the men of POVERTY BAY, CALLED to WAR 1917
the original list was taken from PAPERS PAST, the Poverty Bay Herald 12 January 1917 and the CALL to the COLORS - list of the men drawn in the third ballot for the Poverty Bay district
ARMITT, James (?-?) navvy, private bag, Kahukura, Gisborne
- Next of Kin - Mrs A. Sully (sister) Plant St, Sydney, Australia
- he served as Private #48426 NZEF 26th Reinforcements E Company
ASHBY, Harry (1873-1929) carpenter, Wairoa, Hawkes Bay
BABBS, Henry (?-?) laborer, 55 Grey St Gisborne
BATH, Charles David (1878-1952) lineman, c/o Mrs Crarer, Wairoa
BEAUFOY, Stanley Vivian (1890-1939) law clerk, 315 Childers road, Gisborne
- married Ida Evelyne MANNING in 1918
BOOTH, Louis/Lewis Everard (1886-1945) driver, Tokomaru Bay, Waiapu
- married Jean Hunter MUIR in 1920
BORDEN, Edwin Charles (?-?) dairy farmer, Norton Rd, Hastings
CALE, Alexander Henry (?-?) Civil servant, 44 Wainui Rd, Gisborne
CAMERON, George Alexander (1884-1973) sheepfarmer, Otoko, Gisborne
CAMERON, William John (?-?) farmer's assistant, Torua, Waerenga-ahika
CANDY, John Joseph (1895-1973) farm hand, Waiohika
- married Margaret Isabella LYONS in 1920
COOK, William Alexander (1892-1967) teamster, P.O.Box 14, Te Araroa
CHATWIN, Charles Henry (1896-1938) bank clerk, Union Bank, Gisborne
- married Josephine Vera WHITE in 1927
CLUBB, James (1886-1962) slaughterman, Barracks, Tokomaru Bay
COOPER, Ashley (?-?) shearer, Post Office, Gisborne
CORIDAS, John Edward, (1976-1949) bushman Royal Hotel, Gisborne
CROCKER, Frank (1892-1977) station hand, 357 Gladstone Rd, Gisborne
- married Dorothy Alice HAZELDEN in 1916
DAVIES, Cyril Edward (1889-1923) carrier P.O. Box 42, Tolaga Bay, Gisborne
- married Lillian Gladys FRYDAY in 1915
DEALY, Eugene (1876-1936) farmer, Motu, Gisborne
- newspaper has Dealey
DEAN, Albert Ernest (?-3-12-1917) station hand, c/o E. MONCKTON, Cook County
- killed in actiom Ypres Belgium
- served as Private #47866
- son of Jane Dean, 609 Seven Sisters Rd, South Tottenham, London
- buried Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorialm Polgon Wood
DOAK, Samuel James Hull (?-?) clerk, c/o Mrs SPENSELEY, Oliphant Rd, Hastings
- married Ethel Emily DUNLOP in 1919
DONOHOE, Thomas (?-?) laborer, Freezing Works, Tokomaru Bay, Waiapu
DORN, Thomas Charles (1875-1922) blacksmith, Gisborne
DRUMMOND, Albert Edward (1895-1962) driver, Roebuck Rd, Gisborne
EDNEY, Harry (1870-1945) packman, Waimata, Gisborne
- married Clara HUNT in 1919
ELLISON, Arthur Henry (1878-1959) laborer, Wairoa, Hawkes Bay
- married Annie HAYDEN in 1918
FITZGERALD, James (?-?) shearer, Albert Hotel, Hastings
FOOTE, James Henry (?-?) stable hand c/o W.S. DAVIDSON, Iranui Rd, Kaiti, Gisborne
FORDE MATTHEWS, Alfred jnr (1894-1954) dairy farmer, Whataupoko, Gisborne
- his parents were Alfred Forde Matthews & Erana TAARE aka CHRISTIAN
FRANCIS, Andrew George (1874-1948) farmer, c/o J. McGREGOR, Puha via Gisborne
GALLAGHER, John Christopher (1890-1972) company scretary, P.O. Box 27 Wairoa
- married Margaret Mina GARDNER in 1916
GREEN, Harold Charles (1895-1938) sheepfarmer, Tokomaru Bay, Waiapu
- married Mary WEIR in 1928
GREGORY, Clifton Herbert (1890-1945) Post office clerk, Whatatutu, Waikohu. Married margaret Ellen CLARKE in 1919
HALLEY, John (1898-1964) barman, Kaitaratahi, Cook County
HARRIS, Frank (?-?) station manager, Ormond Rd, Mangaapa
HARRISON, Robert Henry (1896-1962) blacksmith, Tokomaru Bay
- married Susan Zetta FOWLER in 1927
HILL, Edmund Albert (1883-1977) 56 Bright St, Gisborne
- married Elfleda Emmeline DIXON in 1917
HOBDAY, Stanley Ernest (?-?) station hand, 24 Parau st Gisborne
HOCKING, Charles Henry (1888-1945) plumber, Wairoa
HOGG, Eric Richard (1896-1978) law clerk, 211 Clifford St, Gisborne
- married Mary ADAMS in 1928
HOOKER, Percival Clement (?-?) wool worker, Kaiti Freezing Works, Gisborne
HOWARD, Leo (?-?) fencer, Tuarua station, Tolaga Bay, Cook County
HUTCHINGS, George Thomas (?-?) laborer c/o Mcleod's Mill, Matawai
JOBSON, William (?-?) shepherd, Makoiwi, Tuparoa, Waiapu County
JONES, Henry Charles (?-?) carpenter, Tokomaru Bay, Waiapu
KELLEY, Leo Louis (?-?) bushman c/o P.O. Gisborne
KEMP, Athel Lewis (1894-1990) farm hand, Tuaroa Bay, Gisborne
- married jessie Isabel NICOL in 1923
LAWLOR, James (1886-16 July 1918) station manager, Opuiti, Waiora
