The following are the names listed on the Thames High School Memorial Plaque under the heading PRO-PATRIA. these ex-school pupils lost their lives during World War Two.
(Click on available links to Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph database page)
Serial No
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Surname
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Firstname/s
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CLEAVE
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M (Maurice George)
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COBB
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C T (Cyril Thomas)
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CONNORS
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C R (Charles Raymond)
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CROKER
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E E (Eric Eugene)
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DEATH
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D J (Douglas John Haigh)
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FINLAYSON
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W J (William John)
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FISHER
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A V (Arthur Vivian)
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GALLOWAY
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D M (Donald Muir)
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GALLOWAY
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J (John)
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GIBB
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A (Alick)
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GIBSON
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J C (John Cuthbert M)
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HAMMOND
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H S (Howard Sterndale)
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HEAD (MacDONALD)
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A McD J (Angus Joseph)
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HETHERINGTON
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K S (Kenneth Samuel)
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HOLMES
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N R (Norman Robert)
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HOWE
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D H (Dallas Hillman)
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MARSHALL
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J E (John Esmond)
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MARTIN
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E G (Eric Gordon)
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MCENTEER
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T (Terence Muldoon)
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MCLENNAN
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N S (Norman Stirling)
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MCMILLAN
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N A (Norman Archibald)
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MUIR
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G A (Gordon Alexander)
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PERKINS
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N G (Norman Gilbert)
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PHILLIPS
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E J (Eric James)
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PRIEST
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E G (Eric George)
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SANDERSON
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R M (Rex Martyn)
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SULLINGS
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M (Maurice)
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TAYLOR
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S C (Stuart Crouch)
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THOMAS
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R R (Richard Raymond)
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THOMSON
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G A (George Alfred)
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TURNER
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N C (Nelson Cremer)
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WAKELIN
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F E (Frederick Everard)
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WILLIS
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A C (Alexander Collard)
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Above: The Thames High School 1939-1945 WWII Service Abroad Plaque, with the names in red down the centre of the ex-Thames High School students who died in World War Two.
THAMES ROH WWII, who are not included on the above THS Plaque:
ADAMS, Ronald William #23084, KIA 4 July 1942.
ALEXANDER, Percy Martin #28129, Died 22 July 1942.
ARO, Jason Victor #22065, Died 22 May 1941.
BEAVER, Gordon Findlay #NZ402237, Died 27 March 1942.
BRIEN, Patrick Colin #635153, KIA15 April 1945.
BUTT, Charles Henry #NZ401751, Died 4 November 1942.
BUXTON, Norman (Buck) #22489, KIA 29 March 1943.
CHANDLER, John Lincoln #NZ415407, Died 30 June 1943.
COMER, John Oliver #36664, died 20 April 1941, Greece.
COLBECK, Ralph Austin, Died 11 November 1943.
COOK, Robert Colin #62387, Died 24 October 1942.
CRAWFORD-WATSON, Lewis Stanley #NZ42734, Died 4 November 1943.
ELVIN, Robert Victor #104161 Died of Wounds 15 December 1943
GOAD, Graham Henry #14478, Died 26 June 1942.
HADLEY, Ronald Arnold #79511, Died 9 October 1940.
HARDAKER, Clarence Hector #261785, Died 4 June 1944.
HEWSON, Cyril Desmond #1030, Died 11 January 1941.
HEWSON, William Selwyn #9877, Died 12 June 1942.
HUGHES, Gladys, POW Died 31 May 1945.
LANE, William Charles #34225, Died 8 January 1941.
LANNING, Ernest Edward John #25234, Died 24 October 1942.
MAXWELL, James #5/2/109, Died 10 May 1949.
MCCAFFERY, Leo Bernard #30362, Died 15 July 1942.
MCCASKILL, Frederick #65472, Died 6 October 1943.
MCMAHON, Walter Selwyn #479478, Died 10 April 1945.
MERRIMAN, Le Roy #25945, Died 27 May 1941.
MOYLE, William Leonard #439971, Died 11 December 1943.
