In Loving Memory

Tuesday, 12 December 2017

"BRUTALLY MURDERED"

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The Southern Cemetery, Dunedin   The Cumberland Street Tragedy of 1880 James Robb was a member of the Dunedin Volunteer ...
Tuesday, 21 November 2017

Last berth on the SS Athenia...and a posthumous letter...

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The SS Athenia was a trans-Atlantic ocean liner, built in 1923.  It was the first British ship sunk in the Second World War. The...

397811 Flying Officer William Harcourt Coleman, DFC 1916-26/7/1940

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"Citation DFC (22 Oct 1940): Flying Officer Coleman took part in twenty seven bombing attacks on Germany, Holland, Belgium and ...

Capitalist class justice? Dish it out! - John Robinson, 1883-3/8/1940

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John Joseph Robinson was born in Tapanui in 1883.  He spent his early working life on the Central Otago gold dredges and ...
Thursday, 9 November 2017

Lysander to Calais - 42129 Pilot Officer Ernest Elliot Howarth, 1919-27/5/1940.

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Ernest Elliot Howarth was born at Ohakune in 1919.  He grew up in Baker Street, Caversham and was educated at Otago Boys High School.  On l...
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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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