Patea WWII Soldiers:
Rangi ABRAHAM 818088 Arthur ACTON 495399 Albert Hadleigh ADAMS 47992 Robert Albert ADAMS 30456 David John ADAMS 63538 Hilton Joseph Francis ALLEN 45473 Capt John Nesbit ANDERSON 34755 Ivan ANSLEY 82931 James William APPLETON 230455 Desmond James ATTRILL 818427 David George Ngaro ATUTAHI 25810 Stanley Walter BALDWIN 818393 James Edward BARNES NZ1548 Andrew Arthur BENNIE 657781 Frederick John BIDWELL 43003 Caleb BIRD 602940 Robert Gibson BLACK 623502 Peter Verne BLYDE 72944 Montie Adams BOAGEY 66545 Arthur Edward BOND 34170 William George BOND 285648 Arthur Joseph BOYLE 40222 *Brian Albert BURGESS 47774 Joseph Francis BYRNE 42082 Fraser Lesley Keith CAMPBELL 818367 Walter Leonard Alexander CAMPBELL 38892 Roderic Charles CAMPBELL35873 Ronald JohnCAMPBELL 16480 Donald Thomas CAMPBELL 82348 Mathew Henry CAREY 35828 Percy Robert CHAPLIN 6039 Lawrence Russell CHRISTIANSEN 44483 George Barraclough CLARK 428485 Edwin Chapman CLARKSON 65851 George Andrew CLARKSON 69091 William Paul CLARKSON 62825 Elizabeth Maud CLARKSON 802835 Robert Martin CLARKSON 70554 Keith Charles CLIMO 49070 Wallace Henry CLOSE 5019 Jack Harrison CLOSE 435758 Alan Robert CLOSE 5018 *Phillip John CLOSE 30280 John CODY 27669 Ronald James COOPER 818356 Brian David CROMPTON 1655 William DAVIS 62547 John DAVIS 62546 Laurence Hugh EDWARDS 2341 Thomas James ELLIOTT 11054 Robert Kilgour ELLIS 40790 Alfred Robert ELLIS 33629 Melbourne James FAIRWEATHER 45072 Edward Francis FARR 602651 Arnold FEATONBY 11348 Clarence Newark FEATONBY 454919 Newark FEATONBY 82794 Leonard John Aldwin Albert FISHER 36620 Geoffrey Raymond FITNESS 618294 John Malcom FITZWATER 37107 Robert Henry FITZWATER 457566 Charles Edward FITZWATER 472476 Milton Kingston FLEET 70104 Hugh Francis FLOWER 5288 Edward Genders FODEN 2/22/34 Ian Revell FOWLER 43594 John FREER 285015 Nathan James Cornelius GARDINER 5289 Charles Edward GARNER 505799 George Arthur GARRIOCK 557586 Harold Henry GILES 34595 *Arthur Alexander (Alec) GILLON 547169 Arthur Allan GOODWIN 30266 Thomas GRAHAM 5035 John GRAY 41019 Lioyd Glendinning GRIEVE 240683 W GRIFFITHS Robin Gordon HADDOW 295641 Robert Wallace HADDOW 800043 Sydney Norman HAMLIN 30650 *Eric Charles HAMBLYN NZ422705 *Edward Albert HANDLEY 276718 Michael (Melvin) Bernard HANDLEY 42849 Russell Lowten HARDING 416481 Victor Keith HERMON 627296 *Reginald Andrew HERMON 38512 Ivan Russell HERMON 288641 Stanley Laurence HILL 617315 *Cecil Raymond HILL 454288 A HIRSCHORN ? Arthur James HOLTHAM 816735 Harry Edwin HOLTHAM 5325 Harold Mervyn HOPKINS 641857 Edward Thompson HORNER 92430 John HUNGER 38177 Peter HUNGER Verona HUNGER 72090 Stanley Graves HUNT 416819 Brian Desmond HUNTER 654057 William Leonard JACKSON 27503 Thomas William JACKSON 44508 Malcom Henry JONES 246666 Raymond Joseph KEHELY 480074 Henry KINDNESS 83105 Robert Lewis KING 447141 Norman Francis KINGSTON 30636 Charles Robert KREEGHER 640713 John Alan KYDD 449014 Darcy LANGE 13/2457 Russell Alexander LANGSLOW 456187 Allan Laurence LETT 36449 Robert Lindsay LEWIS 624218 James Andrew LIDDELL 69097 Alfred Charles LOADER 31475 Herbert Reffold LOADER 70754 Harrison Fred LUND 32882 George LUND 450946 Anthony MARSHALL 1/21/2572 *Stanley George MARTIN died pre-enlistment Stuart Reid McGAUGHEY 11052 Athol Walter McGILL 624936 Patrick Francis