Courage and Valour: New Zealanders in the Italian Campaign Episode Participants - The People Behind The Voices...

Don Adams Full Name: Sidney Donald Waller Adams Service Number: 244962 Last Rank: Sergeant Born: 7th of August 1920, at Wanganui Died: 29th of January 2018 Unit: No. 8 Platoon, A Company, 21 Battalion, then Carriers, Support Platoon, 21 Battalion Role: Infantry   Don Adams's Episodes: •  The Adriatic       Alan Ambury Full Name: Alan Joseph Ambury Service Number: 73551 Last Rank: 2nd Lieutenant Born: 26th of Sept 1914, at Cambridge Died: 20th of July 2012, at Te Awamutu Unit: 11 Platoon, B Company, 24 Battalion Role: Infantry     Alan Ambury's Episodes: •  Towards Florence     Aubrey Balzer Full Name: Aubrey Huia Balzer Service Number: 275754 Last Rank Lieutenant Born: 30th of December 1920 Died: 10th of March 2013, at Maketu Unit: B Company, 28 (Maori) Battalion Role: Infantry Note: Interview audio kindly supplied by Richard Carstens   Aubrey Balzer's Episodes: •  Cassino Part One •  Trieste And War's End •  Life in the Poor Bloody Infantry     John Bell Full Name: John Bell Service Number: Unknown Last Rank:Unknown Born: 22nd of June 1922 Today: Lives in Tauranga Unit: 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion Role: Machine Gunner Note: Interview audio kindly supplied by Richard Carstens John Bell Episodes: •  Cassino Part One     Charlie Beresford Full Name: Charles Wallace Beresford Service Number: NZ416444 Last Rank Flight Lieutenant Born: 24th of November 1920, at Mount Eden, Auckland Died: 23rd of December 2016, North Shore Hospice, Auckland Unit: No. 104 Squadron RAF, then No. 70 Squadron RAF Role: RNZAF Pilot   Charlie Beresford Episodes:       Fred Blank Full Name: Frederick Herbert Blank Service Number: 373554 Last Rank: Private Born: 15th of June 1919, Auckland Died: 21st of October 2015, at Tirau, aged 96 Unit: 24 Battalion Role: Infantry   Fred Blank Episodes: •  Joining The Army and Training in New Zealand •  Into Italy, Into Battle •  Castel Frentano and Orsogna •  Cassino Part One •  After Cassino     Gordon Briggs Full Name: Gordon Westrook Briggs Service Number: 455835 Last Rank: Private Born: 12 January 1925 at Tahuna, Nelson Died: 20th of July 2019 Unit: 23 Battalion (served in Support Platoon on Carriers, then Headquarters Platoon, D Company, and then Mortar Platoon all within 23 Battalion) Role: Infantry (Driver for CO, then Driver for Mortar Platoon)   Gordon Briggs Episodes: •  Castel Frentano and Orsogna •  Cassino Part One •  Cassino Part Two •  The Adriatic •  Trieste And War's End       Peter Brown Full Name: Evan George Brown Service Number: 29502 Last Rank: Gun Sergeant Born: 24th of April 1918, at Te Awamutu Died: 18th of December 2012, at Te Awamutu, aged 94 Unit: 7th Anti-Tank Regiment Role:Artillery Peter Brown Episodes:     Eric Bullen Full Name: Eric Sherrar Bullen Service Number: 102186 Last Rank: Lance Corporal Born: 21st of December 1921, at Auckland Died: 5th of October 2010, aged 88 Unit: 3rd Auckland Battalion; 6th Hauraki Regiment; then 2nd NZ Divisional Engineers Role: Engineer Note: Interview audio kindly supplied by Richard Carstens Eric Bullen Episodes: •  The Engineers     Alan Bullick Full Name: Alan Francis Bullick Service Number: 446421 Last Rank: Sergeant Born: 6th of August 1922 Died: 16th of March 2018 in Cambridge Unit: 46th Battery, 4th Field Regiment, New Zealand Field Artillery Role:Artillery