In Loving Memory

Tuesday, 5 May 2026

413016 Sergeant Trever Morgan Blakewell, (10/7/1921-14/11/1942). "a great shock"

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Trevor Blakewell joined the Air Force in April 1940 and was presented with his Wings in October the following year. He arrived in Britain fo...

Kenneth Walter Cox, (1915-27/9/1942). "a flying flea"

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TIMARU SITTINGS Armed Forces Service Board (excerpt) Seventh Day Adventist   Kenneth Walter Cox,   aged 26, said he had been reared as a Sev...

Thomas Hicks, (1883-14/4/1941) and Mona Florence Shirley, (1928-15/4/1941) Ivey. "the call was sudden"

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TRUCK STRIKES POLE Death Of Prominent Timaru Farmer Daughter Seriously  Injured Mr  Thomas Hicks  Ivey, a well-known farmer of Kingsdown, ne...

Timaru William Joss, (1904-2/9/1955). "better down at the Ross Sea"

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“TAXI” DEFRAUDED ROSS SEA WHALER CONVICTED.  A TRIP TO BALCLUTHA.  Timaru William Joss,  a young man, who has paid several visits to the Ros...

415268 Leading Aircraftsman Chester Wynter Probert, (4/3/1914-6/10/1942). "for ever and ever"

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TIMARU AIRMAN KILLED Crash In The North Island  (N.Z.P.A.) WELLINGTON, Oct. 6.  A member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force lost his life wh...

426087 Flight-Sergeant Albert Henry Lister, (6/8/1920-18/3/1944). "one we loved so dear"

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Albert Lister enlisted in the RNZAF on May 30, 1942, and was trained in New Zealand and Canada as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner. He then we...
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Otago Taphophile
A taphophile is a "lover of cemeteries." Of course, there are many other aspects to my life but the stories to be found connected to epitaphs in local (and not so local) cemeteries have interested me for a while, and are now the basis of my business, which can be found at: https://darkestdunedin.co.nz/ The epitaph which inspired me to find the stories lies on the ground of Dunedin's Southern Cemetery and includes in its inscription the words "brutally murdered." I haven't covered this one as I write but it's one hell of a story. UPDATE Having reached 1500 stories, I will try and make this blog a little more searchable. I also note that many photos I've used from the Hocken collection are showing s completely different to the ones I uploaded. I assume this is due somehow to the recent additions to their collection.
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