Group photograph at the Tauranga Military cemetery 1909

Date11 July 1909Reference NumberPhoto 16-165DescriptionImage taken on July 11 1909 (photographer unknown), the day following the unveiling of the Tauranga Military Cemetery Memorial. Handwritten on reverse: “Geo Asher - his father, Mayor - , T. Clark -, Canon Jordon”. In another hand “JH Mc Caw back, bowler hat to left of lady” and “Mr Matheson front with cap”. Accompanying the photograph is an August 1959 newspaper article titled “Photograph Records 1909 Ceremony”. It reads: From a reader has come a picture taken the day the memorial of the Tauranga Military cemetery was unveiled 50 years ago last Saturday – July 11, 1909. Many regiments are represented in the photograph by those who subsequently saw service in the First and Third Waikato Militia and later in the Armed Constabulary against Te Kooti and his followers. Included in the group in the photograph are men from HM ships Curacoa, Miranda. Esk, Harrier and Eclipse; men from the First Waikato Militia who saw action at Irihunga Whakamārama during three engagements in 1867; and men of the 68 Durham Light Infantry who fought at Gate Pā and Te Ranga. In the photograph are G. W. Eyre, who served in the Crimea War, Paddy Herbert, who was a defender at Lucknow. , and four South African War veterans, A. Leslie, W. J. Mc Kay, A. Mathieson and either J. R. or W. Page. Also shown is Captain A. A. Crapp who held the NZ Cross for gallantry. Only one of the men in the photograph has not been identified. The others are named as Captain Tovey Tennant, S. Reeve, J. H. Mccaw, Hanah Eyre, J. D. Brain, W. Earl, Canon Jordan (then Mayor of Tauranga), J. Ransley, F. Moon, Sergeant Davoren, Hori Ngatai, A. Dickie, D. Asher, H. Knowles and E. Howell. The monument commemorates the soldiers and sailors who lost their lives in the Māori wars and were buried, at Tauranga. "Figures later identified by Jack Daines: Back Row (L-R) 2nd from left: Bessie Brain, 3rd from left: Capt. Crapp, 6th from left: Mc Caw, 8th from left: H. Crapp, 9th from left: Brabant, 11th from left: Davoren, 4th from right: Bert O'neill, 3rd from right: Herbert, 2nd from right: A. Leslie, far right: Jordan, Front row (L-R) farleft: Ray Vercoe, 3rd from left: J. Ransley, 4th from left: Moon, 5th from left: Conway, 7th from left (figure lying on ground): Matheson, 8th from left (little girl): Rachel Darragh, 9th from left (figure holding little girl): Darragh (Senior), 3rd from right: D. Asher, 2nd from right: H. Knowles, far right: Howell. FormatPrintPhysical DescriptionBlack and white printSource of Acquisition

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Group photograph at the Tauranga Military cemetery 1909

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