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World War I Roll of Honour for the Orākei Local Board Area World War I Roll of Honour for the Orākei Local Board area Introduction The Orākei Local Board commissioned a World War I roll of honour for its area to commemorate the war’s centenary. The board welcomes additional information from the public on this project. Roll of Honour ADDIS, John Foxcroft 54798 Pte. J. F. Addis, killed in action November 4, was the third son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Addis, of Ellerslie. He left New Zealand in the infantry with the 28th Reinforcements. He was one of four brothers serving. The eldest son, Tpr. H. P. Addis, 5th Reinforcements, saw service at Gallipoli up to the evacuation, and has since been all through the Egyptian campaign. The second son, J. L. Addis, 11th Reinforcements, was twice wounded, but returned to the front a third time, getting concussion, and was invalided home. The fourth son, E. H. Addis, 33rd Reinforcements (Specialists) is at present 1 convalescing in England, having been wounded in France. Addis was born in 1897, and was working as a carpenter for E E A Hitchings, living in Amy Street, Ellerslie, on enlistment in March 1917. He was killed in action on France, 4 November 1918. 2 Image: Auckland Weekly News 23 January 1919, AWNS-19190123-41-1, SGGSC, AL AIMER, George Edmund Vernon According to the early rolls for Avondale School, Vernon, Grace and Kenneth Aimer attended standards classes at Avondale School from March 1897 to June 1899, children of Edmund Baxter Aimer and Annie Elizabeth née Feek. The Aimers were living at the Hokianga in 1884, Dargaville c.1888, then Drury by 1895. They must have spent a couple of years in Avondale, before moving on to the city and 3 Parnell. Vernon Aimer, born 1886, was a clerk for Cahill & Co from when he was around 14 years old. At the age of 16, he came into strife with a youthful indiscretion when he was found guilty of breaking and entering his employers’ premises in 1903, and served a 12 month sentence. From that low point though he bounced right back. Image: Auckland Weekly News 29 June 1916, AWNS- 19160629- 39-1, GGSC, AL World War I Roll of Honour | 3 AN AIRMAN'S DEATH LIEUT. G V AIMER A POPULAR AUCKLANDER Lieutenant George Vernon Aimer, a member of the Royal Flying Corps, who was accidentally killed whilst flying near London on June 22, was the eldest son of Mr and Mrs C B [sic] Aimer, of St. Stephen’s Avenue, Parnell. He was born in Hokianga in 1886, and was educated in Auckland. For a time he was employed in the Government Forestry Department at Rotorua, subsequently taking a position in Fiji. Shortly after returning to Auckland, in 1910, he entered the service of the Bank of New Zealand as correspondence clerk, a position he held for about five years. In August of last year he obtained extended leave of absence, and proceeded to England for health reasons. After a short time in hospital he offered his services to the War Office, but they were not accepted, owing to the state of his health. Lieutenant Aimer then studied aviation, and after qualifying for his pilot's certificate, was appointed an instructor at the London Provincial Aviation Co.'s School. Later he again offered his services to the military authorities, and was given a commission in the Royal Flying Corps. Since then he had been through a course of instruction in army work at Oxford, and it is believed was receiving further training at one of the War Office's aerodromes when he met with the unfortunate accident which resulted in his death. When in Auckland the late lieutenant was very popular in athletic circles, and had at different times, over a period of eight years, been a member of the St. George's Rowing Club, part of which time he was captain. A brother, Trooper Alexander Goven Aimer, left for the front with the thirteenth reinforcements. 4 While flying from an aerodrome in Middlesex, north of London, Aimer’s plane fell into a spin at about 3000 feet and dved into the ground. Aimer died later in the day at 5 RFC Hospital in Bryanston Square, London. His brother Kenneth Aimer who also went to school in Avondale in the 1890s and served during the war went on to become a well-known architect, and part of the partnership of Grierson, Aimer and Draffin who designed the Auckland War Memorial Museum in the 1920s. His name is included on both the Avondale and Remuera School war memorials. 1 Auckland Star 29 November 1918, p. 2 2 Military file 3 Information from Avondale Historical Journal Vol 13 Issue 74. AIREY, Frederick Arthur 30102 When he enlisted in 1916, his mother Margaret Avon Airey lived in Malvern Road, Morningside. 