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The Avondale

Historical Journal

November—December 2013 Volume 13 Issue 74

Official Publication of the Avondale-Waterview Historical Society Incorporated

The Marble Plaque — Avondale Primary School’s

First World War Roll of Honour

This was once on display at Avondale Primary School, then given tothe RSA for safe keeping. Currently displayed facing Layard Street.

John H A Bollard

Eric H Astley

Fred Albert CrumStanley FranshamReginald P FilleulLeslie Rotorua Darrow

William N C Bishop

John J Bishop



Originally there were 33 names on the plaque all inalphabetical order: two further names, J T Lilley andH W Cox were added later. The rimu board had goneby the time I came to know the board after the demoli-tion of the old school buildings (1971-1972), while itwas displayed in the window of what had once been theconfectioner’s shop on Layard Street, part of the RSAclubrooms. Today, unfortunately, it has also been badlycracked.

The names on the marble are mainly those who wereformer pupils of Avondale School, even if only for twoof three years back in the 1890s as their families passedthrough from others places. Sometimes, though, thereappear to be names from those families living in or nearthe area, whether on the school rolls or not. I’m stillwaiting for more of the military files held at ArchivesNew Zealand to become available, as well as opportu-nity to do more research via Papers Past and the BDMrecords, but here are some of the stories behind thenames.

Here are the names on the marble roll, in order, alongwith what I’ve found so far on each man and his family:

George Edmond Vernon Aimer According to the early rolls for Avondale School,Vernon, Grace and Kenneth Aimer attended standardsclasses at Avondale School from March 1897 to June1899, children of Edmund Baxter Aimer and Annie

Elizabeth née Feek. The Aimers were living at theHokianga in 1884, Dargaville c.1888, then Drury by1895. They must have spent a couple of years here, be-fore moving on to the city and Parnell.

Vernon Aimer was a clerk for Cahill & Co from whenhe was around 14 years old. At the age of 16, he cameinto strife with a youthful indiscretion when he wasfound 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.

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, sub-

sequently taking a position in Fiji. Shortly after return-

ing to Auckland, in 1910, he entered the service of the

Bank of New Zealand as correspondence clerk, a posi-tion 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 hos-

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I’ve been interested in rolls of honour for some time,but up until recently have only ever photographed them.Since information has become more readily availablefrom Archives New Zealand, coming up to the centen-ary of the First World War, I started looking deeper intoa roll of honour in Pt Chevalier, and started finding thestories behind most of the names.

Avondale has three WWI rolls of honour, as well asmemorials to the fallen in our two cemeteries.

Of these honour boards, only two are listed on theAuckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph databaseat the time of writing (October 2013). These are: the StJude’s honour tablet displayed in the church entrance(unveiled by Archdeacon MacMurray 21 August 1921,on dedicating a new font and baptistery), and the 1917Oddfellows board, once displayed at the OddfellowsHall at St Georges Road, but now hung in the entryfoyer at the Avondale RSA on Layard Street. TheAvondale School’s roll of honour (1919) seems to havebeen largely overlooked.

The Avondale School Marble Roll of Honour

The “marble roll”, as I’ve called it, is a marble slab dis-played beside the RSA’s 25pr field gun in the gardenon Layard Street (pictured on the front page):

A very solemn function took place on Saturday after-

noon in the Avondale Public School, when a memorial

tablet in memory of old boys of the school who had

given their lives in the great war of 1914-18 was un-

veiled. The tablet, which is of white marble, was pre-

sented by Mr J Binsted and was unveiled by Mrs

Binsted. There was a very large attendance of parents

and relatives. Mr H A V Bollard, Chairman of the

school committee), who presided, said the district owed

a deep debt of gratitude to the donor. Kipling's

"Recessional" was beautifully sung by the children, un-

der the conductorship of Mr. Gough. Mr. R B Nesbitt

(chairman of the Road Board), Mr Darrow

(headmaster), Mr J L Scott, and Mr. King (member of

the Board of Education) also addressed the audience.

