Tauranga waterfront's Field of Remembrance to fallen soldiers grows daily. Photo / File
Tauranga waterfront's Field of Remembrance to fallen soldiers grows daily. Photo / File
Eleven more fallen soldiers will be honoured with white crosses installed in Tauranga waterfront's Field of Remembrance this weekend.
Gunner George Davis. Photo/ Tauranga City Council
Today, crosses will be erected for Gunner George Davis, Private Kawenata Kemp and Private Harry Kirk.
Gunner Davis enlisted with the NZ Field Artillery's 16th Reinforcements on April 5, 1916, and was killed in action in Belgium on January 3, 1918, aged 25.
Private Kemp, a member of the Maori Pioneer Battalion, enlisted from Matakana Island on May 27, 1916. He died from an illness on January 28, 1918, in Okawea.
Private Kirk, a member of the 30th Reinforcements of the Auckland Infantry Regiment, died aged 28 from an illness in a military hospital in England on February 24, 1918.
Private Harry Kirk. Photo / Tauranga City Council
Tomorrow, crosses for eight more servicemen will be added.
Rifleman Robert Baikie. Photo / Tauranga City Council
Rifleman Robert Sherer Baikie, a member of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade, was killed in action in France on March 1918. He was 22.
Lance Corporal George Reeve Bettelheim, a member of the Auckland Mounted Rifles, fought at Gallipoli.
He died of an illness at age 29 in Tauranga on April 26, 1918.
Lance Corporal George Bettelheim Photo/Supplied
Private John Ellison, known as Jack, enlisted with the 1st Battalion of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force on October 3, 1916. He was killed in action in France between March 26 and 27 in 1918 at age 35.
Private John Ellison. Photo / Tauranga City Council
Private John Gilmore Fenton, an Auckland Infantry Regiment member, was killed in action in France on March 27, 1918.
Private John Gilmore Fenton. Photo / Tauranga City Council
Private John Leslie Hartland, who enlisted with the Auckland Infantry Rifles' 2nd Battalion on March 3, 1917, died of his wounds in France on March 31, 1918. He was 28.
Private John Leslie Hartland. Photo / Tauranga City Council
Rifleman William White McLaren, with the 2nd Battalion of the NZ Rifle Brigade, was 25 when he was killed in action on April 5, 1918.
Rifleman William White McLaren. Photo / Tauranga City Council
Mark W Rowe, a Corporal in the Canterbury Infantry Battalion, was killed in action in France on March 27, 1918. He was 24.
Corporal Mark Rowe. Photo / Tauranga City Council
Private Eric Walker, who enlisted with the Auckland Infantry Regiment on September 26, 1918, was killed in action in France on March 30, 1918, aged 21.
Private Eric Walker. Photo / Tauranga City Council
By Armistice Day on November 11, 109 crosses will have been erected at the waterfront as part of the city's commemorations to mark 100 years since the end of World War I.
