Hokianga Remembers
They did not grow old, as we grow old We shall remember them
Below is a list of those 116 known service soldiers who died in service in World War I (WWI) and who had links to the Hokianga – Born, had family, worked, enlisted in the Region, whose name is on the Hokianga Arch of Remembrance at Kohukohu or who are listed in the book Sons of Te Ramaroa by Joan M. Leaf – Note: Some information has been corrected and may be different to that in ‘official’ data sources.
(updated 24 March 2014 - please note the list is not necessarily complete and we would be happy to hear of any omissions)
Rank Number Surname First Name(s) Relationship with the Date of Death Theatre & Place of Burial (if Grave Number Hokianga Place of Death known) or Memorial (and link to Auckland Link to details from Museum Cenotaph Commonwealth War data Base) Graves Commisison
Private 16/310 Adams James Born Whangape 02 June 1918 New Zealand Pawarenga Church Cemetery, Northland, New Zealand
Second 2507 Aimer George Edmond Born Hokianga 20 June 1916 London Air War RUISLIP (ST. MARTIN) 2. 52.
Lieutenant Vernon CHURCHYARD EXTENSION 2nd Devonshire Regiment
Private 12/297 Anderson Henry Kemp Born Hokianga 21 May 1915 Gallipoli Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Panel 72 (buried Pine Cemetery, Anzac, at sea) Turkey Trooper 11/1889 Barber Hellard Employed Rawene 28 July 1916 Egypt Kantara Memorial, Kantara NKG War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Private 12/880 Barrington Albert John Employed Kohkohu 03 July 1916 Somme, France Cite Bonjean Military I. C. 37. Cemetery, Armentieres, France
Private 10/275 Baxter Bernard Eyre Father resident 29 April 1915 Gallipoli LONE PINE MEMORIAL, Panel 75 Kohukohu Gallipoli, Turkey
Second Baxter Gordon Eyre Father resident 08 October 1918 France St Nicolas British Cemetery, II. F. 5. Lieutenant Waiotemarama Pas de Calais, France
Lance 75141 Beattie Cyril Cicero Peter Resident at Waimamaku 25 March 1919 Injured in Cologne Southern IX. F. 21. Corporal demobilisation Cemetery, Koln, Nordrhein- train accident, Westfal, Germany
Buir, Germany
Private 11801 Beattie Robert Avon Resident at Waimamaku 14 September 1916 Somme, France Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, IV. F. 5. Longueval, Somme, France
Sergeant 12/510 Begg Kenneth Employed at Kohukohu, 25 April 1915 Gallipoli LONE PINE MEMORIAL, Panel 72
Humphreys Hokianga Gallipoli, Turkey
Private/ 12/509 Boreham Alfred Clifford Born and resided at 25 April 1915 Gallipoli LONE PINE MEMORIAL, Panel 72 Bugler Kohukohu Gallipoli, Turkey
Rifleman 22759 Bourke John Joseph Sister resident at 15 September 1916 Somme, France Caterpillar Valley (New CATERPILLAR Rawene, Hokianga Zealand) Memorial, VALLEY (NEW Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, ZEALAND) Longueval, Somme, France MEMORIAL
Private/ 12/1891 Bourke Percy William Resided Waiotemarama 19 July 1916 Somme Cite Bonjean Military II. E. 31 Corporal (Armentieres), Cemetery, Armentieres,
France France
Rifleman 31110 Bridge William Henry Born Taheke; Worked 12 October 1917 Ypres Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne NZ Apse Panel 8
Kohukohu (Passchendaale) Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Lieutenant 12/600 Brook Julian Cornelius Lived Kohukohu 02 September 1918 Somme, France Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, Somme, France
Sergeant/ 12/948 Brown James Douglas Resided Te Karai, 11 April 1918 Somme, France Grevillers (New Zealand) Bugler Kohukohu, New Zealand Memorial, Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France Lance 62|19650 f Claasen Ernest Leopold Father resident at 22 April 1917 Egypt Kantara War Memorial B.129 Corporal, ormerly Rawene Cemetery, Egypt Army Cyclist 3161 Corps
Rifleman 25/1694 Claasen Hubert Born Taheke; Resided 15 September 1916 Somme, France Heath Cemetery, VIII. L. 17. Rawene Harbonnieres, France
Sergeant 18621 Cochrane Robert Brother resident at 03 August 1918 France Foncquevillers Military II E 5 Punakitere Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France
Private 33839 Cosgrave Stephen Laurence Employed by A 19 October 1917 France Longuenesse (St Omer) IV. E. 57. Yarborough, Broadwood, Souvenir Cemetery, Pas-de- Hokianga Calais, France