The tablet, which was covered with the Union Jack, was

unveiled by Mrs. Binsted while the children sang the

beautiful hymn "Abide With Me." The tablet is nicely

mounted in rimu in the design of the setting sun, by Mr H Spargo. The tablet is headed: "In memory of the

brave boys who gave their lives in the great war, 1914-

18." ( Auckland Star , 22 December 1919)

Avondale’s WWI Rolls

of Honour Lisa J Truttman



John Henry Allen BollardSon of William Allen Bollard of Moray Place,Dunedin, and Harriet Bollard nee Sankey. He was pre-sumed missing, later declared killed in action by shellfire in France in 1916. His mother Harriet died the yearhe was born, in 1893, and is buried at the GeorgeMaxwell Memorial Cemetery with the Bollards.William Allen Bollard (1869-1941) was a landscapeartist, and third son of John Bollard of Avondale.

Ewen McLean Brookes

The Brookes family lived on New Windsor Road. Ewenattended the Standards classes at Avondale 1901-1906.When he signed up he was a clerk working forWinstones Ltd. He was killed in action October 1916.

Wallis John BurrowHe attended Avondale School’s standards classes in1904. His parents John and Mary Burrow lived onNew Windsor Road. Mary and three of her children areburied at St Ninians cemetery. Wallis was a cabinet-maker when he signed up in 1917. He died of woundsin January 1918.

Charles William CattonThe Catton family lived in the Avondale/BlockhouseBay area from c.1900-1905. Charles was a farmhandworking in Russell when he joined the army, and waskilled in action September 1916.

Matthew Thomas CharlesAlso known as Thomas Matthew Charles. Born inTikorangi, Taranaki in 1892. Only very briefly atAvondale School during the standards classes in 1904,he went to a Catholic school after that. His father

Thomas Charles lived in Victoria Road (now VictorStreet) and Kitchener Road (Holly Street). Anothercabinetmaker before he joined the army, working inNapier. He started out as a sapper with the field

pital 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 quali-

fying for his pilot's certificate, was appointed an in-

structor at the London Provincial Aviation Co.'s

School. Later he again offered his services to the mili-

tary 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 unfortu-

nate 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 pe-

riod 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. ( NZ Herald 24June 1916)

His brother Kenneth Aimer who also went to schoolhere in the 1890s and served during the war went on tobe come a well-known architect, and part of the part-nership of Grierson, Aimer and Draffin who designedthe Auckland War Memorial Museum in the 1920s.

Eric Henry Astley Eric attended Avondale School’s standards classes June1902 to June 1904, a son of John E Astley. He died atGallipoli from wounds in June 1915.

William Norman Clarke Bishop

John Joseph BishopWilliam Bishop was briefly at Avondale School, forabout a month, at the end of 1910. His brother John hashere a bit longer, 6 months in 1906. They were mem-bers of the Bishop family of Titirangi.

FIGHTING FAMILY.

THREE TITIRANGI BROTHERS.

Private W N C Bishop, who was killed in action on May

25, was the youngest of the three sons of Mr J J Bishop,

of Dunvegan, Titirangi, all of whom volunteered foractive service. Private Bishop. who was 21 years of

age, was educated at the Titirangi and Avondale public

at the Auckland Grammar School. As a lad of 17 he

entered the service of the Postal Department in

Wellington four years ago, and subsequently was

transferred to Auckland. He enlisted on attaining his

twentieth birthday, and left with the twenty-eighth rein-

forcements less than a year ago. His eldest brother

Lieutenant J J Bishop, of the thirteenth reinforcements,

was killed in action in October 1st whilst leading his

men with great gallantry during the severe fighting in

Flanders. Sergeant T A Bishop, the only survivingbrother, who left with the twelfth reinforcements, has

been serving on the western front for the past year. ( NZ

Herald 11 June 1918)


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Charles William Catton



engineers, and was promoted to Lance Corporal 25September 1915. Killed in action at Gallipoli, a weeklater.