Alan Bullick Episodes:     Laurence "Bunty" Bunt Full Name: Laurence Harcourt Bunt Service Number: NZ405799 Last Rank: Flying Officer Born: 18th of September 1920, at Oamaru Died: 7th of August 2017 at Maxwell Lifecare Home, Blenheim Unit: Royal New Zealand Air Force Role: Pilot, No. 43 Squadron RAF (Spitfires) Bunty Bunt Episodes:     Alan Burgess Full Name: Alan Burgess Service Number: 81744 Last Rank: Trooper Born: 1st of May 1920, at Sydenham, Christchurch Died: 6th of January 2021, in Christchurch Unit: 20th Armoured Regiment Role: Tank Driver Note: Interview audio kindly supplied by Peter Scott with extra clips from Richard Carstens   Alan Burgess Episodes:       Allan Coleman Full Name: Allan Coleman Service Number: 455223 Last Rank: Trooper Born: 21st of May 1922, at Marton Died: 24th of May 2011 Unit: 20th Armoured Regiment Role: Driver Note: Interview audio kindly supplied by Richard Carstens   Allan Coleman Episodes:       Mona Corlett Full Name: Mona Laura Corlett (nee Shaw) Service Number: 813461 Last Rank: Lieutenant Born: 18th of August 1917, at Auckland Died: 9th of July 2017 at Hamilton, aged 99 Unit: No. 1 General Hospital Role: Nursing Sister Mona Corlett Episodes:     Jack Cummins Full Name: Walter John Cummins Service Number: 435471 Last Rank: Lance Sergeant Born: 3rd of March 1922, at Wellington Died:3rd of July 2017 at Whangaparoa aged 95 Unit: 22 Battalion Role: Infantry   Jack Cummins Episodes: •  Joining The Army and Training in New Zealand •  Into Italy, Into Battle •  Castel Frentano and Orsogna •  Cassino Part One •  Cassino Part Two •  Towards Florence   Eric de Lautour Full Name: Charles Eric de Lautour Service Number: 234312 Last Rank: Temporary Lance Corporal Born: 25th of July 1920, at Opotiki Died: 14th of April 2020, at Tauranga Unit: 25 Battalion, then 18th Armoured Regiment Role: Infantry, then Driver for Armoured Regt Eric de Lautour Episodes:     Haddon Donald Full Name: Haddon Vivian Donald DSO, MC, ED Service Number: Last Rank: Lieutenant Colonel Born: 20th of March 1917, at Masterton Died: 23rd of April 2018, at Masterton aged 101 Unit: C.O. of 22 Battalion Role: Infantry Officer   Haddon Donald's Episodes: •  Trieste And War's End       Ted Edwards Full Name: Edward Francis Edwards Service Number: NZ412303 RAF Service Number: 59653 Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant Born: 11th of Sept 1917, at Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England Died: 20th of January 2014, in Whangarei Unit: No. 18 Squadron, RAF Role: Pilot (Douglas Bostons - Bombers) Ted Edwards's Episodes:     Ray Furness Full Name: Raymond Jack Furness Service Number: 66684 Last Rank: Sergeant Born: 25th of March 1920 Died: 5th of November 2017, at Birkenhead Unit: 26 Battalion Role: Regimental Aid Post Medic   Ray Furness's Episodes:       Galvan Garmonsway Full Name: Galvan Gordon Garmonsway Service Number: 282960 Last Rank: Sergeant Born: 1st of September 1921, at Cambridge Died: 30th of July 2017 Unit: D Company, 24 Battalion Role: Infantry Galvan Garmonsway's Episodes: •  Joining The Army and Training in New Zealand •  Into Italy, Into Battle •  Castel Frentano and Orsogna •  Cassino Part One •  Cassino Part Two   Ted Gatfield Full Name: Robert Edward Gatfield Service Number: 455595 Last Rank: Corporal Born: 29th of June 1923, at Mount Eden Died:15th of December 2020 Unit: 27 Mechanical Equipment Company, Headquarters, New Zealand