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West Otago Roll of Honour
TAPANUI
South Africa 1899 - 1902

  Barron, J.     McFarlane, W. J.     Ross, J.  
  Chittock, C.     MacKenzie, F.     Simmers, R.  
  Conn, J.     Matheson, I.     Speden, R.  
  Duff, C. S.     Morrison, W. G.     Stewart, J.  
  Duff, Cecil     Newman, C.     Stewart, W.  
  Duff, O.     Pinckney, G.     Stiven, R. B.  
  Dunnet, W. J.     Price, T.     Sullivan, W. T.  
  Gouk, J.     Quin, T. J.     Wyse, C.  
  Kidd, R.     Robertson, J.       
Made the Supreme Sacrifice
  Palethorpe, T.     Rogers, P.       




James Barron
Reg No: 5894, Unit: South Island Regiment - G Squadron. Rank: Private, Contingent: Eighth. Embarkation Ship: Cornwall 8 February 1902. Occupation: Farmer. County/City: Tuapeka. Address: Dunrobin via Heriot Otago. Next of Kin: Mr Alexander Barron, father.
Frederick Charles Chittock
Reg No: 4514, Unit: No 25 Company (Otago section). Rank: Private, Contingent: Seventh. Embarkation Ship: Gulf of Taranto 6 April 1901. Occupation: Farmer. County/City: Clutha. Address: Bushside, Pomahaka, Otago. Next of Kin: Mr James Chittock, father.
James Conn
Reg No: 4490, Unit: No 25 Company (Otago section). Rank: Sergeant. Contingent: Seventh. Embarkation Ship: Gulf of Taranto 6 April 1901. Occupation: salesman. County/City: Dunedin. Address: Care of Sergeant Conn, Police Station, Dunedin. Next of Kin: Mr Christopher Conn, father. Next of Kin Address: Macandrew Road Dunedin.
Reg No: 0, Unit: North Island Regiment - C Squadron. Rank: Lieutenant. Contingent: Tenth. Embarkation Ship: Drayton Grange 14 April 1902. Occupation: tradesman. County/City: Dunedin. Address: Care of Sergeant Conn, Police Station, Dunedin. Next of Kin: Mr Christopher Conn, father. Next of Kin Address: Macandrew Road Dunedin.