Fred Albert CrumSon of Albert Crum, owner and manager of the NZBrick, Tile and Pottery Company at New Lynn. Thefamily moved to New Lynn in 1905 from Ashburton,and Fred (born 1895) attended Avondale School from1906-1908, when he went off to grammar school. Whenhe signed up, he was working at the family business inNew Lynn, as a brickmaker. He died of wounds in May1917.

Leslie Rotorua DarrowFrom The News 28 August 1915.

Another interesting letter has come to hand from Roto

Darrow dated June 24th. He says:

“Things are very quiet here at present, and here we are

not adopting a progressive policy at all for the time

being, but merely keeping the Turks up this end busy

while the offensive goes on down below. Whe(n) they

get them on the run down there, we will have our share

again.

“I had a very interesting trip round one of our posts,

which is nearest the enemy’s lines. At one place we are

within five feet of Turkish trenches and consequently

had to keep our mouths shut. If they hear any talking atall, a bomb is the result. At this particular post all the

trenches are very close, the distances ranging from five

feet to forty yards. When we first took over these

trenches you could not put a periscope or rifle up for a

second without it being shot at, but now you can keep

them up for hours. I think at first they had superiority

over us in bomb throwing, but now I think we have

them beaten. One kind of our trench mortars in particu-

lar is very deadly, and the Turks used to bolt when they

heard the bomb coming down, yelling “Allah!”

“We had rather a lively time the other day. The Turkslanded a number of 80-inch cannon shells round the

Brigade headquarters. While about half a dozen of us

were examining a piece of one, another came along and

landed about six feet away from us. We couldn’t flop

down on the ground quickly enough. Luckily they were

very old shells (I heard they were English shells bear-

ing the date 1897) and consequently do not have a high

explosive.

“It is getting very hot here now and the flies have be-

come unbearable. I thought they got pretty bad in

Avondale at times, but here they almost stop you eating your meals. You can’t lie down during the day time for

they pester the life out of you.”

Leslie Rotorua “Roto” Darrow was born in 1893. Hisbrother was Harry Alexander Darrow, during the warAvondale School’s head master. Roto Darrow enlistedin 1914 at the school. He embarked 16 October 1914,headed for Suez and Egypt, and then on to Gallipoli.His last unit was the Headquarters of the New ZealandInfantry Brigade.

He was killed in action 10 August 1915, aged 22. Thefolks back home at Avondale, reading his letter in The

News, would have had no idea that he had died two anda half weeks earlier.

Bertram Charles DenyerAnother connection with Albert Crum’s brickworks atNew Lynn — Bertram was a brickmaker when heenlisted in August 1914. The Denyers are a family thatgoes right back to the 1860s in terms of Avondale and

New Lynn. He went missing at Gallipoli May 1915,and was later declared dead after a court of inquiry.

Reginald Philip FilleulHis father, Philip John Filleul, was a farmer on Rose-bank from the 1890s (7 acres) and died 1919. Hismother, Louisa Maud Mary Filleul, died 25 October1914, aged 57. Both parents were buried at Rosebank.The Filleuls grew lemons — at the time the estate wassold after Philip Filleul’s death, there were around 100commercial lemon trees on the property.

Reginald was a farmer in his own right when heenlisted in 1916, at first with the Mounted Rifles. FromOctober 1916 however, he was with the 2nd NZ CamelCompany, and fought against the troops of the OttomanEmpire in the deserts of Suez and Palestine. He tookpart in the Battle of Beersheba in 1917, and died fromhis wounds at Abbassia in Egypt.


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Bertram Charles Denyer



Stanley FranshamHis father Benjamin Harding Fransham was associatedwith Avondale from c.1892, and lived on RosebankRoad as at 1893. In 1902, there was a sad tragedy forthe family.

