Below is the list of those 116 known (soldiers and other service people) who died in
service and who had links to the Hokianga - born, had family, worked or enlisted
there or their names are on the Hokianga Arch of Rememberance at KohuKohu and
other monuments in the Area.
More detailed information including their relationship to the Hokianga on each
serviceman is available by clicking on this link
also contact the Hokianga Historical Society hhs(at)ourhokianga.com for more background
(please note the list is not necessarily complete and we would be happy to hear of any omissions)
Surname First Name(s) Date of Death Theatre/Place of Death
Adams James 02 June 1918 New Zealand
Aimer George Edmond Vernon 20 June 1916 London Air War
Anderson Henry Kemp 21 May 1915 Gallipoli
Barber Hellard 28 July 1916 Egypt
Barrington Albert John 03 July 1916 Somme, France
Baxter Bernard Eyre 29 April 1915 Gallipoli
Baxter Gordon Eyre 08 October 1918 France
Beattie Cyril Cicero Peter 25 March 1919 Germany, Injured in demobilisation train accident
Beattie Robert Avon 14 September 1916 Somme, France
Begg Kenneth Humphreys 25 April 1915 Gallipoli
Boreham Alfred Clifford 25 April 1915 Gallipoli
Bourke John Joseph 15 September 1916 Somme, France
Bourke Percy William 19 July 1916 Somme (Armentieres), France
Bridge William Henry 12 October 1917 Ypres (Passchendaale)
Brook Julian Cornelius 02 September 1918 Somme, France
Brown James Douglas 11 April 1918 Somme, France
Claasen Ernest Leopold 22 April 1917 Egypt
Claasen Hubert 15 September 1916 Somme, France
Cochrane Robert 03 August 1918 France
Cosgrave Stephen Laurence 19 October 1917 France
Costello Patrick John 11 May 1917 France
Coster John Paper 05 June 1915 Gallipoli
De Andrad Alfred Manuel 08 May 1915 Gallipoli
Donelley Robert Edward 08 August 1915 Gallipoli
Downes Albert 09 September 1915 Malta
Downes Arthur Owen 27 August 1915 Gallipoli
Drewet Oliver Hawkes 08 May 1915 Gallipoli
Driffill William Charles Howell 18 May 1916 Somme, France
Edwards Stanley 17 September 1916 Somme, France
Ensor Charles Hedley Vickers 06 June 1917 Belgium
Enwright Francis Bernard 28 May 1915 Gallipoli
Eyes Frederick John 08 October 1918 Le Cateau, France
Faithfull Charles Baker 31 July 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Faithfull William McCathie 02 May 1918 Somme, France
Fatt James 06 May 1918 Belgium (France)
Flood Thomas Frederick 12 October 1917 Ypres (Passchendaale)
Ford William Alexander 25 September 1916 Somme, France
Foster Horace Alexander 01 September 1918 Havrincourt, France
Francis Sydney Patterson Emilius 16 June 1917 France
Groves Sydney Thomas James 26 March 1918 Somme, France
Halliwell Herbert 08 June 1918 France (died of disease)
Harding James Joseph 03 July 1916 Somme, France
Harding Whetu 06 August 1917 Ypres (Passchendael)
Hayes Robert 29 July 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Hockey Charles Henry 08 March 1918 France (died of disease)
Hodgson Thomas Henry 30 December 1916 France
Joyce Ivan 28 August 1918 France
Kendall Thomas 25 November 1917 Palestine
Keymer George Edward 12 October 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Kjoller James 19 June 1916 France
Lane Horace Alfred 15 September 1916 Somme, France
Leef George 30 December 1918 New Zealand (died of gas and disease)
Leef Joseph 02 October 1918 New Zealand (died of disease)
