, but unfortunately burial records date only from 7 February 1894. The Otahuhu Borough Council administered the Public Cemetery from 1912 to 1989 when it joined the new Auckland City. The Cemetery was closed in 1986. The Auckland City Council retains the records of those buried in the Public Cemetery.

This cemetery is situated at the junction of Atkinson Avenue and Luke Street, Otahuhu. There are 5 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 9 of the 1939-1945 war here.

World War 1:
Photo	Service No	Rank	Name	Unit	Date of Death
	38346	Private	CHAPMAN, GEORGE	Auckland Regiment	25th February 1919
	10/2872	Corporal	BROOKS, WILLIAM HENRY	Wellington Regiment	14th February 1920
	13/77	Second Lieutenant	HALIDAY, FREDERICK ARTHUR	Auckland Mounted Rifles	4th May 1921
	55137	Private	McCARTHY, ARTHUR JOSEPH	28th, Reinforcements NZEF	6th July 1920
	40573	Private	JOHNSTON, DAVID	Auckland Regiment	20th July 1918
World War 2:
Photo	Service No	Rank	Name	Unit	Date of Death
	NZ4214312	Aircraftman 2nd Class	ATKINS, COLIN GRANVILLE	Royal New Zealand Air Force	26th May 1943
	NZ4216504	Corporal	BREADON, JAMES THEODORE	Royal New Zealand Air Force	11th August 1944
	454404	Private	COOPER, ALLAN RAYMOND	N.Z. Military Forces	27th February 1946
	H 6424	Gunner	EVANS, ALBERT GEORGE	N.Z. Artillery	26th October 1940
	NZ431958	Leading Aircraftman	GRAHAM, EDWIN LAWRENCE	Royal New Zealand Air Force	4th June 1945
	24684	Serjeant	McLELLAN, SAMUEL	N.Z. Military Forces	19th April 1944
	NZ4310378	Sergeant	SHARPE, WARREN SELWYN	Royal New Zealand Air Force	4th August 1945
	NZ421485	Aircraftman 1st Class	WALKER, EDWIN ATHOL	Royal New Zealand Air Force	6th January 1945
	14390	Second Lieutenant	WALTERS, JACK DOUGLAS	N.Z. Armoured Corps	24th March 1946