McGILL 37106 John Aphonsus Stuart McKENNA 42305 Henry Jack McKENNA 80004 David Alexander McLEAN 5295 Keith William McRAE 2/206/86 Lance Moir McWHIRTER 33644 William James MERCER 48984 Richard John MERCER 641967 Ronald William MEYER 664678 *Francis James MINTON 30736 Robert MINTON 40226 John Edward MOORE 650663 John Martin MULLALLY 454111 Clive Walter MUMBY 818404 John Marshall NEAL 456930 Elizabeth NICHOLL 31589 William Collinson NICHOLSON 45429 Geoffrey David OAKLEY 16483 Daniel Michael O'GRADY 276727 Clifford PARKINSON 35799 Edward William PASCOE 619536 Taringatai PATERANGI 805232 John Fitzroy Beresford PEACOCKE 4150 Robert James PEEBLES 623073 Albert Edward PERCIVAL 63641 Henry PICKUP 284788 John William PICKUP 52881 N POINGDESTRE ? *George Wiremu POKAU (POKAI) 35542 Ephraim Jack PRIME 802147 Arthur William PROUT 11066 Peter Charles PULLEY 46540 Lloyd George PUTT 16470 Frederick Ernest QUAYLE 4981 Daniel John QUICKENDEN 8000 Thomas William QUICKENDEN 446997 Victor Charles Andrew RAILTON 240705 Nai Mahupuku McGregor RAIMONA 805074 John RANGI 39543 William George RAY 70529 Robert Henry READ 259206 George REARDON 70530 Arthur Reginald (Mick) REARDON 37307 Ian McAlister REID 63156 Andrew Graham REID 2730 Deryme REYNOLDS 818353 Ronald William RICHARDS 411655 Victor RILEY 31453 Peter Edwin Arthur ROGERS 33659 Maurice Hogan ROGERS 5087 Stanley Herbert ROOK 627542 Cyril ROSEWARNE 818424 Sydney Richard RUSSELL 298539 Arthur Raymond RYAN 81973 Patrick Joseph RYAN 30018 Henry Francis SEATON 27766 Edward Oscar SHEILD 269049 *William Henry SIDDELL 5068 Frank SIGNAL 72489 Leo SIGNAL 44203 C SIMMONS Robert Brian SINCLAIR 240902 *William SKIPPER 5509 Desmond Stuart SMITH 824358 Edward Howard SMITH 29461 Rowland Hector SOUTHCOMBE 230865 Sydney James SPINDLER 404293 Francis Raymond STANFORD 443895 *Ronald George STEVENS 31054 Edwin Edward Arnold STEWART 9864 Arthur Frederick Kenneth SUTTON 44204 Samuel Tutaua TARAWHITI 67389 Desmond Richard THOMPSON 34218 Aui TOSS 818430 Iver Edgar TRASK 444975 *Russell Wilfred TUBBY 426696 Graham Victor TURNER 653524 *William TURNER 416579 *Benson USHER NZ41637 Kenneth Edward Ward VERNON 33275 Brian Henry WALTON John William WALTON 3882 *William WERETA 65390 Desmond Francis WESTON 451451 Joesph Thomas WESTON 428173 Frederick WILLIAMS 40241 Henry George WILLIAMS 4520 Arthur George WILLIS 458761 Frederick Thomas WILLS 79143 Leslie Darcy WILSON 256525 Leonard John WILSON 24380 *John Sequel WILSON 61863 Bernard Patrick YOUNG 615936 William Edmond YOUNG 443141 |
Patea WWII Soldiers Killed in Action * Brian Albert BURGESS, 47774, KIA 22 March 1943 Tunisia, aged 29. Worked at Patea Freezing Works. Son of Benjamin Burgess and Annie Elizabeth Burgess (nee Hynes), of Whanganui *Phillip John CLOSE, 30280: KIA 16 July 1942, aged 23 yr, buried El Alamein Cemetery, Egypt. Phillip Close was the son of Robert Henry Close and of Frances Daisy Close (nee Hotter), of Patea, Taranaki, New Zealand. *Arthur Alexander (Alec) GILLON, 547169: KIA 22 Sept 1944, Ravenna, Italy aged 35 yrs. Son of Robert William Gillon and of Phoebe Gillon (nee Scott), of Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand; husband of Leila Amy Tasmania Gillon, of Patea. In Memory of Arthur Alexander Gillon, who died while trying to save my Grandfather Private James Lewis, 