Lees Frank F. 14 August 1917 France
Lees Henry John 27 March 1918 Somme, France
Mansbridge Sydney 24 August 1918 Bapaume, France
Martin John Anthony 06 October 1919 Murmansk, Russia (drowning)
Matiu Hone 18 October 1919 New Zealand
McLeod Alex 17 August 1917 France
Moka aka Williams James 30 September 1918 Somme, France
Moka aka Williams Willie 04 September 1918 France
Morgan Joseph Iraia 29 July 1917 Ypres (Passchendaale)
Muriwai John 28 June 1915 Wellington, New Zealand
Nash Francis 11 February 1917 France
Nevitt Gerald 16 October 1914 Egypt
Nevitt Henry 28 December 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Newman Wilfred Clynes 04 October 1917 Ypres (Passchendaale)
Newton Frederick John 03 July 1916 Somme, France
Nolan Dermot Lister 08 August 1915 Gallipoli
Norton Robert Arthur 10 October 1918 England
Page Harold Joseph 26 September 1916 Somme, France
Passell James 05 December 1917 Ypres (Passchendaale)
Pearce Arthur Hambley 23 October 1917 Belgium
Perry Eric Howard 13 July 1916 Egypt
Philipps Frederick Emerson 12 October 1917 Belgium
Philips Edward Matson 12 October 1917 Ypres (Passchendaale)
Philips Malcolm Innes 28 September 1916 Somme, France
Phillips Fred (Frederick) E. 27 August 1918 France
Powell Victor Ivan 26 September 1916 Somme, France
Powell Gerald Massey 06 June 1916 Somme, France
Power Hone Manahi 07 December 1917 Ypres (Passchendaale)
Rata Jerry 20 June 1918 Somme, France
Ratana Wiremu 30 July 1916 France (died of wounds)
Rewi aka Williams Perenara 23 March 1917 Messines, Belgium
Ridgers aka Ridges Albert 21 September 1916 Somme, France
Ritchie Charles Alexander 27 September 1916 France
Smith aka Seaton Nimrod Bendigo Fred aka John 7 May 1918 France
Smith Haka 19 November 1917 Ypres (Passchendaale)
Smith Joseph James Frank 07 June 1917 Messines, Belgium
Stancliffe Thomas 26 September 1916 France
Taffard Edmond Ernest 01 October 1918 France
Tarbutt Edwin Benjamin 03 September 1918 France
Tawhai Hohepa Tuapaki 07 December 1916 France
Te Whata Peter 23 March 1917 Belgium
Tipene Wiparata 11 April 1918 France
Tucker George Warrington 17 September 1919 New Zealand
Tucker Ralph Cecil 04 September 1916 New Zealand
Tucker George Warrington 17 September 1919 New Zealand
Vaughan Joseph 29 March 1918 Somme, France
Ward Alfred George 16 September 1917 Ypres (Passchendaale)
Warner William Henry 08 May 1915 Gallipoli
Waru Kopa 08 June 1917 Belgium
Waru Henare 08 June 1916 Somme, France
Wiki Frank 03 June 1917 Belgium
Wikitera Robert 19 November 1917 Belgium
Williams aka Moka Willie 04 September 1918 France
Williams aka Moka James 30 September 1918 Somme, France
Williams Alfred Edward 11 August 1915 Gallipoli
Williams Frank Henry 01 October 1918 Le Cateau, France
Williams Joe 13 August 1915 Gallipoli
Williams Wilfred Richard 31 July 1917 Ypres (Passchendaale)
Williamson Frederick 10 October 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Wipani John 06 May 1916 Dunkirk, France
Witana Abraham 01 November 1917 Belgium
Wooster Frank Rupert 27 January 1919 New Zealand
Wright George Charles 26 September 1916 Somme, France
Young Frank Gladstone Rameka 08 December 1917 Belgium (died of wounds)
service and who had links to the Hokianga - born, had family, worked or enlisted
there or their names are on the Hokianga Arch of Rememberance at KohuKohu and
other monuments in the Area.