Private 12/901 Costello Patrick John Employed Kohukohu 11 May 1917 France Bailleul Communal III. B. 144. Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
Private 12/524 Coster John Paper Registred for Military 05 June 1915 Gallipoli Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Training, at Hokianga Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey
Private 12/1188 De Andrad Alfred Manuel Employed by Union Box 08 May 1915 Gallipoli Twelve Tree Copse (New Company, Rawene, Zealand) Memorial, Twelve Hokianga Tree Copse Cemetery, Helles, Turkey
Private 12/973 Donelley Robert Edward Born and resided 08 August 1915 Gallipoli CHUNUK BAIR (NEW 10 Kohukohu, Hokianga ZEALAND) MEMORIAL, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
Private 16/508 Downes Albert Father resident 09 September 1915 Malta Pieta Military Cemetery, B. IX. 6. Kohukohu Malta
Trooper 13/680 Downes Arthur Owen Father resident 27 August 1915 Gallipoli Hill 60 (New Zealand) Kohukohu Memorial, Hill 60 Cemetery, Turkey
Private 12/723 Drewet Oliver Hawkes Father resident 08 May 1915 Gallipoli Twelve Tree Copse (New Waimamaku Zealand) Memorial, Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Helles, Turkey Private 12/1851 Driffill William Charles Born Waiotemarama, 18 May 1916 Somme, France Cite Bonjean Military I. B. 42.
Howell Hokianga Cemetery, Armentieres, France
Private 12/3004 Edwards Stanley Resident at Kohukohu 17 September 1916 Somme, France BULLS ROAD CEMETERY, II. E. 14. FLERS
Rifleman 7034|1785 Ensor Charles Hedley Resident at Kohukohu 06 June 1917 Belgium Underhill Farm Cemetery, A14
3A|17853 Vickers Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
Private 12/535 Enwright Francis Bernard Resident at Kohukohu 28 May 1915 Gallipoli Cairo War Memorial M. 37 Cemetery, Egypt
Private 70073 Eyes Frederick John Resident at Rawene, 08 October 1918 Le Cateau, Naves Communal Cemetery IV. D. 4.
Hokianga France Extension, Nord, France
Private 33863 Faithfull Charles Baker Resident at Taheke, 31 July 1917 Ypres, Belgium Mud Corner Cemetery, II. D. 12. Hokianga Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
Private 28868 Faithfull William McCathie Resident at Rawene, 02 May 1918 Somme, France Hebuterne Military Hokianga Cemetery, Somme
Private 12/3008 Fatt James Born Hokianga 06 May 1918 Belgium (France) BUTTES NEW BRITISH CEMETERY (N.Z.) MEMORIAL, POLYGON WOOD, Zonnebeke, Belgium
Rifleman 38516 Flood Thomas Born Rawene, Hokianga 12 October 1917 Ypres Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne NZ Apse Panel 8
Frederick (Passchendaale) Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Private 12/2698 Ford William Family in Herekino 25 September 1916 Somme, France Dantzig Alley British VII. F. 5.
Alexander Cemetery, Mametz, Somme France
Rifleman 54734 Foster Horace Farmer at Tutamoe, 01 September 1918 Havrincourt, Bancourt British Cemetery, I. F. 17.
Alexander Hokianga France Pas-de-Calais, France
Lance 28584 Francis Sydney Patterson Name on Hokianga Arch 16 June 1917 France Bailleul Communal III. D. 16.
Sergeant Emilius of Remembrance Cemetery Extension, Nord, France Private 52415 Groves Sydney Thomas Self-employed at 26 March 1918 Somme, France Mailly-Maillet Communal D.50.
James Umawera; c/o Mrs H. W. Cemetery Extension, Ramsey, Taheke, Somme, France Hokianga
Private 12/3037 Halliwell Herbert Farmer at Kohukohu, 08 June 1918 France (died of St Sever Cemetery Q. II. A. 3.
Hokianga disease) Extension, Rouen, Seine- Maritime, France
Lance 12/558 Harding James Joseph Family resident at 03 July 1916 Somme, France Cite Bonjean Military II. C. 32 Corporal Motukaraka, Hokianga Cemetery, Armentieres, France
Private 20769 Harding Whetu Born at Whirinaki, 06 August 1917 Ypres Underhill Farm Cemetery, C. 27.
Hokianga (Passchendael) Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
Private 39659 Hayes Robert Farmer at Kaikohe 29 July 1917 Ypres, Belgium Prowes Point Military Cemetery, Hainut, Belgium
Lance 11042 Hockey Charles Henry Employed at Oranoa, 08 March 1918 France (died of LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) IV. F. 62.