Yesterday morning Mr T Gresham, city coroner, heldan inquest at Avondale on the body of an infant girl

named Ivy Victoria Fransham, the daughter of Mr

Benjamin Fransham, market gardener. Mrs Fransham

gave evidence that the child who was 8½ months old,

had been given a plum by one of her sisters, and that

the child had been accidentally choked by the stone.

Witness extracted the stone from the baby’s throat, but

by that time the child was quite dead. Dr de Clive Lowe

also gave evidence, and said the cause of death was

asphyxia, caused by the plum-stone getting into the up-

per air passage, and a verdict was returned accord-

ingly. ( Auckland Star 10 February 1902)

FRANSHAM BROTHERS.

Private Stanley Benjamin Fransham, who died of

wounds on June 7, was the second son of Mr and Mrs

Fransham, of Whitford, and was 20 years of age. He

was born and educated at Avondale. Prior to his enlist-

ment he was farming at Te Rore, Pirongia. Private

Raymond Harden Fransham, admitted to hospital, June

10, suffering from slight gunshot wounds in the face, is

the eldest son of Mr. Fransham, of Whitford. At the time

of his enlistment he was engaged on his father's farm at

Whitford. With his younger brother Stanley, he went

into camp in May, 1916. On arrival in England both he

and his brother joined the Machine Corps, and after

four months' training they went to France. Private

Fransham was born in Avondale 22 years ago. ( NZ


Raymond Fransham survived, and died in 1969 at theage of 74.

William Ralston IngramSon of William and Annie Ingram. His name is in-

cluded on the family headstone at St Ninians Cemetery,killed in action Passchendaele, 4 October 1917, aged36.

John HastieThe Hastie family were associated with Avondale fromc.1901. George Hastie worked as a brickmaker atAvondale works c.1902. John Hastie attendedAvondale School June 1900 to June 1904.

Possibly Thomas Hugh Kirk. At the moment, hedoesn’t seem to have direct connection with Avondale,

having only arrived from England two years before heenlisted, but he was on the staff at Mt Eden School.Perhaps he was at Avondale at some point? He diedwhen the transport Marquette was sunk in the AegeanSea in 1915.


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Possibly Donald Bennett Lane Donald Lane was a former pupil at Avondale School.

Henry Frederick LeesHenry Frederick Lees (Harry), son of John & Edith Lees,Brown St, Avondale. Died 1 Sept 1918 in France. Alsoon St Judes memorial.

James Parker McCraeHis mother Agnes Templeton McCrae lived SaintGeorges Road, Avondale. He also appears on the Oddfel-lows Roll of Honour. Before he enlisted he worked as aleather worker. Died 6 May 1918.

Herman Cecil McDonaldHis mother Mrs E. McDonald lived on Rosebank Road,Avondale. Before he enlisted, Herman worked as amattressmaker. He embarked 25 Sept 1916 as part of the17th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A

Company, and died 30 March 1918, at the Somme.

Possibly Kenzie McLean

The marble roll has “R McLean”, but I can find no one sofar matching that initial. However Kenzie McLean was a

Raymond and Stanley Fransham.

Photo courtesy Mark McVeigh



the Auckland University College. He entered the Gram-

mar School on a foundation scholarship, and matricu-

lated in 1902. He passed the first section of the Bache-

lor of Commerce degree examination, but owing to fail-

ing health was not able to complete the examination.

Afterwards he entered the employ of the AMP Society,

and at the time of big enlistment occupied the position

of cashier in the Auckland branch. The late Private

Scott was a member of the University Hockey Club, and

of the St. George's Rowing Club. ( NZ Herald 25 June1917)

Stanley Edward StewartAttended Avondale School 1899-1900. His father wasThomas J B Stewart of Mt Albert. He was a seamanbefore enlistment; coincidentally, he died “of illness, atsea”, aged 28, on the way home in November 1919.

Clarence Victor TarlinAttended Avondale School from 1909-1911, “son of

Clara Jacobson (formerly Tarlin), of Titirangi,

Auckland, New Zealand, and the late Alfred Tarlin”

according to Cenotaph. He died serving with the 16thReinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Com-pany, 22 Feb 1917, in France.

