Strathallan County War Memorials

outskirts of Timaru
South Canterbury, New Zealand

Claremont | Fairview | Hazelburn | Kingsdown | Milford | Otipua | Pareora | Rosewill | 
St Joseph's Church, Temuka | Taiko | Rangitata Soldier's Memorial Hall

Claremont District War Memorial

FOR KING & COUNTRY
IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
Lieut. Henry Cotter, Privates  James Robinson, Thomas Lockett,
Charles Gosling, Frederick A. Ivey, Trooper Alexander R. Mee, Rifleman John Cooper
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1 918

This memorial plaque is set into the wall of the Claremont Hall in Claremont Road.

Fairview War Memorial

Memorial Gates
Erected by
The Residents
Of Fairview
To Commemorate
The Great War
1914 - 1918
Opened 1/7/20

This memorial is situated at the main entrance to the Fairview School. Aug. 2010 photo and another in 2011

Hazelburn District War Memorial

R.F. Aitken
F.C. Blackler
D.R. Carter
R.C. Carter
J. Muir
D. O'Connor, M.A.
M.B. O'Connor
H. O'Connor
J.T. Stevens
F. Burrows

Erected by the Residents of
Hazelburn, Totara Valley and Opihi
to the memory of those

Who fell in The Great War
1914 - 1918
We will remember them.

This tablet is erected
To the Memory of the Men
Who fell in World War II
1939 - 1945

This monument is situated at the corner of Three Mile Bush Road, Hazelburn Road and Monument Road.

May 02, 1918  24397 2/Lieutenant O'CONNOR, Daniel. Canterbury Reg.  KIA France, aged 28.
Son of Maurice and Elizabeth O'Connor, of Hazelburn, Timaru, New Zealand;
Husband of Jean T. O'Connor, of Epworth, Temuka, New Zealand
FRANCE - SAILLY-AU-BOIS MILITARY CEMETERY
Sailly-au-Bois is a village between Arras and Amiens.  From April to August 1918 the front came very close to the cemetery.

MA = Master of Arts. The man was a schoolteacher for sure ....

Surnam: O'CONNOR
Given Name: Daniel
Category: Nominal Roll Vol. 3
Regimental Number: 24397
Rank: 2nd Lieut
Next of Kin:  Mrs D. O'CONNOR, Wife
Next of Kin Address: Thelma Theodocia Street Timaru
Roll 55   Page 10
Occupation: Schoolmaster

Kingsdown District War Memorial

In grateful memory
of the following
Kingsdown soldiers
who gave their lives
in The Great War
1914 - 1918

F.G. Averis
A.C. Coster
E.F. Daniel
P. Fridd
J. Hill
E.T. Lane
G.H. Simmons
A. Staff

Their name liveth for evermore

1939-1945
A.G. Dingwall

Marble plaque in the foyer of the Kingsdown Hall at the intersection of Daniels Road and S.H. 1.

Milford District War Memorial

TO
THE MEMORY OF
THE
MILFORD  MEN
WHO DIED IN
WORLD WARS
1 and 2
"They Died That
We Might Live"

1914 - 1918
Aldred, E.
Aspinall, W.D.
Ashwell, S.H.
Gason, W.H.
Greelish, J.
Horgan, T.
Huxford, W.T.
Mills, A.
Morgan, A.
Morgan, W.S.
Talke, A.
Woodhead, G.

1939 - 1945
Anderson, A.
Brown, McD. C.
Guild, C.T.
Lyall, A.H.

The plaque is set in the gate posts at the Milford Hall on the Milford-Clandeboye Road.

Temuka Leader 26 October 1918 Page 3
Yesterday Mrs K. Greelish, Temuka received a telegram from the Minister of Defence stating that her second son, 621171 Private John Greelish, was killed in notion in France on 8th October. The late Private Greelish left with the 31st Reinforcements and arrived in England in January last. After arrival in England, he was for four months in hospital suffering from pneumonia, so could not have been long in France, before he met his death He was born at Milford and educated at the. Milford School. On leaving school he was employed by Mr S. McCully for 14 years, and on leaving him he worked for Mr P. Mitten and Mr E. J. Smith for about two years. He was a member of the Temuka Pipe Band for a while, a hard-working young man whom all respected, and was 31 years of age.

Otipua District War Memorial
  

IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF
OTIPUA DISTRICT
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 -1918

At the intersection of Beaconsfield Road and Beaconsfield Flat Road.