Corporal Hokianga disease) SOUVENIR CEMETERY
Rifleman 24/1393 Hodgson Thomas Henry Family resident at 30 December 1916 France Estaires Communal III. L. 7. Hokianga Cemetery, Nord, France
Lance 25/1763 Joyce Ivan Resided Punakitere 28 August 1918 France Bagneux British Cemetery, VI. E. 33. Corporal Gezaincourt, Somme, France
Trooper 13/2210 Kendall Thomas Family resident at 25 November 1917 Palestine Ramleh War Cemetery, M. 54. Mitimiti, Hokianga Israel
Corporal 42123 Keymer George Edward Father resided at 12 October 1917 Ypres, Belgium Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne NZ Apse Panel 7 Waimamaku, Hokianga Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Rifleman 26/832 Kjoller James Employed at 19 June 1916 France CITE BONJEAN MILITARY II. B. 30. Broadwood, Hokianga CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES
Private 23/478 Lane Horace Alfred Father lived at Rawene, 15 September 1916 Somme, France Caterpillar Valley (New Hokianga Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France Private 20715 Leef George Born Hokianga, resided 30 December 1918 New Zealand Holy Trinity Churchyard Horeke. (died of gas and (Anglican), SH1, Pakaraka,
disease) Northland, New Zealand
Bombardier 69770 Leef Joseph Born Whirinaki, New 02 October 1918 New Zealand urupa, Tongariro urupa,
Zealand (died of disease) Vujcichs Road, Whirinaki, Hokianga, New Zealand
Rifleman 15924 Lees Frank F. Born Hokianga 14 August 1917 France MONT HUON MILITARY III. L. 1A. CEMETERY, LE TREPORT, France
Rifleman 15925 Lees Henry John Born Kohukohu, 27 March 1918 Somme, France EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, III. N. 3. Hokianga COLINCAMPS
Private 48871 Mansbridge Sydney Resided Hokianga & in 24 August 1918 Bapaume, Beaulencourt British I. E. 15.
New Zealand since 1906 France Cemetery, Ligny-Thilloy, Pas-de-Calais, France
Lieutenant 59942 Martin John Anthony Harbourmaster at 06 October 1919 Murmansk, Chatham Naval Memorial, 32 Hokianga Heads Russia Chatham, Kent, England
(drowning)
Private 16/546 Matiu Hone Born Hokianga 18 October 1919 New Zealand urupa, Maraerora (Meneke) Maori Cemetery, Northland, New Zealand
Private 26/1767 McLeod Alex Employed by Ole Larsen 17 August 1917 France Brookwood Military VIII. E. 15. at Taheke, Hokianga Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England
Private 19779 Moka aka James Family resident at 30 September 1918 Somme, France Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) A. 3. 19.
Williams Managmuka Churchyard, Hampshire, England
Corporal 20624 Moka aka Willie Family resident at 04 September 1918 France Bagneux British Cemetery, VI. F. 16.
Williams Managmuka Gezaincourt, Somme, France
Private 16/344 Morgan Joseph Iraia Family resident at 29 July 1917 Ypres Kandahar Farm Cemetery, II. F. 13.
Whirinaki, Hokianga (Passchendaale) Heuvelland, West- Vlaanderen, Belgium Rifleman 24/233|N/ Muriwai John Family resident at 28 June 1915 Wellington, New Urupa, Rangiahua
N Hokianga Zealand (Korokota) Maori Cemetery, Northland, New Zealand.
Private 11089 Nash Francis Family resident at 11 February 1917 France Rue-David Military I. F. 16 Kohukohu, Hokianga Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Pas- de-Calais, France
Sergeant 11/552 Nevitt Gerald Employed at 16 October 1914 Egypt Alexandria (Chatby) Military M.102 Major Broadwood, Hokianga and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Private 34492 Nevitt Henry Employed at 28 December 1917 Ypres, Belgium Tyne Cot Cemetery, XXXVIII. H. Broadwood, Hokianga Zonnebeke, Belgium 16/21.
Private 30629 Newman Wilfred Clynes Wife resided Hokinanga 04 October 1917 Ypres Tyne Cot Cemetery, XXXII. F. 6.
