Voices of the Past

John Gildroy Grant was born in Hawera on 26 August 1889. In his early days,..

Reginald Stanley Judson was born in Wharehine, Northland, on 29 September 1881. After an education..

Leslie Wilton Andrew was born in Ashhurst (Manawatu) on 23 March 1897. He began his..

Samuel Frickleton was born on 1 April 1891 in the mining town of Slamannan, near..

Keith Elliott was born auspiciously on Anzac Day, 25 April 1916, in Āpiti, north-east of..

Animals have long been ‘recruited’ into the armed forces as military mascots and have served..

Alfred ‘Clive’ Hulme was born in Dunedin on 24 January 1911. After leaving school, he..

Charles Hazlitt Upham was born in Christchurch on 21 September 1908. He was educated at..

New Zealand Coastwatchers who served in the Pacific during World War II were commemorated in..

Not all of our Anzac wartime heroes were men in khaki. A true pioneer of..

Reginald Miles served with distinction in both world wars. He began his service in Gallipoli..

Gunner was a Kuchi dog which is named after the Kuchi, a nomadic people of..

Philip Robert William Soutar was born on 18 May 1877 in Opotiki to parents Alexander..

The Croix de Guerre, a French military decoration, was one of the most common medals..

William Rupert Pyle was born at St Bathans (Otago) on 17 January 1889. He was..

John McKee was born on 3 July 1876 in Thames and on leaving school, completed..

Tamati (also known as Thomas) Te Patu was born on 19 December 1895 at Karioi,..

Freda the dog was a mascot for the New Zealand Rifle Brigade at Brocton Camp..

New Zealand’s only prisoner of war (POW) camp was located on the outskirts of the..

Roland Blennerhassett was born in Auroa, Hawera on 3 May 1897. Coming from a large..

Of the approximately 3,000 “Kiwis” who landed at Anzac Cove on 25 April, about 20..

Alexander Elder Forsythe was born in Thurso, Caithnesshire, Scotland on 1 February 1886. Thurso is..

The Stories of Nurses Popplewell, Walker and Rattray. Among the first group of enthusiastic New..

The Korean War began on 25 June 1950, when the Communist North Korea invaded the..

The story of the HMT Marquette and of Privates Victor John Nicholson and John Turnbull..

The Stories of Corporals Pettit and Mirfin, Private Nicholson, and Orderly Stone No. 1 Stationary..

Alice Clara Searell was born on 18 January 1883. Alice had completed her training at..

The Stories of Nurses Grigor, Rae, Hildyard, Fox, Gorman, Brown and Clark. Many of the..

Rupert Sydney Taucher was born in Masterton on 21 September 1895 and lived his early..

When in England, her (soon-to-be) owner, Driver Percy (Ike) Lowndes, picked up the dog in..

Following up on the Olympic fever that has been sweeping through the country, we’ve rediscovered..

Accounts of World War One understandably revolve around the drama of it’s fierce battles –..

Captain Pirimi Pererika Tahiwi The 25th of April is a date still deep-rooted in the..

Sergeant Errol Sampson Allison or Bill as he liked to be known, began World War..

18,000 New Zealanders lost their lives fighting on the Western Front during World War I...

Private Patrick Sheerin, Otago Infantry Battalion Patrick ‘Pat’ Sheerin was born in Palmerston North in..

Henry Dewar was born in Foxton in 1883, but spent most of his early years..

New Zealand’s first war dog on record was Ceaser the bulldog. On 27th May 2021,..