Engineers Role: Electrical Engineer   Ted Gatfield Episodes: •  The Engineers   Charles Gibbs DFC, mid (2) Full Name: Charles Melvin Gibbs Service Number: NZ412678 Last Rank: Air Vice Marshal Born: 11th of June 1921, at Wellington Died: 3rd of October 2018, in Taupo Unit: No. 267 Squadron, RAF, No. 14 Squadron RAF Role: Pilot (Dakotas and Hudsons - Special Ops; then Marauders - Reconnaissance) Charles Gibbs Episodes:     George Gould DFC Full Name: George Roland Gould Service Number: NZ414612 Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant Born: 25th of June 1922, at Rotherham Died: 15th of March 2020 Unit: No. 241 Squadron RAF Role: Pilot (Spitfires - Army Co-op)             George Gould Episodes     Pat Green Full Name: Patrick Ronald Green Service Number: 65658 Last Rank: Sergeant Born: 31st of October 1917, at Frankton, Hamilton Died: 16th of January 2020, in Hamilton Unit: D Company, 24 (Infantry) Battalion, then Mortar Platoon, 24 Battalion Role: Infantry, then mortar range taker and mortar man Pat Green Episodes: •  Joining The Army and Training in New Zealand •  Into Italy, Into Battle •  Castel Frentano and Orsogna •  Cassino Part One •  Cassino Part Two •  After Cassino •  Trieste And War's End •  Life in the Poor Bloody Infantry •  The Engineers   Norm Harris Full Name: Norman Charles Harris Service Number: 264881 Last Rank: Sergeant Born: 18 April 1918, in Gloucestershire, UK (grew up at Horsham Downs, Waikato) Died: 18th of March 2011, at Te Awamutu Unit: 18 Platoon, D Company, 24 Battalion Role: Infantry Norm Harris Episodes: •  Joining The Army and Training in New Zealand •  Into Italy, Into Battle •  Castel Frentano and Orsogna •  Cassino Part One •  Cassino Part Two •  Towards Florence •  The Adriatic •  Trieste And War's End •  Life in the Poor Bloody Infantry   Maurie Hodgson Full Name: Maurice Frank Hodgson Service Number: 284728 Last Rank: Lance Corporal Born: 15th of December 1921, at Ashburton Died: 17th of November 2013 Unit: 26 Battalion Role: Infantry, then POW Maurie Hodgson Episodes: •  Castel Frentano and Orsogna   Clem Hollies Full Name: Clem Wharton Hollies Service Number: 14435 Last Rank: Lieutenant Born: 9th of September 1919 at Ipswich, Brisbane, Australia Died: 28th of September 2018, at Ellerslie Lifecare Unit: 18 Platoon, D Company, 21 Battalion Role: Infantry Clem Hollies Episodes: •  Cassino Part Two •  After Cassino •  Towards Florence     Bluey Homewood Full Name: Edward Cecil Homewood Service Number: 433387 Last Rank: 2nd Lieutenant Born: 31st of July 1921, at Point Chevalier Died: 2nd of September 2011, at Whangarei Unit: 16 Platoon, D Company, 21 Battalion Role: Infantry Bluey Homewood Episodes: •  Joining The Army and Training in New Zealand •  Into Italy, Into Battle •  Castel Frentano and Orsogna •  Cassino Part One •  Cassino Part Two •  Towards Florence •  The Adriatic •  Trieste And War's End •  Life in the Poor Bloody Infantry   Charlie Honeycombe Full Name: Charles Honeycombe Service Number: 262379 Last Rank: 2nd Lieutenant Born: 23rd of May 1921, at Whakatane Died: 31st of May 2019, in Rotorua Unit: 24 Battalion 18 Platoon, D Company, 21 Battalion 20th Armoured Regiment Role: Infantry, then Armoured Regt _ Charlie Honeycombe Episodes: •  Cassino Part One •  Cassino Part Two •  The Adriatic •  Life in the Poor Bloody Infantry   Harry Hopping Full Name: Harold Noel Hopping Service Number: 442044 Last Rank: Sergeant Born: 