(Passchendaale) Zonnebeke, West- Vlaanderen, Belgium
Private 12/2797 Newton Frederick John Resident and employed 03 July 1916 Somme, France Cite Bonjean Military II. C. 17. at Waiotemarama, Cemetery, Armentieres, Hokianga France
Trooper 13/93 Nolan Dermot Lister Family at Kohukohu, 08 August 1915 Gallipoli Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) 3 Hokianga Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
Private 72991 Norton Robert Arthur Family at Wekaweka, 10 October 1918 England Tidworth Military C. 322 Hokianga Cemetery, Wiltshire, England
Private 12/2073 Page Harold Joseph Family at Waimamaku, 26 September 1916 Somme, France A.I.F. Burial Ground, Flers, II. B. 12. Hokianga Somme, France
Trooper 8737|24/8 Passell James Employed at Taheke, 05 December 1917 Ypres Hooge Crater Cemetery, I. J. 8.
/Corporal 78 Hokianga (Passchendaale) Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Sergeant 10/2500 Pearce Arthur Hambley Born Whirinaki, 23 October 1917 Belgium Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne NZ Apse, Panel Hokianga Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, 6 Belgium Trooper 16044 Perry Eric Howard Resided at Rangiahua, 13 July 1916 Egypt Kantara War Memorial B. 178. Hokianga Cemetery, Egypt
Rifleman 46486 Philipps Frederick Mother lived at 12 October 1917 Belgium Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne N.Z. Apse, Panel
Emerson Kohukohu Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, 9 West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Private 41616 Philips Edward Matson Father resided at 12 October 1917 Ypres Tyne Cot Cemetery, XVI. J. II.
Kohukohu (Passchendaale) Zonnebeke, West- Vlaanderen, Belgium
Private 11105 Philips Malcolm Innes Resided at Kohukohu, 28 September 1916 Somme, France Caterpillar Valley (New employed at Rangiora Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France
Private 54701 Phillips Fred (Frederick) E. 27 August 1918 France BAGNEUX BRITISH VI. B. 7. CEMETERY, GEZAINCOURT
Private 11720 Powell Victor Ivan Born and employed at 26 September 1916 Somme, France A.I.F. Burial Ground, Flers, IV. B. 19. Herekino, Hokianga Somme, France
Private 12/2823 Powell Gerald Massey Born and employed at 06 June 1916 Somme, France Cite Bonjean Military II. A. 29. Herekino, Hokianga Cemetery, Armentieres, France
Private 16/198 Power Hone Manahi 07 December 1917 Ypres BIRR CROSS ROADS I. J. 42.
(Passchendaale) CEMETERY, Ieper, West- Vlaanderen
Private 19411 Rata Jerry Family at Mangamuka, 20 June 1918 Somme, France Brockenhurst (St Nicholas) Plot A, Row 5, Hokianga Churchyard, Hampshire, Grave 17 England
Private 16/714 Ratana Wiremu Born and employed at 30 July 1916 France (died of Bailleul Communal II. F. 123
Whangape, Hokianga wounds) Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
Private 20664 Rewi aka Perenara Born and worked at 23 March 1917 Messines, Berks Cemetery Extension, I. B. 22.
Williams Motukaraka, Hokianga Belgium Comines-Warneton, Hainaut Private 12/621 Ridgers aka Albert Resided at rawene, 21 September 1916 Somme, France Caterpillar Valley (New
Ridges Hokianga Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France
Private 8/2112 Ritchie Charles Alexander Father at Kohukohu, 27 September 1916 France Warlencourt British VIII. E. 50 Hokianga Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Rifleman 51906 Smith aka Nimrod Bendigo Parents at Herekino, 07 May 1918 France Grevillers (New Zealand)
Seaton Fred aka John Hokianga Memorial, Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France
Private 19417 Smith Haka Family at Kohukohu, 19 November 1917 Ypres MENIN ROAD SOUTH III. I. 4.
Hokianga (Passchendaale) MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, Belgium
Private 18865 Smith Joseph James Born Herekino, Hokianga 07 June 1917 Messines, Messines Ridge (New
Frank Belgium Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
Private 12/636 Stancliffe Thomas Father resident at 26 September 1916 France CATERPILLAR VALLEY (NEW Rangiahua ZEALAND) MEMORIAL, Longueval near Bapaume, France
Private 31446 Taffard Edmond Ernest Born Hokianga, Resident 01 October 1918 France GREVILLERS BRITISH XV. C. 14. Broadwood Hokianga CEMETERY 3 kms W. of Bapaume
Private 62464 Tarbutt Edwin Benjamin Resident at Waimamaku, 03 September 1918 France Etaples Military Cemetery, LXVI. G. 11. Hokianga Pas-de-Calais, France
Private 16/1479 Tawhai Hohepa Tuapaki Born at Waima, 07 December 1916 France Etaples Military Cemetery, XX. E. 10. Hokianga Pas-de-Calais, France
Private 20621 Te Whata Peter Born Makura and 23 March 1917 Belgium Maple Leaf Cemetery, J. 14. employed at Rawene, Comines-Warneton, Hokianga Hainaut, Belgium
Private 19572 Tipene Wiparata Born Hokianga and 11 April 1918 France Etaples Military Cemetery, XXXIII. G. 15A family lived Tutekehuna Pas-de-Calais, France Driver/ 9/978 Tucker George Family at Waimamaku, 17 September 1919 New Zealand Rawene Public Cemetery Block 4. Plot 7
Trooper Warrington Hokianga
Private 31447 Tucker Ralph Cecil Family at Waimamaku, 04 September 1916 New Zealand Featherston Cemetery, 724 Hokianga Western Lake Road, Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand
Driver 9/978 Tucker George Family at Rawene, 17 September 1919 New Zealand Rawene Public Cemetery, Block 4. Plot 7.
