Des Price: Threads of Memory (2015)

DateApril 2015DescriptionIn 2015 Des Price came in to the Tauranga City Libraries to remember his great uncles who served during World War I, as part of the Threads of Memory project.
Des had two relatives who were killed in action at Passchendaele on the same day, 12 October 1917.

Matthew Swenson (1889-1965)

John Cornelius Swenson (1891-1917)

Edgar Harold James Swenson (1892-1970)

Laury Salter Williams (1892-1917) Killed in Action

Martin and Ann Swenson (nee Corkill) lived in Ngawaka, just north of Taihape. They had eleven children, the three eldest sons serving during World War I:

Matthew Swenson (1889-1965)
Matthew was born in 1889 and returned to New Zealand after the war (Service Number: 52897). He married Millicent.

John Cornelius Swenson (1891-1917) Killed in action
John was born in 1891. He served in E Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Rifle Brigade (Service Number: 23/2097). John was killed in action at Passchendaele (12 October 1917) at 26.

Edgar Harold James Swenson (1892-1970)
Edgar was born in 1892. He served overseas (service Number: 34167) and returned home. He never married.

Laury Salter Williams (1892-1917) Killed in Action
Laury was born in 1892 to Thomas Robert and Matilda Freewell Williams. He was killed aged 25 at Passchendaele on 12 October 1917 (service number: 25765).

InterviewerStephanie Smith

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LocationTauranga City Library

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Des Price: Threads of Memory (2015)