22nd of May 1922, in Te Awamutu Died: 29th of April 2015, aged 92 Unit: 11 Platoon, B Company, 24 Battalion Role: Infantry Harry Hopping Episodes: •  Joining The Army and Training in New Zealand •  Into Italy, Into Battle •  Castel Frentano and Orsogna •  Cassino Part One •  Cassino Part Two •  After Cassino •  Towards Florence •  The Adriatic •  Life in the Poor Bloody Infantry   Brynn Hughes Full Name: Richard Brynn Hughes Service Number: 446991 Last Rank: Temporary Corporal Born: 14 May 1922, at Woodville Died: 23rd of December 2016 at Oakdale, Cambridge Unit: 2 Section, 2nd Platoon, 22 Battalion Role: Infantry Brynn Hughes Episodes: •  Joining The Army and Training in New Zealand •  Towards Florence •  The Adriatic   Ian Johnston Full Name: Ian Thomas Young Johnston Service Number: 23304 Last Rank: Captain Born: 25th of April 1912 Died: 11th of September 2010, at Hamilton Unit: 4th New Zealand Field Regiment, NZFA 35th New Zealand Field Regiment, NZFA Role: Artillery Officer Ian Johnston Episodes:   Morris Johnstone Full Name: Service Number: Last Rank: Born: Today: Lives in Unit: 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion Role: Intelligence Note: Interview audio kindly supplied by Richard Carstens       Morris Johnstone Episodes: •  Trieste And War's End     Ted Lees Full Name: Daniel Edward Lees Service Number: 82204 Last Rank: Staff Sergeant Born: at Clevedon, 2nd of March 1923 Died: 12th of November 2013 Unit: 19th Armoured Battalion Role: Engineer Note: Interview audio kindly supplied by Richard Carstens Ted Lees Episodes: •  The Engineers   Tom McClennan Full Name: Thomas Graham McClennan Service Number: 437011 Last Rank: Corporal Born: 27th of Jan 1922, at Cambridge Died: 17th of Jan 2014, at Kerikeri, aged 91 Unit: 3 Section. No. 1 Platoon, 7th Field Company, Royal New Zealand Engineers Role: Bridge-building Engineer Tom McClennan Episodes: •  Joining The Army and Training in New Zealand •  Cassino Part Two •  The Engineers   Norrie Miller Full Name: Norris Barnett Miller Service Number: Last Rank: Corporal Born: 27th of October 1919, in Wellington Died: 10th of September 2012, aged 92 Unit: Platoon, Company, 22 Battalion Role: Infantry Note: Interview audio kindly supplied by Richard Carstens       Norrie Miller Episodes:       Ray Moncur Full Name: Raymond Thomas Moncur Service Number: 47172 Last Rank: Sergeant Born: 7th of June 1919, at Auckland Died:28th of August 2021, in Cambridge Unit: Divisional Signals Role: K Section, Div Sigs Platoon Sergeant       Ray Moncur Episodes: •  Cassino Part Two     Colin Murray Full Name: Colin Andrew Murray Service Number: 434895 Last Rank: 2nd Lieutenant Born: 5th of February 1922, at Hamilton Died: 8th of February 2022 Unit: 17 Platoon, D Company, 24 Battalion; then 18 Platoon, D Company, 24 Battalion Role: Infantry Colin Murray Episodes: •  Joining The Army and Training in New Zealand •  Into Italy, Into Battle •  Castel Frentano and Orsogna •  Cassino Part One •  Cassino Part Two •  After Cassino •  Towards Florence •  Life in the Poor Bloody Infantry   Bernie Neilson Full Name: Bernard Albert Neilson Service Number: 085706 Last Rank: 2nd Lieutenant Born: 10th of June 1921, at Timaru Died: 12th of September 2013, at Hamilton Unit: 4th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery   Bernie Neilson Episodes:     Ned Nolan Full Name: Edmund Charles Nolan Service Number: 618244 Last Rank: Sergeant