Otipua District South African War Memorial

IN
HONOURED MEMORY
OF
William Nelthorpe Moffatt
John Butler
Thomas  Lorrimer Scott

WHO VOLUNTEERED AT THE
NATION'S CALL; AND FELL
FIGHTING IN SOUTH AFRICA
BOER WAR, A.D. 1900
Erected
By the Residents of the DISTRICT

Located in the Pareora West Cemetery, Beaconsfield Road, Otipua.  First photo, 2007 - Photos by M.T. "Now we have gone further up Beaconsfield Road to the Pareora West Cemetery.  Very overgrown but monuments still stand proudly, including the Boer War Memorial. I was interested in a large stone standing at left side of cemetery. It commemorates a Wesleyan church built on the site in 1870. "

Daily Telegraph 27 September 1901, Page 3
Timaru, Last night. The memorial to the local troopers William Moffatt, T. L. Scott, and J. Butler, was unveiled in the Pareora cemetery this afternoon in the presence of a large gathering of settlers of the neighborhood. It consists of a marble column And urn of blue stone at the base, with a suitable inscription on the plate. It was chiefly provided by shilling subscription, every household contributing. The memorial was unveiled by Mrs A. S. Elworthy, and among the speakers were Major Crawshaw, Captain Bourne (to whose company the deceased had belonged), and Archdeacon Harper. The memorial was handed over to the cemetery trustees.

Pareora War Memorial

LEST WE FORGET
GREAT WAR 1914 -1918
KILLED IN ACTION
Pte R. Watkins
Pte P. Stowell

LEST WE FORGET
WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945

Located in the grounds of Pareora East School, Pareora Township.

Rosewill District War Memorial

1939 - 1945

IN MEMORY OF
C.M. Beckingsale
G.A. Murray
D.M. Murray
H.J. Murray

The plaque is set in the gate post at the entrance to the Rosewill Hall on the corner of Basset Road and Fraser Road.
A Roll of Honour Board is inside the Roswill District Hall.

St Joseph's Church, Temuka
In Wilkin St.

  
These plaques were originally inside the church but were subsequently transferred to a small building next to the church.

IN MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF ST JOSEPH'S PARISH, TEMUKA
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 -1918
R.I.P.

In Memory
of the Men of
St Joseph's Parish
Temuka
who fell in the War
1939 - 1945.

Stephen C. Kennedy
Francis E. Spillane
James J. O'Connell
Maurice J. Healey
John Connell
James J. Burke
Patrick F. Brosnahan
Hugh Brosnahan
Geoffrey F. Robins

R.I.P.

BROSNAHAN, Timothy John - WW1 6/3639 - Army.
Born: Kerrytown 24th May 1890? Age 25. 5'7". 175lbs. Religion: R.C.
Examined at Pleasant Point 11th Sept. 1915. Charles Patterson, Medical Officer. Enlisted at Trentham 19th Oct. 1915.
KIA in the field in France, 16 July 1916, Somme, France. 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Regiment, NZ Division
Farm labourer for Hugh Hoare, Kerrytown, Levels, Timaru. Father: Hugh Brosnahan, 21 Spencer St, Addington, later Oxford. On the Pleasant Point War Memorial.

BROSNAHAN, Timothy Joseph - WW1 7/2237 - Army
Born: Kerrytown. 23rd July 1893. Farm labourer. 5 10' 144lbs. Eyes blue. Hair Sandy. RC. Examined Kerrytown. Charles Paterson Medical officer 4th Nov. 1915. 21 years. Mother: Mary Brosnahan, Kerrytown.
Killed in action in the field in France Sept. 2nd 1918. Gunner 12th battery, 3rd Brigade NZFA. Buried at Achiet le Petit 1/40000 57.CNWG 141C 8.8. Reported by Rev. H. G. Gilbert att. Padre 3Bde NZFA 2 Sept. 1918. Grave location Achiet le Petit Communal Cemetery (German) Extension, 4 miles N.W. of Baphaume. Plaque and scroll to Hugh Brosnahan 28 Jan. 1922. Medals to Mary H. Brosnahan, Pleasant Point (mother) 28 Sept. 1921.

New Zealand Tablet 2 December 1915 Page 36 HORGAN, Thomas Martin (Service number 7/523)
TROOPER THOMAS M. HORGAN, TEMUKA. Word reached Temuka during the week of the death of Trooper Thomas M. Horgan, at the 15th General Hospital at Alexandria from pneumonia. The deceased, who left New Zealand with the Main Body, was a single man, 24 years of age, and was a member of a well-known and highly respected family in this district. He was a very, popular young man; a good, all-round footballer, having been a member of the local club for many years, and also having the distinction of being one of South Canterbury's representatives in rep. matches. He was also a member of the Temuka Pipe Band. The deceased received his education at the local Convent School, and since leaving had worked on his mother's farm at Milford until the call came. It is understood he was the second man in Temuka to enlist for the Main Body.

Taiko District War Memorial

IN HONOURED MEMORY
OF THE MEN
OF TYCHO DISTRICT
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

Situated half-way down the Taiko zig-zag opposite the Taiko Hall.

South Canterbury NZGenWeb Project website.

Service people have a strong sense of remembrance.