NB: Christopher Conn was a Tapanui Police Constable from 1880 until 1907. The Tenth Contingent was known as the "Trusty Tenth"
Charles Sinclair Duff
Reg No: 1048, Unit: No 9 Company. Rank: Private. Contingent: Fourth. Embarkation Ship: Monowai 20 March 1900. Occupation: farmer. County/City: Tuapeka. Next of Kin: Mr W. Duff. Next of Kin Address: Dunrobin.
NB: Born 1875 [rego#:1875/8764]. Married 1905 to Jessie Cargill Dunham [marriage rego# 1905/1793] Death 1964, age 89 [death rego#1964/34500]. Burial: Crookston Cemetery, West Otago [burial# 283]. Parents William (abt 1830 -1912) and Margaret nee Lamond. [marriage rego#1875/1343]. Jessie died 9 June 1930, age 46. Buried Crookston Cemetery, West Otago [burial# 144].
Cecil Duff
Reg No: 5988, Unit: South Island Regiment - G Squadron. Rank: Private. Contingent: Eighth. Embarkation Ship: Cornwall 8 February 1902. Occupation: railway porter. County/City: Tuapeka. Next of Kin: Mr William Duff. Next of Kin Address: Dunrobin.
NB: Born 1881 [rego#:1881/9753]. Married 1908 to Florence Adelaide Macdonald [marriage rego# 1908/7618] Death 1937, age 55 [death rego#1964/34500]. Burial: Hastings Cemetery [burial Block F 660]. Florence died 1969. Buried Hastings Cemetery [burial Block F 660].
Oliver Duff
Reg No: 5909, Unit: South Island Regiment - G Squadron. Rank: Private. Contingent: Eighth. Embarkation Ship: Cornwall 8 February 1902. Occupation: farm hand. County/City: Tuapeka. Next of Kin: Mr William Duff. Next of Kin Address: Dunrobin Heriot, Otago.
NB: Born Waitahuna Gully, Otago 28 May 1883 [rego#:1883/13155]. 10th of 13 children of English-born William Duff and his Scottish wife, Margaret Shepherd (1842-1915). Married 1908 Jessie Barclay [marriage rego# 1908/3099] Death 1967, age 83 at 'Spylaw', Lansdowne Valley [death rego# 1967/25084]. Attended Lawrence District High School, Otago Boys' High School, and the University of Otago. 1907 -1917 became a teacher. 1916 became a Journalist and joined 'The Sun', Christchurch. Editor to the Timaru Herald 1920�22. Returned to Christchurch and 'The Press' in 1923, was editor from 1929 to 1932. Established and conducted the North Canterbury Gazette, 1932�36. 1937 he and Jessie were divorced. As Jess Whitworth, she later published a prize-winning autobiographical novel, Otago interval (1950). 1938 he moved to Wellington and became editor of the National Centennial Publications. 1939 first editor of the New Zealand Listener. Married Ngaire Asquith Shankland at Wellington on 29 January 1946. Contributed Shepherd's Calendar articles regularly to New Zealand Listener. These became a major publication, as did New Zealand Now (1940 and 1956) and Ourselves Today (1958). He was awarded the O.B.E. in 1959.
William James Dunnet
Reg No: 9601. Son of Mary (nee Clouston) and Charles Francis Dunnet, Kelso. Next of Kin Address: Dunnet's Hotel, Kelso, West Otago.
NB: Died 1937 age 63, buried Tapanui Cemetery [burial #992]
John Gouk
Reg No: 1149. Unit: No 10 Company. Rank: Corporal. Contingent: Fourth. Embarkation Ship: Monowai 20 March 1900. Occupation: teamster. County/City: Southland. Address: Gore. Next of Kin: Mrs Gouk. Next of Kin Address: Gore.
Robert William Kidd
Serial No. 382 South Africa. Unit: Southland, 2nd Contingent. No. 1 Division Rank: trooper. Next of Kin: Mrs C. Emery. Next of Kin Address: Amata, New Plymouth. Occupation: Dentist, c/- S. Myers, Dentist, Dunedin. Attested: Wellington 19 January 1900. Discharged: 23 April 1901. Awarded: 1897 - 98 Matabeleland South African Medal, Queen's South African Medal 1899 - 1902 with Clasps "Cape Colony", "Johannesburg", and "Orange Free State".
Serial No. 13289 World War One. Unit: 13th Mounted Rifles. NZ Dental Corps. Rank Sergeant. Embarked: 13th May 1916. Next of Kin: Mrs Edith Kidd nee Greaves, wife. Next of Kin Address: Cumberland Street, Dunedin. Married 18th July 1902. NB: Self-employed dentist. Born: 28 October 1870 County Antrim, Ireland. Address: Paranga, North Auckland. Served 15/11/1915 to 15/2/1918. (2 years 159 days) Died: Auckland 13 July 1953, aged 82. Burial at Waikumete Cemetery. [RSA section #14490]
William John McFarlane
Reg No: 7932. Unit: South Island Regiment - A Squadron. Rank: Private. Contingent: Ninth. Ship: Kent Embarkation: 12 March 1902. Occupation: Machinist. County/City: Tuapeka. Address: Care of John McFarlane, Tapanui, Otago. Relationship to Soldier: Father.

NB: William's father John McFarlane arrived on the Lady Edigia in 1860. First employed to cut timber, which included most of the Otago Peninsula bush, he established and operated several sawmills, including a steam mill, wind-mill operated flour mill at Kelso and Tapanui. John McFarlane later brought out his parents and seven siblings from Scotland. He became Tapanui's first mayor and died in 1909. His wife Mary was born in the Channel Isles and came out to New Zealand aged 2 in 1848. She died in 1913. They are both buried in the Dunedin Northern Cemetery. William had three siblings and was an uncle of the well-known Dunedin artist Shona McFarlane. In 1924 William married Isobel Cameron. Both have their ashes buried at Anderson's Bay Cemetery, Dunedin. William (1882 - 1967). Isobel (1894 - 1978).
Francis Wallace Mackenzie
Reg No: 0. Unit: North Island Regiment - Regimental staff. Rank: surgeon-major. Contingent: Tenth. Ship: Drayton Grange Embarkation: 14 April 1902. Occupation: surgeon. County/City: Wellington. Address: 192 Upper Willis Street, Wellington. Next of Kin: Mrs Catherine Flora Mackenzie, mother. Next of Kin Address: Care of Captain F W Mackenzie, Picton.