583980. They are buried next to each other in Ravenna War Cemetery, Italy. RIP. Neralie, from Te Karaka, NZ. *Eric Charles HAMBLYN, KIA 4 Oct 1943, Holland, aged 30. At the time of his death Hamblyn was attached to Bomber Command. Son of Percy Cartwright and Harriet Hamblyn , husband of Esther Ngaine Hamblyn of Patea. In October 1943 Robert and his crew (5 New Zealanders and 2 Englishmen) responded to a request for volunteers to search for a Flying Fortress which had come down in the North Sea the previous day. They left for this mission called Operation Air Sea Rescue in the Lancaster II DS721 KO-U at 0652 from Little Snoring and were lost without trace.It is thought that they were shot down off Dutch coast with the loss of the entire crew consisting of F/O R.C. Newcomb (RNZAF), Sgt M.J. Jones, F/O. R.A. Nimmo (RNZAF), F/O S.J. Ellis (RNZAF), F/S A.W. Clark (RNZAF), Sgt G.J.P. Boyd and F/S E.C. Hamblyn (RNZAF). AWMM *Edward Albert HANDLEY, 276718, KIA 25 Sept 1944 at Ravenna, aged 22 yrs, Son of Arthur and Margaret Handley, Patea *Reginald Andrew HERMON MM, 38512: Sapper R. A. Hermon, MM; born Patea, 20 May 1919; labourer; died Dannevirke, 8 Jan 1946. (Source: Cody, J.F. NZ Engineers, Middle East. p.563.)'The second capture of the railway station was the signal for 6 Field Company to make a start with the clearing and repairing of the railway embankment road into the station yard, and so provide another route into Cassino in case the Route 6 bridge should be destroyed, a not improbable event considering the amount of metal it attracted. In passing, the attached American engineers made a start that night, by corduroying the approaches, with an alternative bridge about 150 yards north of the other one. Lieutenant Menzies, who had been maintaining liaison by means of a wireless truck stationed at 28 Battalion headquarters, passed on a message to Lieutenant Brown that he was to take his party and sweep a 16 ft lane from the Main Rapido bridge to Demolition 10, also to prepare a walking track with Bangalores and jelly rope26 as far as Demolition 12. The rest of No. 3 Platoon arrived before the work was finished and widened the lane from the river to the station yards to 24 feet, in addition to building a culvert with railway sleepers in Demolition 12. Lieutenant Gowan brought one of his dozers along and graded down the sides of Demolitions 11 and 12. The operator, Sapper Hermon, unable to take shelter from incoming mortar shells, carried on until the work was completed. For this and other good work he was awarded an MM.' (Source: Cody, J.F. NZ Engineers, Middle East. p. 563.) Died 8 Jan 1946 at Dannevirke. *Cecil Raymond HILL, 454288, accidental death at Ravenna, Italy, 29 Sept 1944, aged 21. Son of Cecil Thomas Hill and of Rose Hannah Hill (nee Waterland), of Patea, *Stanley George MARTIN, Died in Accident 14 April 1942 at training camp Masterton. Buried at Patea Cemetery. Son of Charles and Mona Myrtle Martin, of Patea, Taranaki. Two soldiers, Stanley George Martin (71513) and James William Newton (38653) were riding a motorcycle which collided with a stationary Army truck. They died the next day *Francis James MINTON, Lance Corporal 30736, 19th Wellington Infantry Battalion Died – Western Desert, Died at age 26 on 23 November 1941, Occupation before enlistment: