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Place of birth

Otago [63]

Naseby, Central Otago [24]

Dunedin, Otago [9]

Hyde, Central Otago [9]

Central Otago [7]

Kyeburn, Central Otago [7]

Otago NZ [7]

Patearoa, Central Otago [7]

Blackstone Hill, Central Otago [5]

Cambrians, Central Otago [5]

Cromwell, Central Otago [5]

Lawrence, Otago [5]

Poolburn, Central Otago [5]

Alexandra, Central Otago [4]

Cambrian, Central Otago [4]

Otago, New Zealand [4]

Ranfurly, Central Otago [4]

St Bathans, Central Otago [4]

Bannockburn, Central Otago [3]

Clinton, Otago [3]

Georgetown, near Oamaru, Otago, South Island [3]

Milton, Otago [3]

Ophir, Central Otago [3]

Roxburgh, Otago [3]

Balclutha, Otago [2]

Clyde, Central Otago [2]

Dunedin, Otago, South Island [2]

Earnscleugh, Central Otago [2]

Gimmerburn, Central Otago [2]

Heriot, Otago [2]

Kuri Bush, Otago [2]

Maheno, Otago [2]

Moa Creek, Central Otago [2]

Oturehua, Central Otago [2]

Palmerston, Otago [2]

Port Chalmers, Otago [2]

Roxburgh, Central Otago [2]

St. Bathans, Central Otago [2]

Sutton, Otago [2]

Waikouaiti, Otago [2]

Waitati, Otago [2]

Arrow Junction, Otago [1]

Arrowtown, Otago [1]

Becks, Central Otago [1]

Blue Skin Bay, Otago, [1]

Blueskin Bay, Otago [1]

Cardrona, Central Otago [1]

Cardrona, Otago [1]

Chatto Creek, Central Otago [1]

Deep Stream, Central Otago [1]

Rank

Private [117]

Rifleman [22]

Trooper [16]

Corporal [13]

Sergeant [10]

Lance Corporal [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Captain [5]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Gunner [3]

Major [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Bombadier [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Farrier Corporal [1]

Farrier Sergeant [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Matron [1]

Medical Officer [1]

Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Sous Lieutenant [1]

Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Unit

Otago Infantry Regiment [101]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [25]

Otago Mounted Rifles [14]

New Zealand Field Artillery [7]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [5]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [4]

Wellington Infantry Regiment [4]

Canterbury Mounted Rifles [3]

Otago Infantry [3]

Otago Infantry Battalion [3]

Auckland Mounted Rifles [2]

NZ Rifle Brigade [2]

New Zealand Army Nursing Service [2]

Otago Infantry Brigade [2]

Wellington Mounted Rifles [2]

14th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

3rd Battery, 1st Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery [1]

8th Australian Infantry Brigade [1]

8th Lancashire Fusiliers Attached Machine Gun Corps [1]

Armée française [1]

Australian Army Service Corps [1]

Boulogne Unit No 6 British Red Cross Society [1]

Canterbury Regiment [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

French Foreign Legion [1]

Hospital Ship Maheno, New Zealand Army Nursing Sevice [1]

Imperial Camel Corps [1]

Imperial Camel Corps (New Zealand) [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers att. Machine Gun Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Main Body [1]

Mercantile Marine - SS Tahiti [1]

NZ Field Artillery [1]

NZ Training Unit [1]

New Zealand 1st Maori Contingent [1]

New Zealand Army Nursing Service Corps [1]

New Zealand Army Service Corps [1]

New Zealand Engineers [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Field Artillery, 1st Brigade [1]

New Zealand Infantry [1]

New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [1]

New Zealand Mounted Corps [1]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own) [1]

New Zealand Training Unit, New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1]

New Zealand Veterinary Corps [1]

No 2 [1]

Norfolk Island Garrison [1]

Otago Hussars [1]

Service

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [217]

Australian Imperial Force [63]

British Army [6]

Royal Navy [6]

Other Empire Force [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

M [49]

B [26]

S [26]

C [23]

H [21]

W [21]

G [16]

A [13]

D [13]

T [13]

K [11]

P [11]

L [10]

R [8]

F [7]

J [7]

E [6]

O [4]

N [3]

V [3]

I [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [293]

Country

New Zealand [145]

France [1]

Turkey [1]

