In Loving Memory

Wednesday, 23 February 2022

John Joseph Hellyer, 1925-26/11/1952.

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RUNAWAY PETROL TANKER Crash Into Dunedin Building  DRIVER DIES IN HOSPITAL  (New Zealand Press Association) DUNEDIN, November 26. The courag...

Osgood Henry Gurr, 1906-7/1/1926.

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  INJURED WHILE DIVING. (Per Press Association.)  DUNEDIN, January 4. Oscar   Gurr,   aged 20, who resides at Caversham, was hospitalled on ...

22/352 Sister Frances Cook, 7/4/1884-15/10/1924.

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It will be with deep regret that the friends of Sister  Frances Cook  will learn of her death. At the outbreak of the war Sister Cook was in...

283624 2nd Lieutenant Ronald Stuart Johnson, 1914-28/8/1944.

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  Ronald Stuart Johnson was killed accidentally, as was a Corporal Ellis, whose information on his family tree states that he was killed by ...

Nurse Amelia Currie Veitch, 1858-13/7/1923.

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A NEGLECTED PHILANTHROPY NURSES' MEMORIAL FUND  (excerpt) In moving the adoption of the annual report and balance-sheet at the sixth ann...

James Harker Wilson Crosbie, 1898-18/2/1921.

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ACCIDENTAL POISONING A TRAGIC MISTAKE.  James Hanker Wilson Crosbie, a young man, a bank clerk, residing in Stafford street, met his death y...

Joseph Leo Durham, 1887-2/11/1920.

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ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES. FALL FROM SCAFFOLDING.   Press Association. DUNEDIN, November 2. This morning a tiler, named  Joseph  D.  Durham, ...
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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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