More detailed information including their relationship to the Hokianga on each
serviceman is available by clicking on this link
also contact the Hokianga Historical Society hhs(at)ourhokianga.com for more background
(please note the list is not necessarily complete and we would be happy to hear of any omissions)
Surname First Name(s) Date of Death Theatre/Place of Death
Adams James 02 June 1918 New Zealand
Aimer George Edmond Vernon 20 June 1916 London Air War
Anderson Henry Kemp 21 May 1915 Gallipoli
Barber Hellard 28 July 1916 Egypt
Barrington Albert John 03 July 1916 Somme, France
Baxter Bernard Eyre 29 April 1915 Gallipoli
Baxter Gordon Eyre 08 October 1918 France
Beattie Cyril Cicero Peter 25 March 1919 Germany, Injured in demobilisation train accident
Beattie Robert Avon 14 September 1916 Somme, France
Begg Kenneth Humphreys 25 April 1915 Gallipoli
Boreham Alfred Clifford 25 April 1915 Gallipoli
Bourke John Joseph 15 September 1916 Somme, France
Bourke Percy William 19 July 1916 Somme (Armentieres), France
Bridge William Henry 12 October 1917 Ypres (Passchendaale)
Brook Julian Cornelius 02 September 1918 Somme, France
Brown James Douglas 11 April 1918 Somme, France
Claasen Ernest Leopold 22 April 1917 Egypt
Claasen Hubert 15 September 1916 Somme, France
Cochrane Robert 03 August 1918 France
Cosgrave Stephen Laurence 19 October 1917 France
Costello Patrick John 11 May 1917 France
Coster John Paper 05 June 1915 Gallipoli
De Andrad Alfred Manuel 08 May 1915 Gallipoli
Donelley Robert Edward 08 August 1915 Gallipoli
Downes Albert 09 September 1915 Malta
Downes Arthur Owen 27 August 1915 Gallipoli
Drewet Oliver Hawkes 08 May 1915 Gallipoli
Driffill William Charles Howell 18 May 1916 Somme, France
Edwards Stanley 17 September 1916 Somme, France
Ensor Charles Hedley Vickers 06 June 1917 Belgium
Enwright Francis Bernard 28 May 1915 Gallipoli
Eyes Frederick John 08 October 1918 Le Cateau, France
Faithfull Charles Baker 31 July 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Faithfull William McCathie 02 May 1918 Somme, France
Fatt James 06 May 1918 Belgium (France)
Flood Thomas Frederick 12 October 1917 Ypres (Passchendaale)
Ford William Alexander 25 September 1916 Somme, France
Foster Horace Alexander 01 September 1918 Havrincourt, France
Francis Sydney Patterson Emilius 16 June 1917 France
Groves Sydney Thomas James 26 March 1918 Somme, France
Halliwell Herbert 08 June 1918 France (died of disease)
Harding James Joseph 03 July 1916 Somme, France
Harding Whetu 06 August 1917 Ypres (Passchendael)
Hayes Robert 29 July 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Hockey Charles Henry 08 March 1918 France (died of disease)
Hodgson Thomas Henry 30 December 1916 France
Joyce Ivan 28 August 1918 France
Kendall Thomas 25 November 1917 Palestine
Keymer George Edward 12 October 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Kjoller James 19 June 1916 France
Lane Horace Alfred 15 September 1916 Somme, France
Leef George 30 December 1918 New Zealand (died of gas and disease)
Leef Joseph 02 October 1918 New Zealand (died of disease)
Lees Frank F. 14 August 1917 France
Lees Henry John 27 March 1918 Somme, France
Mansbridge Sydney 24 August 1918 Bapaume, France
Martin John Anthony 06 October 1919 Murmansk, Russia (drowning)
Matiu Hone 18 October 1919 New Zealand
McLeod Alex 17 August 1917 France
Moka aka Williams James 30 September 1918 Somme, France
Moka aka Williams Willie 04 September 1918 France
Morgan Joseph Iraia 29 July 1917 Ypres (Passchendaale)
Muriwai John 28 June 1915 Wellington, New Zealand
Nash Francis 11 February 1917 France
Nevitt Gerald 16 October 1914 Egypt
Nevitt Henry 28 December 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Newman Wilfred Clynes 04 October 1917 Ypres (Passchendaale)
Newton Frederick John 03 July 1916 Somme, France
Nolan Dermot Lister 08 August 1915 Gallipoli
Norton Robert Arthur 10 October 1918 England
Page Harold Joseph 26 September 1916 Somme, France
Passell James 05 December 1917 Ypres (Passchendaale)
Pearce Arthur Hambley 23 October 1917 Belgium
Perry Eric Howard 13 July 1916 Egypt
Philipps Frederick Emerson 12 October 1917 Belgium
Philips Edward Matson 12 October 1917 Ypres (Passchendaale)
Philips Malcolm Innes 28 September 1916 Somme, France
Phillips Fred (Frederick) E. 27 August 1918 France
Powell Victor Ivan 26 September 1916 Somme, France
Powell Gerald Massey 06 June 1916 Somme, France
Power Hone Manahi 07 December 1917 Ypres (Passchendaale)
Rata Jerry 20 June 1918 Somme, France
Ratana Wiremu 30 July 1916 France (died of wounds)
Rewi aka Williams Perenara 23 March 1917 Messines, Belgium