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People [294] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Otago [63] Naseby, Central Otago [24] Dunedin, Otago [9] Hyde, Central Otago [9] Central Otago [7] Kyeburn, Central Otago [7] Otago NZ [7] Patearoa, Central Otago [7] Blackstone Hill, Central Otago [5] Cambrians, Central Otago [5] Cromwell, Central Otago [5] Lawrence, Otago [5] Poolburn, Central Otago [5] Alexandra, Central Otago [4] Cambrian, Central Otago [4] Otago, New Zealand [4] Ranfurly, Central Otago [4] St Bathans, Central Otago [4] Bannockburn, Central Otago [3] Clinton, Otago [3] Georgetown, near Oamaru, Otago, South Island [3] Milton, Otago [3] Ophir, Central Otago [3] Roxburgh, Otago [3] Balclutha, Otago [2] Clyde, Central Otago [2] Dunedin, Otago, South Island [2] Earnscleugh, Central Otago [2] Gimmerburn, Central Otago [2] Heriot, Otago [2] Kuri Bush, Otago [2] Maheno, Otago [2] Moa Creek, Central Otago [2] Oturehua, Central Otago [2] Palmerston, Otago [2] Port Chalmers, Otago [2] Roxburgh, Central Otago [2] St. Bathans, Central Otago [2] Sutton, Otago [2] Waikouaiti, Otago [2] Waitati, Otago [2] Arrow Junction, Otago [1] Arrowtown, Otago [1] Becks, Central Otago [1] Blue Skin Bay, Otago, [1] Blueskin Bay, Otago [1] Cardrona, Central Otago [1] Cardrona, Otago [1] Chatto Creek, Central Otago [1] Deep Stream, Central Otago [1]

Rank

Private [117] Rifleman [22] Trooper [16] Corporal [13] Sergeant [10] Lance Corporal [9] Lieutenant [8] Captain [5] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Gunner [3] Major [3] Staff Nurse [3] Bombadier [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Farrier Corporal [1] Farrier Sergeant [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Matron [1] Medical Officer [1] Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Sous Lieutenant [1] Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Unit

Otago Infantry Regiment [101] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [25] Otago Mounted Rifles [14] New Zealand Field Artillery [7] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [5] Auckland Infantry Regiment [4] Wellington Infantry Regiment [4] Canterbury Mounted Rifles [3] Otago Infantry [3] Otago Infantry Battalion [3] Auckland Mounted Rifles [2] NZ Rifle Brigade [2] New Zealand Army Nursing Service [2] Otago Infantry Brigade [2] Wellington Mounted Rifles [2] 14th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 3rd Battery, 1st Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery [1] 8th Australian Infantry Brigade [1] 8th Lancashire Fusiliers Attached Machine Gun Corps [1] Armée française [1] Australian Army Service Corps [1] Boulogne Unit No 6 British Red Cross Society [1] Canterbury Regiment [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] French Foreign Legion [1] Hospital Ship Maheno, New Zealand Army Nursing Sevice [1] Imperial Camel Corps [1] Imperial Camel Corps (New Zealand) [1] Lancashire Fusiliers att. Machine Gun Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Main Body [1] Mercantile Marine - SS Tahiti [1] NZ Field Artillery [1] NZ Training Unit [1] New Zealand 1st Maori Contingent [1] New Zealand Army Nursing Service Corps [1] New Zealand Army Service Corps [1] New Zealand Engineers [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Field Artillery, 1st Brigade [1] New Zealand Infantry [1] New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [1] New Zealand Mounted Corps [1] New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own) [1] New Zealand Training Unit, New Zealand Rifle Brigade [1] New Zealand Veterinary Corps [1] No 2 [1] Norfolk Island Garrison [1] Otago Hussars [1]

Service

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [217] Australian Imperial Force [63] British Army [6] Royal Navy [6] Other Empire Force [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

M [49] B [26] S [26] C [23] H [21] W [21] G [16] A [13] D [13] T [13] K [11] P [11] L [10] R [8] F [7] J [7] E [6] O [4] N [3] V [3] I [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [293]

Country

New Zealand [145] France [1] Turkey [1]

William Kerr

Born 1878

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 39251 Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 39251 Private 1st Battalion

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Hugh Gray

Born 1884

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 42499 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion, 8th Company

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James Morton

Born 1881

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 42542 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Alexander Brown

Born 1883

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 22184 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2 Battalion

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Henry Edmonston

Born 1889

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 42485 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2 Battalion

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William Wilson Turner M.i.d

Born 1871

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 23469 Major Otago Infantry Regiment

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John Thorburn

Born 1894

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 42594 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alexander Duncan Herbert

Born 1887

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 39233 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Charles George Wilson

Born 1894

Died 1955

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/717 Sergeant Main Body Otago Infantry Battalion

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Francis Joseph Graham

Born 1890

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 46519 New Zealand Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 46519 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

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Robert Hunter Wade

Born 1878

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 45263 Otago Infantry Regiment

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 45263 2nd Lieutenant Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Robert Mcknight

Born 1876

Died 1921

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 51421 New Zealand Rifle Brigade

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 51421 Rifleman

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Launcelot Sherlock Lewis Longueville Graham

Born 1883

Died 1944

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/465 Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant Otago Mounted Rifles, Permanent Staff

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George Strachan

Born 1882

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 29947 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade 4 Battalion

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James Don

Born 1895

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 34818 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Robert Gormack

Born 1886

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 15162 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Herbert William Norris

Born 1881

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 41004 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade 4th Battalion

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Cecil John 'jack' Braithwaite

Born 1882

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24/1521 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2 Battalion

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Richard Ewen Egglestone

Born 1889

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/1010 Otago Infantry Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/1070 Lieutenant Otago Infantry Battalion

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Alexander Dempster Craig

Born 1887

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/1958 Lance Corporal Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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