Born: 12th of November 1923 Died 30th of December 2018 Unit: 22 Battalion Role: Intelligence Note: Interview audio kindly supplied by Richard Carstens     Ned Nolan Episodes: •  The Adriatic     Arthur Oakes Full Name: Arthur Joseph Oakes Service Number: 15058 Last Rank: Private Born: 15 May 1915, in England Died: 1st of January 2014, aged 98, at Christchurch Unit: 26 Battalion Role: Infantry Arthur Oakes Episodes     Bob O'Brien MC Full Name: William Robert O'Brien Service Number: 623985 Last Rank: Lieutenant Born: 14 February 1922, at Auckland Died: 29th of July 2011, at Hamilton Unit: Anti-Tank Section, 24 Battalion Role: Infantry (Anti-Tank) Bob O'Brien Episodes •  Joining The Army and Training in New Zealand •  Into Italy, Into Battle •  Castel Frentano and Orsogna •  Cassino Part One •  Cassino Part Two •  Life in the Poor Bloody Infantry   Naomi Olliver Full Name: Naomi Olliver Service Number: 816540 Last Rank: Lieutenant Born: 28th of June 1920 Died: 21st of February 2017, aged 96 Unit: Role:Volunteer Aid Detachment Note: Interview audio kindly supplied by Richard Carstens Naomi Olliver Episodes:     Ev Otto Full Name: Everard Otto Service Number: Last Rank: Born: 20th of February 1920, at Waiuku Died: 21st of April 2020 Unit: New Zealand Army Service Corps Role: Driver Note: Interview audio kindly supplied by Richard Carstens Ev Otto Episodes:     Te Puhi Patara Full Name: Te Puhi Patara Service Number: 811621 Last Rank: Private Born: 26th of January 1924, at Makatu Died: 14th of November 2915, at Rotorua Unit: 11 Platoon, B Company, 28 (Maori) Battalion (12th Reinforcements) Role: Infantry Te Puhi Patara Episodes: •  The Adriatic •  Trieste And War's End •  Life in the Poor Bloody Infantry   Ron Potter Full Name: Joseph Ronald Potter Service Number: NZ413119 Last Rank: Wing Commander Born: 28th of February 1922, at Ohura Died: 23rd of September 2013, in Whangarei Unit: No. 267 Squadron RAF Role: Pilot (Dakotas - Special Ops)   Ron Potter Episodes:     Buck Pound Full Name: Wilfred Leopold Pound Service Number: NZ427559 Last Rank: Born: 2nd of October 1922 Died: 27th of January 2021 Unit: No. 104 Squadron RAF (Foggia) Role: Pilot (Wellingtons, Mosquitoes)   Buck Pound Episodes:     Morris Pratt Full Name: Morris George Pratt Service Number: 264008 Last Rank: Sapper Born: 11th of October 1921 Died: 13th of April 2019, at Christchurch Unit: 6th Field Company, New Zealand Engineers Role: Sapper Note: Interview audio kindly supplied by Richard Carstens Morris Pratt Episodes: •  Cassino Part One     Fred Preece Full Name: Alfred Preece Also Known As: Bunty Service Number: 807292 Last Rank: Lieutenant Born: 1921, in the Chatham Islands Died: 1 March 2018, in the Chatham Islands Unit: 18 Platoon, D Company, 28 (Maori) Battalion Role: Infantry Note: Interview audio kindly supplied by Richard Carstens       Fred Preece Episodes: •  The Adriatic     Nolan Raihania Full Name: Nolan Tariho 'Noel' Raihania Service Number: 817699 Last Rank: Private Born: 16th of November 1926, at Muriwai, Gisborne Died: 22nd of October 2016 Unit: C Company, 28 (Maori) Battalion Role: Infantry Nolan Raihania Episodes: •  The Adriatic   Jack Robinson Full Name: John Richard Robinson aka 'Robbie' in the Army Service Number: 61818 Last Rank: Lance Sergeant Born: 12th of February 1918, at Takapau, Hawkes Bay Died: 8th of December 2015, in Hamilton Unit: Anti-Tank Regiment, then 