Warrington Hokianga Far North District, New Zealand
Private 56875 Vaughan Joseph Listed next of kin at 29 March 1918 Somme, France Grevilliers (New Zealand) Kohukohu, Hokianga Memorial
Rifleman 14890 Ward Alfred George Family at Kohukohu, 16 September 1917 Ypres Bethleem Farm West D. 16.
Hokianga (Passchendaale) Cemetery, West Flanders. Belgium
Private 12/1826 Warner William Henry Family at Takahue, 08 May 1915 Gallipoli Twelve Tree Copse (New Hokianga Zealand) Memorial, Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery, Helles, Turkey
Private 16/369 Waru Kopa Father resided at 08 June 1917 Belgium La Plus Douve Farm IV. E. 9. Whangape, Hokianga Cemetery, Comines- Warneton, Hainaut
Private 16/368 Waru Henare Father resided at 08 June 1916 Somme, France Cite Bonjean Military II. A. 32. Whangape, Hokianga Cemetery, Armentieres, France
Private 20665 Wiki Frank Family resided at 03 June 1917 Belgium Berks Cemetery Extension, III. B. 32. Herekoni, Hokianga, Comines-Warneton, New Zealand Hainaut
Private 16/371 Wikitera Robert Family resided at 19 November 1917 Belgium MENIN ROAD SOUTH III. I. 5. Mitimiti, Hokianga MILITARY CEMETERY, Ieper, Belgium
Corporal 20624 Williams aka Willie Family resided at 04 September 1918 France Bagneux British Cemetery, VI. F. 16.
Moka Kohukohu, Hokianga Gezaincourt, Somme, France
Private 19779 Williams aka James Family resided at 30 September 1918 Somme, France CITE BONJEAN MILITARY II. B. 30.
Moka Mangamuka, Hokianga CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES Private 12/2515 Williams Alfred Edward Brother resident at 11 August 1915 Gallipoli Portianos Military I. A. 7. Kohukohu, Hokianga Cemetery, Lemnos, Greece
Private 12/663 Williams Frank Henry Family resided at 01 October 1918 Le Cateau, Masnieres British I. B. 5.
Kohukohu, Hokianga France Cemetery, Marcoing, Nord, France
Private 16/112 Williams Joe Family at the Hokianga 13 August 1915 Gallipoli Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Panel 76 (buried Pine Cemetery, Anzac, at sea) Turkey
Lance 18901 Williams Wilfred Richard Employed at Kohukohu, 31 July 1917 Ypres Mud Corner Cemetery, II. D. 8
Corporal Hokianga (Passchendaale) Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
Rifleman 44667 Williamson Frederick Brother at Whangape, 10 October 1917 Ypres, Belgium White House Cemetery II. B. 9. Hokianga Ieper West Vlaanderen Belgium
Private 16/1398 Wipani John Born Managmuka, 06 May 1916 Dunkirk, France Dunkirk Town Cemetery, IV. D. 38. Hokianga Nord, France
Private 20778 Witana Abraham Family at Whakarapa, 01 November 1917 Belgium Etaples Military Cemetery, XXX. J. 2 Hokianga Pas-de-Calais, France
Private 18883 Wooster Frank Rupert Family resident at 27 January 1919 New Zealand Orira Cemetery, Hokianga, Section 11. Kohukohu, Hokianga New Zealand Block 7. Lot 7. Portion A.
Private 12/954 Wright George Charles Family at Kohukohu, 26 September 1916 Somme, France Flatiron Copse Cemetery, I. F. 8. Hokianga Mametz, France
Sapper 46423 Young Frank Gladstone Born Whirinaki, 08 December 1917 Belgium (died of Lijssenthoek Military XXVII. D. 12.
Rameka Hokianga wounds) Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium