Three more white crosses to honour fallen soldiers from World War I have been added to the Tauranga waterfront Field of Remembrance. Photo/Tauranga City Council
Three more white crosses to honour fallen soldiers from World War I have been added to the Tauranga waterfront Field of Remembrance. Photo/Tauranga City Council
Three more fallen soldiers have been honoured with white crosses in Tauranga's waterfront Field of Remembrance.
Todaywhite crosses bearing the names of Charlie Wood Rakauhemo, George Fisher Stephenson and Guy Clark Wilson were added.
Private Charlie Wood Rakauhemo was killed in action on July 8, 1917 in France. Photo/Tauranga City Council
Private Rakauhemo was a farmer who enlisted in the Maori Pioneer Battalion from Tauranga on November12, 1914. He was killed in action in France on July 8, 1917, aged 24.
Lance Corporal George Fisher Stephenson was killed in action in Belgium on July 26, 1917. Photo/Tauranga City Council.
Lance Corporal Stephenson, a schoolteacher at Mount Maunganui Primary, enlisted with the 1st Battalion of the Auckland Infantry Regiment on October 27, 2014.
He was killed in action in Belgium on July 26, 1917. He was 26.
Rifleman Wilson, a farmer from Ōhauiti, enlisted with the 2nd Battalion of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade on July 13, 1917.
Killed in action in France on August 6, 1918, Rifleman Wilson was 29.
Rifleman Guy Clark Wilson killed in action on August 6, 1918 in France. Photo/Tauranga City Council
By Armistice Day on November 11, 109 crosses will have been erected at the waterfront as part of the commemorations around the city to mark 100 years since the end of World War I.