- born Mandeville, Southland, New Zealand
- killed in action
- served as Rifleman #54055 NZEF 27th Reinforcements G Company
- son of John & Delia Lawlor, 39 Latimer Square, Christchurch
- Grave/Memorial Reference: I. L. 5. HEBUTERNE MILITARY CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France
McCARTHY, John Joseph (?-?) bushman, Hick's Bay Waiapu
McDEED, William (?-?) bush worker, Marumaru
McKAY, George Spence (1880-1932) farmer, Ormond, Cook County
MALONE, John Peter (1874-1917) station hand, Pakihiroa, Tuparoa, Waiapu
MASON, Albert William (1889-1931) clerk, Stafford St, Gisborne
- arried jessie Livingstone FERGUSON in 1921
MASON, Fred (1893-28-11-1917) butcher, Kawakawa hotel, Tuparoa
- killed in actiom Ypres Belgium
- served as Private #51178
- son of Larenza & Sarah Mason of Fenton, Staffordshire, England
- buried Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorialm Polgon Wood
- married Hazel Lydia McDERMOTT 8-3-1917
MEERS, John Parnham (?-?) shepherd, Mangaroa, Tolaga Bay
MORRIS, Ernest John (1891-1937) laborer, Manutuke, Gisborne
- married Mary Jean FRASER in 1915
NAPIER, William Donald (1896-1924) Waipiro Bay, Waiapu
NEILSON, Walter Robert (1896-1984) engineer, 401 Palmerston road, Gisborne
- married Alexandrena Laura Catherine ELLENS in 1925
NEWLAND, Norman de Causey (1885-1949) engine greaser, Tokomaru Bay
- married Lily TAYLOR in 1927
PEARSON, Henry (?-?) gasfitter, William st, Mangapapa, Gisborne
PHILLIPS, Thomas Jarvis (1875-1940) station hand c/o T. HOLLYWOOD, Hangaroa, Gisborne
PINE, Edward (?-?) bushman, Hick's Bay, Waiapu
PYATT, Albert Ernest (1890-1974) warehouseman, Rutene Rd, Gisborne
- married Violet May FELDON in 1915
REEVES, Charles Wellwood (1874-1963) sheepfarmer, Wharekaka, Tolaga Bay
- he was a son of Andrew REEVES & Margaret LIVINGSTON of Scotland
- his father emigrated on the Southern Cross into Wellington in 1857, his mother emigrated on the Nelson into Wellington in 1863
- He farmed at Tolaga Bay until 1925. He then bought 4003 acres, (1620 hectares) named Glenbrook Station, at Putorino, Hawkes Bay. He lived there for the next 30 years and later in life was cared for by the Maude family (his sister Mary Evelyn's inlaws)
- he was buried in the Tolaga Bay cemetery, Plot 14, Block Tol 17 on 24-6-1963. His headstone reads: In loving memory of CHARLES WELLWOOD REEVES, born 24 January 1874, died 24th June 1963
REID, John Thomas (?-?) roadman, Tolaga Bay, Cook County
RICHARDSON, Bernard Frederick (1897-1974) fencing contrator c/o P. HORNE, Koparanui
ROBINSON, George Turnbull (1889-1970) laborer, Hotel, Matawhero, Cook County
ROBINSON, David (1886-1967) sheepfarmer, Te arai, Manutuke
RUDOLPH, James Reid (1895-1967) fencer, Te Araroa, Waiapu
RUSSELL, Charles Morris (?-?) sheepfarmer, Mangatuna, Gisborne
SASS, Karl/Carl Frederick (1882-1959) musician, Opera House, Gisborne
- married jessie MORRION in 1917
SCOTT, Douglas (?-?) cook, Gisborne Hotel
SHEPHERD, Sydney Pembroke () ironmonger, upper Childres Rd Gisborne
SMART, Harry Bruce (1894-1971) surveor, Napier
- married Ruby Clarice FISCHER 1915
SMITH, David Parker (1895-1979) grocer's assistant, Awapuni Rd, Gisborne
- married Sabina HAMON in 1920
SMITH, George Phillip (?-?) sheepfarmer, Ruakituri, Wairoa
STENNER, Alfred William (1880-1949) porter, 70 Customhouse st, Gisborne
- married Edith Emily HORTON in 1916
STEVENSON, William Harold (1893-1971) storeman, 169 Grey St, Gisborne
- married Dorothy Florence Marguerite SIMEON in 1921
STOKES, William (?-?) shepherd, Matengareka station, Cape Runaway
SULLIVAN, James Charles (?-?) laborer, Ruatorea, Tuparoa
THOMSON, John Reid (1874-1942) laborer c/o Clyde Hotel, Wairoa
WALKER, Allan Ferrier (1896-1978) bank clerk, Tokomaru Bay
- married Catherine Engam Maud McINTOSH in 1923
WEEKS, Leonard Francis/Frank (1889-1953) farmer, 22 Salisbury Rd, Gisborne
- married Ellen STEVENSON in 1916
WILKINS, Alfred Napolean (1885-1949) wool scourer, Tokomaru Bay
- married Nerissa Floss RICHARDS (1894-?) in 1920
WILLIAMS, George Arthur (1880-1936) farmer, Morere
WILLIAMS, William Horace (1879-1928) laborer, c/o Mrs COOPER, Wainui
WILSON, William Thomas (?-?) milk vendor, Mangapapa, Gisborne
.. if you would like anything added to any of these men please leave a comment below ..
on 2010-11-25 07:23:41
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