NB: Captain Francis Wallace Andrew Mackenzie-Ross was one of the early runholders to take up land in West Otago, Conical Hill and then Glenkenich Run in 1858. Born in 1824 at Tarral, Tarbat, Ross-Shire, Scotland he was the son of George Mackenzie-Ross and Susan Agnes Eleanor Wallace-Dunlop. He joined the VIIIth Regiment Bombay Infantry, Indian Army as a cadet in 1840 - 1841. [Some records give his age as twelve]. When the Captain retired he went to Victoria, Australia and then to New Zealand. He explored extensively through the North Island, and travelled south overland by foot in 1853, eventually taking up the Glenkenich pastoral estate on the banks of the Pomahaka River. He became very involved in the district and entered politics for Mataura in the House of Representatives in 1881 for three years. Under the new government system he became a member of the Clutha County Council, at one time their chairman. His family consisted of four sons and three daughters. The Captain married his cousin Catherine Flora Dundas Robertson. He died 5 December 1892, at Tapanui, aged 68. His wife, who had moved to Picton, passed away in Setpember 1902.

Francis Wallace Mackenzie was born in New Zealand in 1860. Wellington doctor before enlistment. Passed away 25 June 1934. [Karori cremation record # 1187]
I Matheson
No information available to date.
Walter George Morrison
Reg No: 1090. Unit: No 9 Company. Rank: Private. Contingent: Fourth. Ship: Monowai. Embarkation: 20 March 1900. Occupation: Forester. County/City: Tuapeka. Address: Tapanui. Next of Kin: Mr H. C. Morrison. Next of Kin Address: St Clair Battery, Dunedin.

Walter George Morrison was born at Alexandra, Central Otago 7 June 1877. He joined the Government forestry service late 1890's. While in South Africa, as member of the Rough Riders he played for the New Zealand Army Rugby team. Returning to Tapanui after the war, he married Mary Isabella Rodger (1909), who was born in Tapanui, daughter of James and Isabella nee Dickison, Rodger. As Conservator of Forests, Walter and his brother William Tregear Morrison, also a conservator, were responsible as supervisors for the planting of trees in the Kaingaroa Forest as well as South Island forests. He served at Tapanui, Marlborough and Rotorua, also becoming a Forest Ranger at Hamner Springs. He retired in 1938 and passed away at Christchurch in 1955. Most New Zealanders are familiar with his TV reknown grand daughter Judy Bailey. William Tregear Morrison served overseas with the 1st NZEF in WWI. Walter's son Ian Morrison was a Squadron Leader with the RNZAF.

Henry Charles Morrison, Walter's father served with the Armed Constabulary in the Maori Wars, later joining the New Zealand Permanent Artillery. Rank Last Held: Captain. Other Units: Bush Rangers, Taranaki Mounted Volunteers, Taranaki Military Settlers, No. 5 Company. Armed Constabulary, No. 6 Division. Campaigns: Taranaki War, 1860-1861, First Hauhau War, Taranaki, 1864-1866. His brother was Captain W. J. Morrison, commander of the Taranaki Military Settlers, No. 5 company.
Charles Newman
Unit: No. 9 Otago Company. Rank: Corporal. Contingent: Fourth. Ship: Monowai. Embarkation: 20 March 1900. Occupation: compositor at the Tapanui Courier.

