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James Robert West is Luke Stoneman's (rm 23) Great, Great Grandad. He was shipped to Egypt in 1916 and was a Saddler Corporal. He returned to NZ & worked in Northland. He passed away in 1973.

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Francis Coulam is Luke Stoneman's (rm 23) Great, Great, Great Uncle. He served in Gallipoli & Egypt between 1915 & 1916, then the Western Front between 1916 & 1918. He received a Military Medal but passed away while serving from pneumonia in 1918.

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Nelson Middlebrook, Lucas great great uncle, born in 1895 served in France in the First World War. He returned to Te Awamutu in 1919 and married May. They had 4 children 2 boys and 2 girls. He suffered a stroke in 1961 and died in 1963.

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Emily, Michael and Samantha Woodward are past pupils of Arahoe. Their great-grandfather, Andrew Strachan was a medic with the NZEF in WWI, posted to the Western Front. He was injured twice during the war. He returned to NZ after the war and began farming in Te Puke. He died in 1975.

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Sydney Welch is named in honour of her great grandad Hugh Sidney Wilton Welch who served in WWII at Crete for the 19th battalion who passed away in 2007. Sydney's great grand father was himself named in honour of his two uncles Hugh and Sidney Wilton who served and tragically died on the same day in WW1 at the battle of Flers-Courcelette in Somme, France on the 15th of September 1916. They were buried at the bulls road cemetery in Flers.

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The service record of Thomas Smith is avaiable online  at  Archives NZ.

Barry

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Miss Bland's great uncle, who tragically drowned while returning to New Zealand from South Africa, after serving in the NZ Medical Corps during WW1.

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Joe's Great Grandfather served in World War 1. Thomas Smith was 23 when we was drafted in 1914, and was one of the lucky ones to come home.

We are fortunate to have his medals from the war, and we've now found more information about his drafting on the Auckland War Memorial website Miss Bland told us about: http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/55663.detail?Ordinal=46&c_surname_search=smith&c_firstname_search=thomas

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Aaron Bennett's Great Great Uncle - mother's side family

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Aaron Bennett's Great Great Uncle - mother's side family

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Aaron had four Great Great uncles who serve in WWI from his Mothers side of the family. Norman Astridge from Levin served in WWI as a Tropper in the Auckland Mounted Rifles. Norman took his horse to war with him, he trained in England in 1915 as a mounted riffleman and then was sent to Egypt in 1916. He was only in Egypt for a matter of days before he was killed when the horse stables were bombed. He was only twenty years old. Norman's name is engraved on the Auckland Museum Memorial Wall.

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Aaron Bennett's Great Great Uncle - Father's side family

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Aaron Bennett's Great Great Uncle - Father's side family

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George Terry from Rotorua served in WWII as a Sergeant in the 24 Infantry Battalion in Italy. he was killed in action 1944 at the age of 25. Aaron's parents have visited his grave in the Florence War Memorial Cemetery.

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In World War Two, Bella's Great Grandfather, Bert Robinson Jnr, was a medical orderly with the 7th Field Ambulance during the Pacific War, and served in Guadalcanal.

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Bella's Great, Great Grandfather, Bert Robinson, served in the Otago battalion in the First World War, in Gallipoli and France.  He was wounded twice

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My Grandfather on my fathers side. Served in the Australian Army between 1963 and 1968 as a Lance Corporal.

Served in Malaysia, Borneo and Vietnam.

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Kain Chapman's Great Great Uncle - Harold James Speck

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Kain Chapman's Great Great Uncle - Harold James Speck

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Harold Speck was a Rifleman in World War 1, He fought in the war along with his father, Kain's Great Great Grandad, Richard John Speck.

Unfortunately Harold was Killed in action in France. Richard was lucky to survive and went on to fight in World War Two with another of his sons.

Kain is related to Harold through his (Kain's) Granddad on his (Kain's) Mum's side of the family.

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This is my Great Great Uncle on my mothers side, he was a Fighter Pilot in WWII , however he went missing on a flying mission presumed dead.

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Died Belgium, 7 June 1917 aged 25

(Miss Bland's great uncle)

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Died France, 1918 aged 41

(Miss Bland's great uncle)

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Died Le Cateau, France, 1918 aged 35

(Miss Bland's great uncle)

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Died Ypres, Belgium 1917 aged 22.

George was killed on his fifth day on the front line.

(Miss Bland's great uncle)