Kete Christchurch

Topic: Halswell Heroes

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These are the stories of young men with close links to the Halswell area who fought in the First World War.

Staff at Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre, Upper Riccarton, and Spreydon libraries researched the war stories of men who enlisted from the Halswell area.

"Ready either to live or die valiantly" are the words enscribed on the Halswell War memorial. These are the stories not only of the men who died during the war, but those that came home to live, their stories just as valient as the men who never made it home.

Their names were gathered from the Halswell War Memorial, the Roll of Honour Board at the Halswell Hall, and newspaper articles from the time.

• James Archibald
• Arthur John Ware Birdling
• Gerald Edward Birdling
• Donald Monteeth Burnside
• Albert John Bryden
• Walter Charles Bryden
• James Patrick Collins
• Sarsfield Collins
• Patrick Cunningham
• Frank Cupples
• Samuel David Cupples
• Frank Dunnage
• Thomas Henry Ellis
• Leo John Erickson
• George Weir Ferguson
• P. Fever (AKA Claude Reuben Percy Perrett)
• James Richard Godsell
• Douglas James Guiney
• John Alexander Huntly Holmes
• William Graham Holmes
• Leonard Ernest Horton
• Percival Humm
• William Frederick Irving
• Patrick McGough
• Phillip John McTeigue
• Harry Manship
• Colin Miln
• Edward Terence Joseph Moyna
• Herbert Moyna
• Bernard Gabriel Joseph Sarsfield O'Shaughnessy
• Charles Rickerby
• Angus Shaw
• Harry Abram Smith
• Isaac Warren
• Albert Victor Wills

References

• HALSWELL'S HEROES. Press, Volume LII, Issue 15780, 22 December 1916, Page 9
• HALSWELL MEN ENTERTAINED. Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1627, 2 May 1919, Page 2
• HALSWELL SOLDIERS. Sun, Volume III, Issue 895, 22 December 1916, Page 5