32 years of age at enlistment. Went into camp on 20 February 1900, had no former service. He was an excellent horseman and competed regularly in Horse and Hound races.
Thomas Palethorpe
GAINING A WIDE REPUTATION. Otago Witness, Issue 2413, 7 June 1900, Page 22

WITH BETHUNE'S MOUNTED INFANTRY. The Tapanui Courier publishes a letter received by Mr J. R. Mackenzie from Mr Thos. Palethorpe, who is attached to General Buller's force. Mr Palethorpe was in South Africa when the war broke out, and went into active service. Writing from Botha's camp on March 26 Mr Palethorpe says they all went to Springfield after the first Colenso battle, Bethune's Mounted Infantry, to which he belonged, doing all the scouting. Referring to the Spion Kop affair, he says it was a fearful blunder, but it had to be done; because General Warren had got himself into a trap and was nearly surrounded, so the Boers had to be kept employed while General Warren got back. After the relief of Ladysmith the corps to which Mr Palethorpe was attached marched on Pomeroy, from which the Dutch retired, leaving everything in a fearful mess. In every house the doors and windows were broken, and inside not an article was left standing. A pretty sharp fight, lasting for two hours, occurred on the other side of Pomeroy, but after finding out where the enemy and their guns were the British fell back on the camp. One of the Boer shells fell about eight yards from the writer but did not burst, and only covered him with dust. He says he does not mind the shells so much as the bullets, as the enemy use as many explosives and pompoms as clean Mauser bullets. Mr Palethrope has some grand specimens of shells, and heaps of bullets.

TOWN EDITION. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 9146, 14 May 1901, Page 3

Trooper Palethorpe, of Canterbury, brother of a Miss Palethorpe, who was once well known here, and who met with an untimely end, has died in South Africa of enteric fever.

Evening Post, Volume LXI, Issue 111, 13 May 1901, Page 5
4th April.
News has just been received of the death at Pinetown, South Africa, of Lieutenant T. J. Palethorpe, aged 22, of the Johannesburg Mounted Rifles, only son of the late Thomas Palethorpe, of Canterbury. Lieutenant Palethorpe was an "old boy" of Christchurch Cathedral School and of the High School, Christchurch, New Zealand, and Lincoln College. On the breaking out of the war in South Africa he went with two other New Zealanders, Messrs. Brittan and Dunkley � the latter being the son of the Ven. Archdeacon Dunkley � to South Africa, sailing in the s.s. Waikare on Friday, 16th September, 1899. On his arrival at Capetown he joined Bethune's Mounted Infantry, with which he did some excellent work. He was in the squadron that was ambushed by the Boers in May last. After a time he became lieutenant of the Johannesburg Mounted Rifles. In February last he contracted a serious illness through lying in damp blankets, and was confined to hospital at Charlestown, but was discharged at the beginning of March, and returned to duty. Shortly afterward he was seized with enteric fever at Pinetown, and his illness had a fatal termination on the 23rd.

Star , Issue 7095, 10 May 1901, Page 3

DEATHS
PALETHORPE � March 23, 1901. at Pinetown, South Africa (of enteric), Lieutenant T J Palethorpe, of the Johannesburg Mounted Rifles, only son of the late Thomas Palethorpe, Burnham, aged twenty two years.

buried: Kwazulu-Natal, PINETOWN, Anglican Church, St. John.
George John Pinckney
Was too old at 50 years to be accepted in the New Zealand forces. Joined, as Orderly, the Imperial Hospital Corp. Attested at Durban on 14 March 1901. Discharged 4 July 1902 at Maritzburg, Natal, cert #SA838. Received the South African Clasp 1901-02.

George John Pinckney was born at Winchester, Hampshire, England in 1851. He married Agnes McMillan on 3 September 1875 at Maungatua, West Taieri, Otago, New Zealand. George, ex navy, was employed on Brooksdale Run as a shepherd, eventually purchasing 53 acres on March 29, 1900. Agnes remained on her farm near Brooksdale running dairy cows. After the war he did not return to Tapanui and became a labourer on Te Parae Station in the Wairarapa.
Thomas Price
Reg No: 9433. Unit: South Island Regiment - G Squadron. Rank: Private. Contingent: Tenth Ship: Norfolk, Embarkation: 19 April 1902. Occupation: labourer. County/City: Tuapeka. Address: Tapanui. Next of Kin: Mrs Catherine Price, mother.
Thomas Joyce Quin
Reg No: 6101. Unit: South Island Regiment - H Squadron. Rank: Private. Contingent: Eighth. Ship: Cornwall. Embarkation: 8 February 1902. Occupation: nursery-hand. County/City: Tuapeka. Address: Tapanui, Otago. Next of Kin: Mr William Quin, father.