4th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery Role: Signals in Artillery Battery   Jack Robinson Episodes:     Bob Sanders Full Name: Robert Sanders Service Number: 457545 Last Rank: Signaller Born: 15th of May 1922, at Ngaruawhahia Died: 25th of May 2015, in Christchurch Unit: Signals Platoon, Headquarters Company, 23 Battalion Role: Infantry (Signals), then POW   Bob Sanders Episodes: •  Cassino Part Two     Neil Scott Full Name: Robert Neil Scott Service Number: 274518 Last Rank: Private Born: 1st of September 1921 Died: 16th of July 2011 at Hastings Unit: 6th Field Ambulance Role: Medic Neil Scott Episodes: •  Joining The Army and Training in New Zealand   Bob Scott Full Name: Robert Warren Scott Service Number: 1/12/1088 (in Auckland East Coast Regt), then 616333 (Mounted Rifles) Last Rank: Lance Corporal Born: 28th of May 1923, at Tauranga Died: 27th of March 2016 in Tauranga, aged 92 Unit: New Zealand Divisional Cavalry Role: Radio Operator-Gunner Bob Scott Episodes:     Nan Simcox Full Name: Nancy Simcox Service Number: 435471 Last Rank: Lieutenant Born: 20th of February 1913, at Hamilton Died: 19th of August 2014, at Otaki Unit: New Zealand Army Nursing Corps Role: Sister Note: Interview audio kindly supplied by Richard Carstens Nan Simcox Episodes:     Harry Shirley Full Name: John Henry Shirley Service Number: 458628 Last Rank: Lance Corporal Born: 1st of August 1923, Opunake Died: 9th of October 2018, Auckland Unit: 21 Battalion Role: Infantry   Harry Shirley Episodes: •  The Adriatic •  Trieste And War's End   Stan Wall Full Name: Stanley Cecil Wall Service Number: 41634 Last Rank: Born: 7th of April 1919 Died: 19th of October 2014, at Wanganui, aged 95 Unit: 6th Field Company, Engineers Role: Sapper Note: This interview recording was kindly supplied by Richard Carstens Stan Wall Episodes: •  The Engineers       Raburn Wallace Full Name: Raburn Robert Wallace Known as: Ray (in the Army) Service Number: 443711 Last Rank: Corporal Born: 21st of January 1923, at Newcastle, England (grew up Mount Eden and Grafton, Auckland) Died: 4th of March 2019, Waikato Hospital (Lived in Cambridge) Unit: Infantry at Papakura, then Medical Corps Role: Orderley   Raburn Wallace Episodes:       Ted Waters Full Name: James Edward Leslie Waters Service Number: 440581 Last Rank: Private Born: 20th of January 1923, at Kaiwaka Died: 20th June 2016 at Auckland Unit: Signals Platoon, 21 Battalion Role: Infantry   Ted Waters Episodes: •  The Adriatic •  Trieste And War's End •  Life in the Poor Bloody Infantry   Jim Watson Full Name: James Walter Watson Service Number: 446608 Last Rank: Trooper Born: 16th of December 1922, at Warkworth Died: 26th of November 2019 Unit: 18th Armoured Regiment Role: Gunner (Sherman Tank) Jim Watson Episodes: •      Jim White Full Name: James White Service Number: 442491 Last Rank: Born: 16th of February 1923, at Helensville Died: 15th of April 2015, in Tauranga Unit: Reconnaissance and 10 Troop, 19th Armoured Regiment Role: Note: Interview audio kindly supplied by Richard Carstens   Jim White Episodes:     Keith Williamson Full Name: Keith Allister Williamson Service Number: Nil Last Rank: Lieutenant Born: 30th of May 1920, at Dunedin Today: Lives in Christchurch Unit: Royal New Zealand Navy: serving on Royal Navy Landing Craft LCI (L) 302 at Sicily and Italy Role: 2nd in Command of Landing Craft Note: Interview audio kindly supplied by Peter Scott Keith Williamson Episodes:

