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
Edith An SMALE 38571
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
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*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, 
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*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