PUREWA PUBLIC CEMETERY

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
4/35A Sapper BEAMISH, RICHARD N.Z. Engineers 25/03/1917
80595 Gunner BUCKLAND, JOSEPH EDWARD F. N.Z. Training Unit 07/11/1918
18/29 Captain BURGIN, JOHN ROBERT N.Z. Chaplains’ Dept. 02/12/1920
34552 Trooper CAMPBELL, CHARLES N.Z. Machine Gun Corps 16/06/1919
65947 Private CARPENTER, HENRY EDWIN DAVID Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 26/02/1921
3456 Private CHATWIN, HORACE WILLIAM Australian Infantry, A.I.F 02/11/1918
46852 Private COAD, WILLIAM ERNEST Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 27/11/1918
11/643 Second Lieutenant COATES, ERIC ALBERT N.Z. Machine Gun Corps 14/11/1918
82958 Private CORNEY, EDWIN HALL N.Z. Training Unit 20/08/1918
17976 Private DARE, ALFRED N.Z. Military Forces 06/04/1920
12/691 Private DAWSON, SYDNEY THEO Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 20/11/1918
10571 Serjeant DENT, CLAUDE N.Z. Field Artillery 01/01/1920
17917 Private DENT, ROBERT ALFRED N.Z. Machine Gun Corps 20/07/1921
13/2565 Trooper FOSTER, ARTHUR ISAAC Auckland Mounted Rifles, N.Z.E.F. 12/08/1918
13/312 Lieutenant GILLESPIE, ROBERT Auckland Mounted Rifles, N.Z.E.F. 27/10/1920
12/3024 Private GOOD, STEWART ADOLPHUS Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 05/06/1919
5/779 Driver HANSEN, HENDRICK N.Z. Army Service Corps 28/02/1920
44274 Private HAYSOM, LIONEL REGINALD N.Z. Training Unit 16/10/1918
2/1177 Bombardier HORNBY, WILLIAM N.Z. Field Artillery 29/03/1920
  Lieutenant Colonel INGLIS, HERBERT MCCLELLAND N.Z. Medical Corps 17/09/1917
24/816 Rifleman KING, EDWIN KENNETH N.Z. Rifle Brigade 04/11/1918
12/3214 Captain KIRKER, DOUGLAS RUSSELL Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 01/12/1918
12/2554 Private LAIRD, HENRY NICOLLS MCGREGOR Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 23/11/1918
78046 Private LAUGHTON, ALBERT JAMES N.Z. Medical Corps 03/07/1920
34388 Private LORD, WILLIAM JASPER Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 26/03/1920
70311 Private MARKS, CHARLES SAMUEL N.Z. Training Unit 12/11/1918
12/2374 Private MARRINER, CHARLES CROXTON Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 15/09/1919
12/2379 Private MARTIN, WILLIAM PATRICK Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 26/06/1920
8/663 Private McKILLOP, WILLIAM Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 12/11/1918
3/1246A Captain McNAB, PETER N.Z. Medical Corps 15/11/1918
40611 Private McNEIL, GEORGE WALKER Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 09/11/1918
24496 Sapper MORRIS, FREDERICK ERNEST N.Z. Tunnelling Coy. 07/11/1918
2/2893 Driver NICHOLLS, JOHN EDWARD N.Z. Field Artillery 10/11/1918
2/119 Second Lieutenant NIXON, BALFOUR N.Z. Field Artillery 07/06/1920
56337 Private NORGROVE, FREDERICK CHARLES N.Z. Training Unit 05/08/1917
28788 Private PENNYCOOK, THOMAS N.Z. Training Unit 29/07/1916
23/557 Rifleman PERSON, HENRY STANLEY N.Z. Rifle Brigade 07/12/1915
52274 Lance Corporal POWER, LEONARD VERE WILSON Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 25/04/1921
19/223 Private QUAINTON, FRANK Samoan Relief Force 26/01/1917
5/866 Driver STEVENS, WALTER HALSTEAD N.Z. Army Service Corps 21/04/1919
14040 Second Lieutenant TWINING, HARVEY ALEXANDER Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 19/11/1918
62418 Private VINSON, ERNEST EDWARD N.Z. Training Unit 07/10/1917
23/1860 Private WALKER, THEODORE Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 02/11/1918
33633 Private WATSON, JOHN EDMOND N.Z. Training Unit 18/12/1916
33981 Private WEBSTER, WARDMAN Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 10/12/1919
12/3869 Corporal WHITE, DOY LLEWELLYN Wellington Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 06/08/1919
15152 Lance Corporal WHITFIELD, ANGUS WILLIAM CREE N.Z. Welfare Services 13/11/1918
13/2961 Gunner WILSON, JOHN N.Z. Field Artillery 02/04/1920
3/297 Company Quartermaster Serjeant WOLNER, CLIFTON ROY N.Z. Medical Corps 08/11/1918
World War 2:
Photo Service No Rank Name Regiment/Service Date of Death

40967 Pilot Officer FOSTER, ATHOL Royal New Zealand Air Force 30/07/1941
1180 Flight Lieutenant WILES, HAROLD CUTHBERT Royal New Zealand Air Force 15/10/1941
5-1-1599 Second Lieutenant PENNINGTON, JACK N.Z. Military Forces 23/05/1942
1/9C/130 Driver PEET, WILLIAM KENNETH N.Z. Army Service Corps 19/08/1942
40227 Flight Lieutenant HAMLIN, GRAHAM WELLESLEY Royal New Zealand Air Force 17/12/1942
639159 Flight Sergeant JERRAT, JOHN REDDELL Royal New Zealand Air Force 12/04/1943
40124 Flying Officer GRAY, MURRAY LLEWELLYN Royal New Zealand Air Force 18/06/1943
429761 Leading Aircraftman IRELAND, LEWIS HOWARD Royal New Zealand Air Force 25/08/1943
421233 Corporal MONCUR, KEITH Royal New Zealand Air Force 25/08/1943
538220 Corporal STEWART, HERBERT OLIPHANT N.Z. Military Forces 26/09/1943
W/3211 Aircraftwoman 1st Class REYBURN, MARGARET JOAN N.Z. Women’s Aux Air Force 07/10/1943
413811 Flying Officer BROWNE, ROLAND HENRY Royal New Zealand Air Force 11/11/1943
26364 Private CAMPBELL, RALPH CADDELL N.Z. Infantry 23/09/1944
800182 Captain FINLAYSON, JOHN N.Z. Military Forces 26/11/1944
73787 Private THOMSON, JAMES N.Z. Infantry 05/04/1945
  Lieutenant SANDILANDS, GEORGE VICTOR Royal New Zealand Naval Vol Reserve 08/05/1946
800153 Captain STEWARD, ALBERT DE BOLTON PEEL N.Z. Military Forces 28/11/1946
464907 Serjeant CHIPLIN, NORMAN N.Z. Military Forces 27/01/1947
809713 Serjeant SMITH, JOHN CHARLES

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