Thomas Joyce Quin was born 21 August 1881 in Tapanui. His parents were William Quin and Mary Ann, nee Joyce. William was a partner in The Tapanui Courier with R. A. Rodger. The two men had many business interestd together and worked as auctioneer's, stock and station agents, merchants, land dealers and financier's.

NB: Thomas Quin 9/1725 served in the First World war and was killed in action, France 15 September 1915. He is remembered on the Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, France. 1881/14058 Quin Thomas Joyce Mary William http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sooty/nzrefroh1916sep.html 1916Sep15 9/1725 Private QUIN Thomas Joyce Pioneers KIA France Son of William and Mary Ann Quin, of Tapanui, South Otago. Served in the South African Campaign FRANCE - CATERPILLAR VALLEY (NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIAL
J. S. Robertson
Reg No: 1680, Unit: No 15 Company (Otago section). Rank: Private. Contingent: Fifth. Ship: Gymeric Embarkation: 31 March 1900. Occupation: labourer. County/City: Tuapeka. Address: Kelso. Next of Kin: Mrs Mary Robertson. Next of Kin Address: Royal Terrace, Dunedin.
Percy Rogers
Reg No: 6104. Unit: South Island Regiment - H Squadron. Rank: Private. Contingent: Eighth. Ship: Cornwall. Embarkation: 8 February 1902. Place of Embarkation: Lyttelton, New Zealand. Occupation: cook. County/City: Tuapeka. Address: Heriot, Otago. Next of Kin: Mrs Clara Rogers, mother. Next of Kin Address: Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Sister Miss Alice Rogers, care of Mrs White, Woodhaugh, Dunedin.

Place of Death: Machavie, Potchefstroom, South Africa. Date of Death: 12 April 1902. Cause of Death: Railway accident.
John Ross
Reg No: 9350. Unit: South Island Regiment - G Squadron. Rank: Sergeant. Contingent: Tenth. Ship: Norfolk. Embarkation: 19 April 1902. Occupation: nurseryman. County/City: Tuapeka. Address: Kelso, Otago. Next of Kin: Mr Alexander Ross, father.
R Simmers
Reg No: 1031. Unit: No 9 Company. Rank: Private. Contingent: Fourth. Ship: Monowai. Embarkation: 20 March 1900. Occupation: farmer. County/City: Clutha. Next of Kin: Mr R Simmers. Next of Kin Address: Waikoikoi, Otago.
Robert Speden
NB: World War One Serial No. 82408 First Known Rank Private Occupation before Enlistment Engine driver Next of Kin Mrs A.J. Speden (wife), Gore, New Zealand Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force Embarkation Unit 43rd Reinforcements, B Company Embarkation Date 2 October 1918 Place of Embarkation Wellington, New Zealand Transport HMNZT 111 Vessel Matatua Destination London, England Nominal Roll Number 90 Page on Nominal Roll 18
J Stewart
No information available to date.
W Stewart
No information available to date.
Robert Bertie Stiven
Reg No: 7957. Unit: South Island Regiment - A Squadron. Rank: Corporal. Contingent: Ninth. Ship: Kent Embarkation: 12 March 1902. Occupation: labourer. County/City: Tuapeka. Address: Tapanui, Otago. Next of Kin: Mr Thomas Stiven, father.
William Thomas Sullivan
Reg No: 1027. Unit: No 9 Company. Rank: Private. Contingent: Fourth. Ship: Monowai. Embarkation: 20 March 1900. Occupation: groom. County/City: Southland. Next of Kin: Mr J A Raynes. Next of Kin Address: Invercargill.
J. Gouk C. Wyse R. Simmers
C. S. Duff J. Ross
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