During their final leave, which was spent at their

homes at Titirangi and surrounding districts, Lance-

Corporal C B Tarlin and Privates F Shaw, E Williams,

and J Kilgour, all members of the sixteenth reinforce-

ments, were entertained at a largely-attended social

evening and dance at Titirangi by Mr and Mrs J J

Bishop. The dance was held in Shaw's Hall, whilst the

supper, which was most tastefully laid out, was given in

the tea kiosk. The toast of the guests was proposed by

Mr H Wallace, and responded to by Lance-Corporal

Tarlin. The toast, as well as that of “Our Absent Boys”,

was enthusiastically honoured. The health of the host

and hostess was proposed by Mr I E Williams, and ac-

knowledged by Mr Bishop. The gathering was of a most

successful character. ( NZ Herald 18 August 1916)

Corporal C V Tarlin, who died of wounds whilst a pris-

oner of war in Germany, enlisted from Titirangi. He

was the son of the late Mr A J Tarlin and Mrs M F

Jacobson, and was a grandson of the late Mrs E S

Taylor. He went to the war when considerably under

military age, and at the time of his death in February

last was only 19 years and eight months old. He was at

first reported missing, but after considerable lapse of

time it was reported that he was a prisoner of war. Sub-

sequently it was ascertained that he died of wounds

shortly after his admission to the prison camp. ( NZ


Corporal Clarence V Tarlin, died of wounds at

Lemburg, Germany, was the son of the late Gunner A J

Tarlin of Devonport and Mrs Jacobson of Titirangi. He


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son of Alexander & Isabella McLean of RosebankRoad. Kenzie was killed in action on the Somme in July1916.

Donald McLeanSon of William and Charlotte Jane McLean, BrownStreet, Avondale. Died 6 October 1917, Ypres,Belgium.

Frederick MyersSon of William Myers of Roberton Road, Avondale. Hewas a roading contractor before enlistment in 1917, anddied 30 September 1918 in France, from wounds.

Possibly Frederick George Oxenham Still waiting for more information.

Jonathan Oswald PorrittSon of William and Sarah Ann Porritt. William Porrittwas selling “Leicester socks and stockings” from

Waterview in 1890. He came from Bradford in Eng-land. Around 1894 he shifted to New North Road inMt Albert. When Jonathan enlisted in 1917, he was em-ployed as a bridge builder with NZ Railways. He waswith the 23rd Reinforcements New Zealand FieldArtillery when he died Christmas Eve 1917, Ypres,Belgium.

Oliver ScottSon of John Lyons Scott, the head teacher at AvondaleSchool from 1882-1894. J L Scott was present at theunveiling of the marble plaque in 1919.

Private Oliver Scott, better known as Tommy Scott,

killed in action, was a son of Mr J L Scott, a former

headmaster of the Parnell school. He was educated at

the Parnell school, the Auckland Grammar School, and

Oliver Scott



Arthur Edwin WardAt Avondale School 1897-1901. Father noted on schoolroll as Edgar William Ward. Enlisted from Grove Road,Edendale (Sandringham), Auckland Infantry Battalion.Died 8 August 1915, killed in action, at Gallipoli.

William WelchThe son of John and Jane Anne Welch, of 20 Living-stone St., Auckland, although John Welch was inAvondale from c.1887. William served at Gallipoli, butdied 18 September 1916, at the Somme.

Robert John WilloughbyThe son of William and Lillian S Willoughby, of CanalRd., Avondale. The family came from Paeroa; Robertwas in Avondale School only in 1908, then he went towork. He was a farmer before he enlisted.

Herbert Slade and Robert Willoughby (Mr. Matthews)were charged with having removed sign posts, the

property of the Avondale Road Board. After evidence

had been heard at length Slade was fined 10s ordered

to pay all witnesses' expenses, amounting to 22s, and

half the damage, 4s 6d. Willoughby was fined 10s, and

was ordered to pay 4s 6d, half the damages incurred .( NZ Herald 12 November 1912)

Robert died of wounds received in the PloegsteertWood, Flanders, 27 March 1917.

