Header photo: John Geoffrey (Tim) Hamlin in middle in light shirt in WWII.
Kakaramea WWII Soldiers:
Kevin Jack Stewart BOURKE, Private
5280,
Occupation before enlistment: Clerk. After the War he owned Kak Hotel from 1945-72
Gordon Smith CUNNINGHAM, Private
5322,
Occupation before enlistment: Kakaramea Dairy Factory
Wallace Henry CLOSE, Private
5019,
Occupation before enlistment: Kakaramea Dairy Factory
Edward Trevor GUILFORD, Private
49938,
Occupation before enlistment: Kakaramea Dairy Factory
Lindsay Thomas HUSTON, Gunner
61848,
Occupation before enlistment: Farm Labourer
Laurence George HERBERT, Gunner
49375,
Occupation before enlistment: Sharemilker
Percy Howard HERBERT, Private
49383,
Occupation before enlistment: Sharemilker
Horace Charles HOBBS, Private
35796,
Occupation before enlistment: Farm Labourer
Sydney Norman HAMLIN, Private
30650
Occupation before enlistment: Freezing Worker
Wilfred Arthur HAMILTON, Private
35829
Occupation before enlistment: Labourer
Charles Douglas HAMILTON, Gunner
61847
Occupation before enlistment: Labourer
Clyde Wilfred HEAL, Private
42343
Occupation before enlistment: Labourer
Tehingawaru HOKOPAURA, Private
805231 28th Maori Battalion.
WWII & J-Force
Maurice Wallace HOVIND
Robert Haig JOBLIN
Son of Robert Guy & Eleanor Joblin, Kakaramea
Rudolph Isaac LAMBERT, Private
30567
Occupation before enlistment: Special Reserves
Alexander George LAMBERT, Private
6926,
Occupation before enlistment: Labourer
William Everard Ainslie LONIE, Private
36793
Son of Mrs C Lonie, Kakaramea
John Fredrick Garry McKENNA
Conal Francis McKENNA
403763
David Edward McDONALD, Gunner
49340,
Occupation before enlistment: Sharemilker
Leonard Samuel MacBETH, Private
73917,
Occupation before enlistment: Slaughterman
Wilson S OWEN
Occupation before enlistment: Butcher at Kakaramea
George David OAKLEY, Lance Corporal
16483
Occupation before enlistment: Farmer
George Evan STOCKMAN, Private
32953,
Occupation before enlistment: NZ Railways
Douglas Penrhyn STRUTHERS,
229591,
Occupation before enlistment: Farmhand
Colin Herbert THOMPSON, Private
4507,
Occupation before enlistment: Labourer
William Gordon TONG, Driver
291033,
Occupation before enlistment: Dairy Farmer
Thomas Trevelyan TREMAYNE, Airforce
432228
Henry Edwin WARD, cannot find War records, he was in Airforce in Canada.- Uncle of Michael Back,
Norman Charles WATT, 82406
William Bell WATT, Driver
261149
Occupation before enlistment: Farmhand, Herbie's younger brother and was in North Africa and Italy during the war. He got Hepatitis in Italy. He was a driver (trucks and ambulances).
Leslie Darcey WILSON, 256525, died 1994, aged 74
Leonard John WILSON, Private
24380, 24th Auckland Infantry Battalion
Occupation before enlistment: Labourer
Jack WILLIAMSON, Private
35872
Occupation before enlistment: Labourer
RIP WWII
Patrick Edward BARRETT, Private
6882, 22nd Wellington Infantry Battalion
Died – Crete
Died at age 23 on 20 May 1941
Occupation before enlistment: Milked for Chamberlain’s on Spence Rd
Son of Mrs E Barrett, Kina Rd, Opunake
John Geoffrey HAMLIN, Private
437219, 27th Machine Gun Battalion
Died at age 23 on 17 April 1945
Died – Italy. Buried Faenza War Cemetery, Italy
Son of James Francis Norman & Mary Ellen Hamlin of Kakaramea
George Russell JOBLIN, Flight Lieutenant
NZ424982, Royal New Zealand Air Force, 630 Squadron, RAF
Died – Europe, buried Durnbach War Cemetary, Germany
Died at age 24 on 29 July 1944
Son of Robert Guy & Eleanor Joblin, Kakaramea
Francis Keith MILHAM, Private
442125, 22nd Motor Battalion
Died – Italy. Buried Ravenna War Cemetery, Italy
Died at age 22 on 3 October 1944
