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Our earliest European Settlers in New Zealand are the children of Robert Benjamin Reeve (1783-1861) and his wife Lydia Howard (1785-1874). Three of their children sailed from Suffolk, England to New Zealand in search of a better life.
Another early family are James Harris (1782-1853) and his wife Jane Mugridge (1786-1866) when two of their children came of New Zealand (Sophia Harris and Ann Hutchinson).
Their decendants are very inter-related to many of the early settlers of New Zealand and Indigenous Maori families of New Zealand. Many of my extended famiy Served in both WWI and WW2, some did not come back to New Zealand.
ANZAC stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. The soldiers in those forces quickly became known as Anzacs, and the pride they took in that name endures to this day. We remember the sacrifice of the fallen soliders, the wounded and the stollen lives of the young ANZAC soilders on 25th April each year. The red poppy, worn as a mark of respect, has become a symbol of war remembrance the world over. People in many countries wear the poppy to remember those who died in war or are serving in the armed forces. In many countries, the poppy is worn on Armistice Day (11 November), but in New Zealand it is most commonly seen on Anzac Day, 25 April.
ANZAC list is avaliable on https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/search
WWI (28 July 1914-11 November 1918)
61683 - Leonard Le Blanc-Smith (real name: William Leonard Smith) (1900-1981)
26179 - Arnold Edwin Ryan (1890-1917)
24963 - Arthur Lance Tompkins QC (1895-1977)
26/98 - Alfred Ernest Fulcher (1889-1917)
WWII (1 September 1939-2 September 1945)
589019 - Arthur Lance Tompkins QC (1895-1977)
250382 - Donald Victor David McBeth (1921-2009)
4667 - John Allan McBeth (1914-2002)
4978 - David Arthur Roland McBeth (1916-1996)
43939 - Raphael John (1913-1996)
618408 - Harry Christian Jensen (1920-2016)
412817 - Robert Llewellyn Tait (1918-2005)
Jayforce (1945-1948)
817949 - Kenneth Clatworthy McBeth (1928-2013)
Vietnam War (1961-1975)
39805 - Terence David McBeth
William Benjamin Reeve 1810-1907, arrived in NZ via Australia in 1838 as a Whaler based on the Chatham Islands. His sister Mrs Harriett Maria Pickess nee Reeve arrived in 1858 on the SS Oliver Lang with her husband and children. Their families