Some of our Interviewees in Later Life

Seated, Left to Right: The late Norman Harris (24 Battalion); Colin Murray (24 Battalion), Standing, Left to Right: the late Peter Brown (New Zealand Field Artillery), and the late Bob O'Brien (24 Battalion) at the Te Awamutu Returned Services Association Clubrooms, 20th of April 2010

Left to Right: Colin Murray, Harry Hopping, Galvan Garmonsway, the late Norman Harris and Fred Blank (all from 24 Battalion) at the Te Awamutu Returned Services Association Clubrooms, 25th of May 2010

The late Ted "Bluey" Homewood (21 Battalion) at the Falls, Whangarei, 6 June 2010

Charlie Honeycombe (24 Battalion, 21 Battalion, New Zealand Armoured Corps), at his Rotorua home, 14th of July 2010

The late Maurice Hodgson at the Papanui RSA, wearing the German hat he picked up as a POW in Germany

Pat Green at his Hamilton home in March 2014. Pat joined 24 Battalion in 1941. He saw action as an infantryman in North Africa and was wounded at El Alamein, before recuperating and heading to Italy newly retrained as 24 Battalion's Mortar Platoon Range Taker.

Wilfred "Buck" Pound at an ANZAC Day in Thames in recent years. Photo kindly supplied by Buck Pound

Jim White (Left) of the 19th Armoured Brigade with two other veterans of the same unit at their memorial in Christchurch. Kindly supplied, via Richard Carstens

The late Neil Scott of the 6th Field Ambulance at the Ataturk Memorial, Wellington, on ANZAC Day, the 25th of April 2010. Photo taken by Neil's son Stephen Scott, and kindly supplied by his other son Bruce Scott

Lieutenant Clem Hollies of 21 Battalion, at his home in St Heliers Bay, Auckland

Ted Gatfield of the Engineers, at his home on Henderson, Auckland

Keith Williamson at his home in Christchurch in January 2014 (photo kindly supplied by Peter Scott)

George Gould DFC at home in Christchurch (photo kindly supplied by Peter Scott)

Alan Bullick (NZ Artillery) seated left, with his brothers Douglas Bullick, centre, and Jack Bullick, on the right. (Photo kindly supplied by Brendon Bullick, son of Douglas)

Ray Moncur, who was a Platoon Sergeant with the Divisional Signals platoon

Gordon Briggs (A Jeep Driver with 23 Battalion) of Putaruru

Jack Robinson of Hamilton, aged 96 here, was a Lance-Sergeant signaller in the 4th Field Artillery and served in North Africa, the Middle East and Italy

Raburn Wallace of Cambridge worked in medical units in Italy with the 2nd NZ Division

Eric de Lautour, who served with 25 (Infantry) Battalion in North Africa, and then became a Signals Driver with 18th Armoured Regiment

Bob Scott, who served with the New Zealand Divisional Cavalry

Jim Watson, who served as a Sherman Tank Gunner in the 18th Armoured Regt, (photographed 25th of February 2016 by Dave Homewood)