Labourer. Son of Samuel & Elizabeth Minton. Wife: Mrs Alexa E Minton, Cambridge St, Patea *George Wiremu POKAU (POKAI) 35542, Corporal 28 Maori Battalion, KIA 1 June 1944, Cassino, aged 30. Son of Te Kahui Pokai & Moringa (nee Cracknell), brother to Kii Pokai & John Hoani Heremaia. & half sister Molly Ngatai same father, different mother. *William Henry SIDDELL, 5068, Corporal, KIA 20 May 1941, Crete, aged 25, was in Patea Surf Life Saving Club *William SKIPPER 5509, Sergeant 28 Maori Battalion, KIA 24 May 1941, Crete, aged 23.Son of Te Hau huri whenua (Mac) and Nganiwhi (nee Katene from Ngaruahine) Skipper; husband of Daisy Yvonne (nee Close) Skipper, of Victoria St, Patea. Occupation: Patea Freezing Works. Buried at Suda Bay War Cemetery, Crete. His war records have his name as William, but he was known to his whanau as Wiremu. Wiremu and Daisy Skipper had a daughter in 1940; Raana Yvonne Skipper. Raana married Graeme Ivan Buscke in 1960 and died in 2016. *Ronald George STEVENS, Son of George Stevens and of Elsie Mee Stevens (nee Bays), of Hawera, Taranaki. Capt R. G. Stevens, MC; born Hawera, 26 Feb 1914; farmer; wounded 22 Jul 1942; died on active service 8 Jun 1944, Cassino, Italy, aged 30. *Russell Wilfred TUBBY, 426696, KIA 26 March 1943, aged 22. Tunisia. Son of William Tubby and of Lillian Tubby (nee Padden), of Patea, Taranaki, New Zealand; husband of Doris M. Tubby, of Foxton. *William TURNER, 416579, Air Force. KIA 3 Aug 1943, aged 22. William Turner was the son of John and Amy Kathleen Turner, of Patea *Benson USHER, 41637, KIA 31 May 1942, Airforce, Niederaussen Germany, aged 25, Son of William and Lilian Usher, of Wellington City, New Zealand; husband of Winsome Molly Usher (nee Roots), of Apia, Samoa. Rev John William WALTON, 3882: Educated at Waitaki Boys High School. He went to England in 1930 to study with the Church Army, an evangelical mission organisation. Walton volunteered to transfer from his Army POW camp to Stalag Luft I, as there were no chaplains among the Air Force prisoners. While there, Walton was responsible for building a camp chapel which was constructed from Red Cross parcel plywood with tools supplied by the Germans. When the camp was closed in March 1942 and the prisoners transferred to Stalag Lift III at Sagen, the prisoners dismantled the chapel and took it with them. At Stalag Luft III Walton held Bible classes, lectures and choir practices as well as regular church services. In October 1944 he was medically recommended for repatriation and in early 1945 was eventually returned to New Zealand. After the war he was ordained into the Anglican Priesthood. [Haigh, 1983] After the war he was Master at Anglican Whakarewa Boys Home, Motueka. Church Army New Zealand, Acting Chaplain, Son of Reverend William Henry Walton, Vicarage, Box 38, Patea. Rev John Walton didnt die in the War, but his War story in very interesting. *William WERETA, Private, 65390, KIA 26 Oct 1942, aged 28, in the Western Desert. Son of Kiri Wereta and of Teata Wereta (nee Huirua), of Whenuakura, New Zealand; husband of Minnie Wereta, of Patea. *John Sequel WILSON, Sergeant, 61863, New Zealand Artillery 5th Field Regiment Died – Patea, at age 26 on 18 November 1945 (0f war wounds after the war finished).Son of Leonard S & Evelyn J Wilson, Patea |