Ridgers aka Ridges Albert 21 September 1916 Somme, France
Ritchie Charles Alexander 27 September 1916 France
Smith aka Seaton Nimrod Bendigo Fred aka John 7 May 1918 France
Smith Haka 19 November 1917 Ypres (Passchendaale)
Smith Joseph James Frank 07 June 1917 Messines, Belgium
Stancliffe Thomas 26 September 1916 France
Taffard Edmond Ernest 01 October 1918 France
Tarbutt Edwin Benjamin 03 September 1918 France
Tawhai Hohepa Tuapaki 07 December 1916 France
Te Whata Peter 23 March 1917 Belgium
Tipene Wiparata 11 April 1918 France
Tucker George Warrington 17 September 1919 New Zealand
Tucker Ralph Cecil 04 September 1916 New Zealand
Tucker George Warrington 17 September 1919 New Zealand
Vaughan Joseph 29 March 1918 Somme, France
Ward Alfred George 16 September 1917 Ypres (Passchendaale)
Warner William Henry 08 May 1915 Gallipoli
Waru Kopa 08 June 1917 Belgium
Waru Henare 08 June 1916 Somme, France
Wiki Frank 03 June 1917 Belgium
Wikitera Robert 19 November 1917 Belgium
Williams aka Moka Willie 04 September 1918 France
Williams aka Moka James 30 September 1918 Somme, France
Williams Alfred Edward 11 August 1915 Gallipoli
Williams Frank Henry 01 October 1918 Le Cateau, France
Williams Joe 13 August 1915 Gallipoli
Williams Wilfred Richard 31 July 1917 Ypres (Passchendaale)
Williamson Frederick 10 October 1917 Ypres, Belgium
Wipani John 06 May 1916 Dunkirk, France
Witana Abraham 01 November 1917 Belgium
Wooster Frank Rupert 27 January 1919 New Zealand
Wright George Charles 26 September 1916 Somme, France
Young Frank Gladstone Rameka 08 December 1917 Belgium (died of wounds)
| World War I and the Hokianga |
Updated: 15 March 2019
Website Owner: Dr. Kenneth M. Baker
info(at)ourhokianga.com
Website Owner: Dr. Kenneth M. Baker
info(at)ourhokianga.com
August 2014 marks the
centenary of the beginning of the
First World War when the Austro-
Hungarian Empire invaded Serbia on
the 28 July 1914.
In recognition of the fact that so
many young men from the Hokianga
enlisted as early as they could, and
our memorials testify to the great
number who never returned we
produce on these pages, the list of
men who never returned and some
who passed away in New Zealand.
The first soldiers left New Zealand
in October 1914.
What sort of effect did this have
on the lives of the families
remaining? And the men who
returned – did they resume where
they had left off? How did Maori
families fare? (Sickness /
Disablement Benefits were less for
Maori than for pakeha) How much
Hokianga land went into in the
Returned Servicemen’s land-ballot?
These and a lot of other
questions will be investigated over
the next year and we would be very
grateful for input of any sort from
affected families. 100 years is
beyond personal memory now so
we are reliant on written records,
though family tradition has a part to
play too.
The Society welcomes input
and contributions of documents and
original material.
centenary of the beginning of the
First World War when the Austro-
Hungarian Empire invaded Serbia on
the 28 July 1914.
In recognition of the fact that so
many young men from the Hokianga
enlisted as early as they could, and
our memorials testify to the great
number who never returned we
produce on these pages, the list of
men who never returned and some
who passed away in New Zealand.
The first soldiers left New Zealand
in October 1914.
What sort of effect did this have
on the lives of the families
remaining? And the men who
returned – did they resume where
they had left off? How did Maori
families fare? (Sickness /
Disablement Benefits were less for
Maori than for pakeha) How much
Hokianga land went into in the
Returned Servicemen’s land-ballot?
These and a lot of other
questions will be investigated over
the next year and we would be very
grateful for input of any sort from
affected families. 100 years is
beyond personal memory now so
we are reliant on written records,
though family tradition has a part to
play too.
The Society welcomes input
and contributions of documents and
original material.
| Above: Examples of WWI artifacts contained in the Hokianga Historical Society Archives |
| Hokianga History and Memorabilia |
| Visit our Current WW1 Commemorative Exhibition at the Museum The part played by the people and soldiers of the Hokianga Region - Original documents, posters, photographs and newspapers of the day from around the world. |
| Above: Detail of the WW! Commemorative Exhibition at the Museum of the Hokianga Historical Society at Omapere - photo courtesy Owen Whaley |
Poppies in Flanders Fields
Poppies in Flanders Fields