PHILLIPS, Edward Arthur #22051, Died 25 October 1942.
ROBERTS, Charles Henry #14757, Died 28 November 1941.
ROWE, Ernest Milton #64187, Died 26 March 1943.
SNELGAR, Alfred Charles #24306, Died 25 November 1941.
SOTHAM, Richard John #413737, Died 9 May 1942.
TAUTARI, Graham #62781, Died 20 April 1943.
THORN, Stanley George #81827, Died of Wounds 31 December 1943.
TILSLEY, Leslie Clarence #36020, Died 18 January 1943.
WALKER, Tom Barnard #556550, Died 2 May 1944.
WHITE, Earl Royce John #67255, Died 26 March 1943.
WILTON, Francis James #14831, Died 25 Nov 1941.
*****Photos & Newspaper notices in facebook album at https://goo.gl/Vq3uvn *****
PHOTOS of THAMES WWII ROH (includes those who did not attend Thames High School).
If you know of some names for the Thames WWII ROH, please let me know
Photographs from Sir George Grey Collection at the Auckland City Libraries Heritage Collection and Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database,
ADAMS, Ronald William #23084, KIA 4 July 1942.
ALEXANDER, Percy Martin #28129, Died 22 July 1942.
ARO, Jason Victor #22065, Died 22 May 1941.
BEAVER, Gordon Findlay #NZ402237, Died 27 March 1942.
BRIEN, Patrick Colin #635153, KIA15 April 1945.
BUTT, Charles Henry #NZ401751, Died 4 November 1942.
BUXTON, Norman (Buck) #22489, KIA 29 March 1943.
CHANDLER, John Lincoln #NZ415407, Died 30 June 1943.
COMER, John Oliver #36664, died 20 April 1941, Greece.
COLBECK, Ralph Austin, Died 11 November 1943.
COOK, Robert Colin #62387, Died 24 October 1942.
CRAWFORD-WATSON, Lewis Stanley #NZ42734, Died 4 November 1943.
ELVIN, Robert Victor #104161 Died of Wounds 15 December 1943
GOAD, Graham Henry #14478, Died 26 June 1942.
HADLEY, Ronald Arnold #79511, Died 9 October 1940.
HARDAKER, Clarence Hector #261785, Died 4 June 1944.
HEWSON, Cyril Desmond #1030, Died 11 January 1941.
HEWSON, William Selwyn #9877, Died 12 June 1942.
HUGHES, Gladys, POW Died 31 May 1945.
LANE, William Charles #34225, Died 8 January 1941.
LANNING, Ernest Edward John #25234, Died 24 October 1942.
MAXWELL, James #5/2/109, Died 10 May 1949.
MCCAFFERY, Leo Bernard #30362, Died 15 July 1942.
MCCASKILL, Frederick #65472, Died 6 October 1943.
MCMAHON, Walter Selwyn #479478, Died 10 April 1945.
MERRIMAN, Le Roy #25945, Died 27 May 1941.
MOYLE, William Leonard #439971, Died 11 December 1943.
PHILLIPS, Edward Arthur #22051, Died 25 October 1942.
ROBERTS, Charles Henry #14757, Died 28 November 1941.
ROWE, Ernest Milton #64187, Died 26 March 1943.
SNELGAR, Alfred Charles #24306, Died 25 November 1941.
SOTHAM, Richard John #413737, Died 9 May 1942.
TAUTARI, Graham #62781, Died 20 April 1943.
THORN, Stanley George #81827, Died of Wounds 31 December 1943.
TILSLEY, Leslie Clarence #36020, Died 18 January 1943.
WALKER, Tom Barnard #556550, Died 2 May 1944.
WHITE, Earl Royce John #67255, Died 26 March 1943.
WILTON, Francis James #14831, Died 25 Nov 1941.
*****Photos & Newspaper notices in facebook album at https://goo.gl/Vq3uvn *****
PHOTOS of THAMES WWII ROH (includes those who did not attend Thames High School).
Photographs from Sir George Grey Collection at the Auckland City Libraries Heritage Collection and Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database,
