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BOMBAY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY FRANKLIN DISTRICT, NEW ZEALAND Location: Bombay is situated off the SH 1, near Pokeno, and the Presbyterian Church Cemetery is at the junction of the Bombay and Ramarama Roads and Portsmouth Road, Bombay. There is 1 Commonwealth burial of the 1914-1918 war and 2 of the 1939-1945 war here. World War […]

BOMBAY (ST. PETER’S IN THE FOREST) ANGLICAN CHURCH CEMETERY FRANKLIN DISTRICT, NEW ZEALAND Location:    Bombay is off the SH 1, near Pokeno. Approximately 2 kilometres from the Bombay Motorway (SH 1) turnoff, towards Bombay, there is a sharp right angle bend with the church located on the lower (left hand) side of the road.  […]

PUHOI PUBLIC CEMETERY RODNEY DISTRICT, NEW ZEALAND Location: This cemetery is in Ahuroa Road, Puhoi, about 1 kilometre west of the town. There are 3 Commonwealth burials of the 1939-1945 war here. World War 2: Photo Service No Rank Name Unit Date of Death NZ434368 Aircraftman 2nd Class BAYER, WENGEL MATTHEW Royal New Zealand Air Force […]

PUREWA PUBLIC CEMETERY AUCKLAND CITY, NEW ZEALAND Location: This cemetery is situated in St. Johns Road, Meadowbank, Auckland. There are 50 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 19 of the 1939-1945 war here. World War 1: Photo Service No Rank Name Regiment/Service Date of Death 19/392 Private BAXTER, BENJAMIN CHARLES Samoan Relief Force 18/12/1919 […]

OTAHUHU (HOLY TRINITY) ANGLICAN CEMETERY MEMORIAL PARK AUCKLAND CITY, NEW ZEALAND Location: 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 […]

REMUERA (ST. MARK’S) CHURCHYARD AUCKLAND CITY, NEW ZEALAND ST MARK’S CHURCHYARD, REMUERA WAR GRAVES St Mark’s Church is situated in Remuera Road, Auckland. There is 2 Commonwealth burial of the 1914-1918 war here. St Marks Anglican Church, Remuera Road, Remuera, Auckland. Gravestones relocated at the rear of the church St Mark’s Church in 1928. Note […]

ROTOROA ISLAND CEMETERY AUCKLAND CITY, NEW ZEALAND ROTOROA ISLAND WAR GRAVE ROTOROA ISLAND (extract from Auckland City Town Plan) Rotoroa Island is a small island in the Hauraki Gulf, about 40 kilometres north of Auckland. This is a relatively small (82.5 ha) island located to the east of Waiheke and between Pakatoa and Ponui islands. This island has […]

WAIKARAKA PARK CEMETERY AUCKLAND CITY, NEW ZEALAND Location: Waikaraka Cemetery is in Neilson Street, Te Papapa, Auckland. There are 41 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war and 11 of the 1939-1945 war here. World War 1: Photo Service No Rank Name Unit Date of Death 8/307A Lieutenant Colonel LUXFORD, JOHN ALDRED CMG N.Z. Chaplains’ Dept. 28th […]

OTAHUHU PUBLIC CEMETERY AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND Location: 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 […]

MOTUIHE ISLAND CEMETERY AUCKLAND CITY, NEW ZEALAND MOTUIHE ISLAND CEMETERY WAR GRAVE This small low farmed island of 179 hectares lies between Motutapu and Waiheke Islands some 11 km northeast of Auckland. Sir John Logan Campbell lived on Motuihe Inland as early as 1843. Robert Graham purchased it for farming in 1858. Purchased by the […]