Son of Willaim & Edith Milham (Blossom)of Kakaramea
Kakaramea WWII Soldiers:
Kevin Jack Stewart BOURKE, Private
5280,
Occupation before enlistment: Clerk. After the War he owned Kak Hotel from 1945-72
Gordon Smith CUNNINGHAM, Private
5322,
Occupation before enlistment: Kakaramea Dairy Factory
Wallace Henry CLOSE, Private
5019,
Occupation before enlistment: Kakaramea Dairy Factory
Edward Trevor GUILFORD, Private
49938,
Occupation before enlistment: Kakaramea Dairy Factory
Lindsay Thomas HUSTON, Gunner
61848,
Occupation before enlistment: Farm Labourer
Laurence George HERBERT, Gunner
49375,
Occupation before enlistment: Sharemilker
Percy Howard HERBERT, Private
49383,
Occupation before enlistment: Sharemilker
Horace Charles HOBBS, Private
35796,
Occupation before enlistment: Farm Labourer
Sydney Norman HAMLIN, Private
30650
Occupation before enlistment: Freezing Worker
Wilfred Arthur HAMILTON, Private
35829
Occupation before enlistment: Labourer
Charles Douglas HAMILTON, Gunner
61847
Occupation before enlistment: Labourer
Clyde Wilfred HEAL, Private
42343
Occupation before enlistment: Labourer
Tehingawaru HOKOPAURA, Private
805231 28th Maori Battalion.
WWII & J-Force
Maurice Wallace HOVIND
Robert Haig JOBLIN
Son of Robert Guy & Eleanor Joblin, Kakaramea
Rudolph Isaac LAMBERT, Private
30567
Occupation before enlistment: Special Reserves
Alexander George LAMBERT, Private
6926,
Occupation before enlistment: Labourer
William Everard Ainslie LONIE, Private
36793
Son of Mrs C Lonie, Kakaramea
John Fredrick Garry McKENNA
Conal Francis McKENNA
403763
David Edward McDONALD, Gunner
49340,
Occupation before enlistment: Sharemilker
Leonard Samuel MacBETH, Private
73917,
Occupation before enlistment: Slaughterman
Wilson S OWEN
Occupation before enlistment: Butcher at Kakaramea
George David OAKLEY, Lance Corporal
16483
Occupation before enlistment: Farmer
George Evan STOCKMAN, Private
32953,
Occupation before enlistment: NZ Railways
Douglas Penrhyn STRUTHERS,
229591,
Occupation before enlistment: Farmhand
Colin Herbert THOMPSON, Private
4507,
Occupation before enlistment: Labourer
William Gordon TONG, Driver
291033,
Occupation before enlistment: Dairy Farmer
Thomas Trevelyan TREMAYNE, Airforce
432228
Henry Edwin WARD, cannot find War records, he was in Airforce in Canada.- Uncle of Michael Back,
Norman Charles WATT, 82406
William Bell WATT, Driver
261149
Occupation before enlistment: Farmhand, Herbie's younger brother and was in North Africa and Italy during the war. He got Hepatitis in Italy. He was a driver (trucks and ambulances).
Leslie Darcey WILSON, 256525, died 1994, aged 74
Leonard John WILSON, Private
24380, 24th Auckland Infantry Battalion
Occupation before enlistment: Labourer
Jack WILLIAMSON, Private
35872
Occupation before enlistment: Labourer
RIP WWII
Patrick Edward BARRETT, Private
6882, 22nd Wellington Infantry Battalion
Died – Crete
Died at age 23 on 20 May 1941
Occupation before enlistment: Milked for Chamberlain’s on Spence Rd
Son of Mrs E Barrett, Kina Rd, Opunake
John Geoffrey HAMLIN, Private
437219, 27th Machine Gun Battalion
Died at age 23 on 17 April 1945
Died – Italy. Buried Faenza War Cemetery, Italy
Son of James Francis Norman & Mary Ellen Hamlin of Kakaramea
George Russell JOBLIN, Flight Lieutenant
NZ424982, Royal New Zealand Air Force, 630 Squadron, RAF
Died – Europe, buried Durnbach War Cemetary, Germany
Died at age 24 on 29 July 1944
Son of Robert Guy & Eleanor Joblin, Kakaramea
Francis Keith MILHAM, Private
442125, 22nd Motor Battalion
Died – Italy. Buried Ravenna War Cemetery, Italy
Died at age 22 on 3 October 1944
Son of Willaim & Edith Milham (Blossom)of Kakaramea