Gunner R J Willoughby (died of wounds) was wellknown in Avondale. On the outbreak of war he was put

on guard duty at the fort, but later joined the 9th Rein-

forcements, being attached to the artillery. His parents

reside at Canal Road. Avondale. ( Auckland Star 17July 1917)

John Thomas (Tim) LilleyHis childhood guardian while at Avondale School wasW Alfred Lilley of New Windsor Road. He is recordedas coming from Nelson Street, and Tim was only inAvondale School for Standard 4, in 1901. His father

was John Thomas Lilley, a storekeeper at Henderson inthe 1880s, who died at Onehunga’s Railway TerminusHotel 13 June 1892. His mother was Alice ChristinaLilley (remarried, became Mrs Greenway). He was alsotwo years older than the school roll has noted, born in1887 rather than 1889.

Tim Lilley worked as a currier before enlistment withthe 15th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion,A Company in 1916, and died of wounds on 25 August1918 in France. He’s also on the Oddfellows roll ofhonour.

Herbert (Bert) William CoxHerbert was grandson of John Samuel L Cox, rates col-lector, dog registrar and clerk for the Whau Highway

was born in Auckland, and educated at the Auckland

Grammar School. Prior to enlisting with the 16th Rein-

forcements he was in the employ of the Auckland City

Council water works [at Titirangi]. ( Auckland Star 7July 1917)

Norman Edmund VercoeHe was the son of Philip and Ann Vercoe of New

Windsor Road. Norman was born in Blenheim. Thefamily were at Kaihu before 1907, and Norman at-tended Avondale School 1907-1910. He served with the16th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, ACompany, and survived the war, only to die 5 June1919 after discharge from the NZEF from wounds in-flicted or disease contracted while on active service.Buried Waikumete Cemetery.


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Clarence Victor Tarlin

John Thomas Lilley




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District (later Avondale Road Board) from c.1877 to1892. J S L Cox’s son James Thomas G Cox marriedMary Alice Armstrong (from Park Farm, Maunu,Whangarei) in 1890. Herbert was born in Whangarei in1891. He and his younger brother Fred Cox were in

Waterview, possibly after the death of Mary Ann Cox,Herbert’s grandmother, to at least early 1898, but not in astandards class at Avondale School — in May 1898, thefamily went to the Waikato.

By 1915, when Herbert enlisted, he had been living atthe family’s home at Balmoral Road, Mt Eden since1910, and was working as a clerk for the AucklandEducation Board in Shortland Street. He had alreadyserved 4 years with the A Battery Field Artillery, reach-ing the rank of sergeant, under compulsory militarytraining. He stood 5 feet, 11½ inches tall. By March

1916, he’d been promoted from gunner, to corporal, tosergeant, then 2nd Lieutenant with the 8th Reinforce-ments, Field Artillery.

He died from wounds received in action in the field inFrance 23 September 1918.

Second-Lieutenant Herbert W Cox, reported killed in

action on September 23, was the eldest son of Mr J T G

Cox, inspector of schools, Balmoral Road, Mount Eden.

He was educated at the Auckland Grammar School and

the University College, and prior to enlisting he was

engaged in the treasury of the Auckland Education Board. He left New Zealand with the eighth reinforce-

ments, and was attached to the artillery. After serving a

few months in Egypt he proceeded to France, where he

obtained his commission. He was attached to the Fourth

Howitzer Battery of the Third Brigade when he met his

death. A brother, Lieutenant F G Cox, who lost the sight

of an eye at the Somme, is expected to return in a draft

due at an early date. ( NZ Herald 5 October 1918)

Herbert William Cox

Small portrait images from Auckland Weekly News, viaCenotaph, Auckland War Memorial Museum.

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