6 He was awarded Bachelor of Arts 7 and played cricket for the University Club in 1914, 8 Airey was chosen as a candidate for the 1915 Rhodes Scholarship, 9 and later the 1916 Scholarship. Mr. Airey is a son of the late Mr. W. H. Airey, an inspector of schools under the Auckland Board of Education. He was born on May 9, 1892, and is 23 years of age. After receiving his primary education at the Remuera public school, he gained a junior national scholarship, and he entered the Auckland Grammar School. There he was a student until 1910. He was senior prefect, senior lieutenant in the battalion; he played fullback for the fifteen, he was captain of the eleven which won the Heathcote Williams Shield at Christchurch, and he finished his brilliant career at the school by standing second on the list of junior scholars of the university. The academic achievements attained by Mr. Airey as a student during the four years 1911-1914 were as follows: 1911, first-class passes in English, Latin, and mathematics; 1912, first-class passes in French, advanced, and economics, and college premium for French; 1913, first class passes in English, advanced, and French, and second-class pass in French; 1914, university senior scholarship in English and graduation for B.A. degree. Mr. Airey was a prominent member of the University College Cricket Club, and in 1913 he had the highest batting average in the senior eleven. He played in the college football teams, and was prominently and actively associated with the numerous clubs in connection with the college. In 1914 he was president of the Students' Association, president of the Musical Society, editor of the College Magazine, vice-president of the literary club, committee member of the cricket club, and selector and member of the committee of the Cercle Moliere. Mr. Airey taught at Auckland Grammar School. 10 Airey lost out on the scholarship to Lt Athol Hudson in late December that year. 11 He was a co-organiser of a charity football match in 1916 in aid of Belgian children. 12 Days later, on 25 July 1916, he enlisted, with the rank of lieutenant, and served in the 2nd Battalion Otago Regiment. He embarked from Wellington in February 1917 and joined his battalion at the front in France in June. He was wounded in action in late July 1917, wounded again in the beginning of August, and finally wounded yet again 30 13 September 1917. He did not recover, and died from his wounds. He is included in a memorial at St Lukes Church, Mt Albert, and Remuera Primary School. Image: 31-A3985, SGGSC, AL 4 NZ Herald 24 June 1916 World War I Roll of Honour | 5 5 Errol W Martyn, For Your Tomorrow, Vol 1 p. 39 6 Military file 7 NZ Herald 9 April 1914, p.9 8 NZ Herald 8 April 1914 p. 6 9 NZ Herald 31 October 1914, p. 5 ALDERTON, Trevor Dudley Hall (British file 37/1464) Born 5 January 1894. 14 Served with the Royal Flying Corps. Killed on active service 16 June 1918. 15 Son of George Edwin and Ida Alderton of Remuera, Auckland. Alderton was a graduate of the New Zealand Flying School, Kohimarama, Auckland. Member of the College Rifles Rugby Football Club. Commissioned 2nd. Lt. 20 May 1918. Attended Auckland Grammar School. 16 Alderton was awarded his Royal Aero Club’s aviator certificate on 10 August 1917. 17 Member of NZ Society of Civil Engineers, 18 working with the Public Works Dept from February 1911 until December 1917. He died while serving as a pilot instructor in an air accident (flying manoeuvres) while in England at Narborough, 19 where his plane’s engine suffered engine failure immediately after take off at 1500 and stalled on turning back towards the airfield, side-slipping into the ground. His pupil survived. 20 Alderton was buried at a parish church in Narborough. Image: MOTAT collection, via http://www.nzmuseums.co.nz 10 NZ Herald 30 October 1915, p. 5 11 NZ Herald 22 December 1915, p. 9 12 NZ Herald 17 July 1916, p. 7 13 Military file 14 National Archives (UK) 15 NZ Herald 24 June 1918, p. 6 16 Cenotaph database 17 NZ Herald, 11 August 1917, p. 8 18 Auckland Star 18 February 1919, p. 5 19 Royal Flying Corps file AIR 76/7, National Archives (UK) 20 Martyn, p. 48 World War I Roll of Honour | 7 ALLEN, Harold Gordon 12/686 Allen was the son of George Allen and Lucy Allen, of 10 Warrington Rd., Remuera, Auckland. He attended King's College 1906-1907 and is commemorated in their Roll of Honour. He then went on to be a farm cadet and soldier. He had been two years at Duntroon and had passed the exam for Lieutenant before the outbreak of war.
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