In Loving Memory

Monday, 16 February 2026

8/915 Lieutenant Roy Forrest, (13/1/1887-21/5/1943). "a fine athlete"

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NEWS FROM THE DARDANELLES. LETTER FROM TROOPER E. TOHILL.  We have been permitted to read some letters from Trooper E. Tohill to his brother...
Friday, 13 February 2026

10006 Captain Robert Love, (11/4/1888-8/6/1934). "bagpipe selections"

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WEDDING BELLS. LOVE — NOONE.  On the afternoon of Thursday, 5th May, the marriage of Miss Ethel Agnes Noone to Captain  Robert Love  took pl...
Thursday, 12 February 2026

14538 Lieutenant Leslie Hunter Denniston, MC, (17/11/1885-8/8/1965). "his good judgement"

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  Sergeant  L. H. Denniston,  who has been attached to the 14th Reinforcements, which will leave Wellington shortly, has received a commissi...
Wednesday, 11 February 2026

413367 Flying Officer Corran Perry Ashworth, (25/9/1921-3/8/1944). "continued diligence"

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The heartfelt sympathy of the whole community is extended to Mrs E.  Ashworth,  she having received word that her son  Corran,  is reported ...
Tuesday, 10 February 2026

12/486 Private Sydney Charles Wells, (26/5/1893-17/3/1938). "high praise of the nurses"

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OBITUARY SYDNEY CHARLES WELLS.   The news of the sudden passing of Mr  Sydney Charles Wells  on Thursday, 17th March, came as a great shock ...
Monday, 9 February 2026

233518 Private William Simcoe, (1897-12/10/1936). "badly gassed"

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MR  WILLIAM SIMCOE   The death occurred at the Dunstan Hospital on Monday last of Mr  William Simcoe,  who had been a resident of Alexandra ...

Soo Moo Woon, (1858-18/5/1921). "the car overturned"

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Soo Moo Woon is described as "a chinaman." It is likely that he came to Otago to mine gold, one of the many Chinese men who came t...
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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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