Several names of those killed during World War II are missing from Tauranga’s war memorials. This page is an attempt to list those Tauranga people who served and lost their lives during the Second World War. The project started in 2014 and is a collaboration between Fiona Kean and Debbie McCauley. To meet the criteria, people need to have lived in Tauranga, enlisted from Tauranga, or already be listed on a local memorial. Source: https://debbiemccauleyauthor.wordpress.com/tauranga-roll-of-honour-...

Tauranga’s World War II Memorial Grove

Tauranga’s Fifteenth Avenue is the site of two rows of totara trees which stand as a memorial to 41 former Tauranga District High School students killed during World War II (1939-1945). They are known as the ‘Memorial Grove.’

1. Bell, William Eric David, 1910-1945
2. Carswell, Geoffrey Hugh Edgar, 1916-1942
3. Carter, Cyril Arthur, 1918-1942
4. Collins, Gilbert Henry, 1918-1941
5. Cullen, Peter Terence, 1916-1942
6. Griffin, Norman, 1923-1945
7. Guinness, Cecil Warren, 1919-1943 POW - train bombed by Allies
8. Gumbley, Arthur Howard, 1916-1941
9. Hall, Derek Stephen, 1920-1943
10. Hamilton, Brian Charles, 1919-1941
11. Harrison, Jack Lionel, 1913-1943 POW - ship torpedoed
12. Heke, Albert, 1920-1944
13. Kempton-Werohia, Blyth, 1921-1942
14. Lloyd, Ernest Reginald, 1918-1945
15. Luke, Samuel John, 1919-1941
16. Marshall, Frank Wilfred, 1919-1943
17. Maxfield, Lawrence Edgecombe, 1911-1941
18. Mayfield, Gerard Edwin Chater, 1904-1944
19. McMaster, William Henry, 1921-1943
20. Milne, Cyril Leslie Reginald, 1917-1942
21. Mitchell, Norman, 1917-1942
22. Morris, Robert Guy, 1919-1943
23. Norris, Frank Sidney, 1922-1944
24. Oden, Oscar Henry, 1923-1944
25. Papps, Kenneth Weston, 1912-1942 POW - ship torpedoed
26. Pillans, Francis Soltau, 1914-1941
27. Riggir, Gordon Vivian, 1921-1945
28. Rimmer, Thomas Blundell, 1913-1945
29. Sharplin, Richard Leslie, 1916-1941
30. Smith, Charles Burrell, 1919-1942
31. Smith, Robert Douglas, 1915-1941
32. Sutherland, Robert James, 1919-1944
33. Tanner, Nolan Henry, 1920-1944
34. Tanner, Thomas Bayly, 1919-1943
35. Tovey, Derrick Hamilton, 1911-1943
36. Tudhope, Archibald Graham McCurdy, 1916-1942
37. Walford, Russell Freeland, 1914-1943
38. Washer, Graeme Wright, 1921-1944
39. Waugh, James Alexander, 1920-1944
40. Wells, Stuart Daniel, 1922-1942
41. Williams, Patu Andy, 1918-1941

Tauranga People Who Died Due to War Service

1. Aorangi, John, c. 1918-1944
2. Baker, Richard Maurice, 1908-1941
3. Bell, William Eric David, 1910-1945
4. Bradmore, Alan Edmund Wilkie, 1909-1943
5. Breward, Noel, 1915-1943
6. Brown, John Rawhiti, c. 1914-1941
7. Budd, Brian Hastings, 1915-1942
8. Carswell, Geoffrey Hugh Edgar, 1916-1942
9. Carter, Cyril Arthur, 1918-1942
10. Chittock, Kenneth Anderson, 1917-1941
11. Collins, Gilbert Henry, 1918-1941
12. Cullen, Peter Terence, 1916-1942
13. Curtis, Leonard James, 1904-1941
14. Elder, Douglas Haig, 1916-1942
15. Flower, William Harvey, 1920-1942
16. Forsyth, Colin Leo Malcolm, 1914-1944
17. Gardiner, George, 1894-1941 Served WWI & WWII
18. Gilmore, Rae, 1923-1944
19. Gilmore, Robert Thomas, 1915-1941
20. Griffin, Norman, 1923-1945
21. Guinness, Cecil Warren, 1919-1943 POW on train bombed by Allies
22. Gumbley, Arthur Howard, 1916-1941
23. Hall, Derek Stephen, 1920-1943
24. Hamilton, Brian Charles, 1919-1941
25. Hampshire, Allan Frederick, 1924-1944
26. Harrison, Jack Lionel, 1913-1943 POW - ship torpedoed
27. Heke, Albert, 1920-1944
28. Heke, Anaru, 1917-1942
29. Heke, James, 1909-1944 Military Medal
30. Heslop, Thomas, 1912-1942
31. Hogan, Francis Allen, 1916-1941
32. Jones, Walter, 1923-1943
33. Kempton-Werohia, Blyth, 1921-1942
34. Kirk, Peter Wensley, 1923-1944
35. Lloyd, Ernest Reginald, 1918-1945
36. Luke, Samuel John, 1919-1941
37. Mansill, Wallace Roy 1920-1945
38. McMaster, William Henry, 1921-1943
39. Marshall, Wilfred Frank, 1919-1943
40. Marshall, John James, 1916-1953 Died as a result of War Service
41. Martin, Ronald Leopold, 1907-1941
42. Martin, Roswell Howard Tourle, c. 1924-1944
43. Maxfield, Lawrence Edgecombe, 1911-1941
44. Mayfield, Gerard Edwin Chater, 1904-1944
45. Milne, Cyril Leslie Reginald, 1917-1942
46. Mitchell, Norman, 1917-1942
47. Morris, Robert Guy, 1919-1943
48. Norris, Frank Sidney, 1922-1944
49. Oden, Oscar Henry, 1923-1944
50. Papps, Kenneth Weston, 1912-1942 POW - ship torpedoed
51. Pillans, Francis Soltau, 1914-1941
52. Riggir, Gordon Vivian, 1921-1945
53. Rimmer, Thomas Blundell, 1913-1945
54. Roseveare, Marshall Thomas, 1916-1941
55. Sargent, Claude James, 1917-1943
56. Sharplin, Richard Leslie, 1916-1941
57. Smith, Charles Burrell, 1919-1942
58. Smith, Robert Douglas, 1915-1941
59. Stephens, Don Henry, 1918-1941
60. Sutherland, Owen Kenneth, 1914-1943
61. Sutherland, Robert James, 1919-1944
62. Tanner, Nolan Henry, 1920-1944
63. Tanner, Thomas Bayly, 1919-1943
64. Tawhiao, Dixon, c. 1917-1944 Brother of Matthew
65. Tawhiao, Matthew c. 1919-1945 Brother of Dixon
66. Thompson, Frederick Walter Crowther, 1917-1942 Brother Rex taken POW on Crete
67. Tovey, Derrick Hamilton, 1911-1943
68. Tudhope, Archibald Graham McCurdy, 1916-1942
69. Tutahi, Hughie Ngarino, c. 1911-1942 Uncle of Bridger Wharepapa
70. Walford, Russell Freeland, 1914-1943
71. Washer, Graeme Wright, 1921-1944
72. Watts, William Arthur, 1903-1943
73. Waugh, James Alexander, 1920-1944
74. Wells, Stuart Daniel, 1922-1942
75. Whareaitu, Rongo, 1919-1942
76. Wharepapa, Thomas Bridger, c. 1918-1943 Nephew of Hughie Ngarino Tutahi
77. Williams, Patu Andy, 1918-1941