Waitaki Boys’ High School service personnel
Hall of Memories, Waitaki Boys’ High School, Oamaru, photographed by Laurence Aberhart, 22 May 2015. Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira PH-2023-3.
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This list brings together Online Cenotaph records of individuals connected to Waitaki Boys’ High School who served in New Zealand’s armed forces. Its scope spans multiple conflicts, reflecting the long history of service associated with the school and those commemorated in the Hall of Memories, Oamaru.
The list is based on available information recorded in Online Cenotaph, including school affiliations, biographical notes, and contributed material. Coverage is evolving and may not yet be complete.
Please contact the Online Cenotaph team if you are aware of Waitaki Boys’ High School Old Boys not yet represented.
Further sources
- Edmond, Martin. Waitaki Boys' Hall of Memories. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. Updated: 1 April 2026.
- McDonald, K. C. (1958). A history of Waitaki Boys’ High School, 1883-1958. Christchurch [N.Z.] : Whitcombe and Tombs.
Results
| Photo | Force | Wars | Service # | |
| C98 |  | Aitken | John Alexander | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 12133 | | |
| C17113 |  | Aitkenhead | Andrew | Army | South African War, 1899-1902 | 36103 | | |
| 135476 |  | Algie | Afton Robert | Army | World War II, 1939-1945, Jayforce, 1945-1948 | 61310 | | |
| 88190 |  | Andrew | Michael Arthur | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 2410 | | |
| C36200 |  | Ardagh | Patrick Augustine | Army | World War I, 1914-1918, World War II, 1939-1945 | 3/2859, 31821 | | |
| 296470 |  | Bailey | Gerald Deighton | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | | | |
| C17411 |  | Bailey | Irwin Fowlds | Air Force | World War II, 1939-1945 | NZ412785, 412785 | | |
| C588 |  | Bain | Maxwell Stewart | Army | South African War, 1899-1902, World War I, 1914-1918 | 9370, 7/600 | | |
| C698 |  | Barclay | Clifford Clapcott | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 6/404 | | |
| 296476 |  | Barker | Richard Ernest | Army | World War I, 1914-1918, World War II, 1939-1945 | | | |
| C20628 |  | Barron | James Fraser | Air Force | World War II, 1939-1945 | NZ401749, 401749, 401749 | | |
| C822 |  | Bartrum | Cyril Frederick | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 24/40 | | |
| C20702 |  | Beattie | James Frederick | Navy | World War II, 1939-1945 | NZ5806 | | |
| 83674 |  | Beauchamp | Leslie Heron | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | | | |
| C62207 |  | Benham | Philip Blaxland | Army | World War I, 1914-1918, World War II, 1939-1945 | 3/1122, 805393 | | |
| C20775 |  | Benson | Herbert James | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 63718 | | |
| 88203 |  | Beswick | Collier Cunningham | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 1125 | | |
| C38580 |  | Biss | John Albert | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 3/738 | | |
| C20847 |  | Blackie | Walter John | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 439556 | | |
| C1274 |  | Blakeney | Cyril | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 7/1568 | | |
| C1282 |  | Bland | Herbert | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 11/662 | | |
| C17798 |  | Blatch | Alfred Frederick | Air Force | World War II, 1939-1945 | NZ40185, 40185 | | |
| C129391 |  | Blundell | Edward Denis | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 4038 | | |
| 294023 |  | Blundell | P. W. | Air Force | World War II, 1939-1945 | | | |
| C17815 |  | Bollard | Harold Francis | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 5/2300 | | |
| C17544 |  | Booth | Harold Joseph | Army | South African War, 1899-1902 | 116 | | |
| C101916 |  | Borrie | David | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 63284 | | |
| C20917 |  | Bottle | Henry Ross | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 177567 | | |
| C20927 |  | Bowker | Thomas Layton | Air Force | World War II, 1939-1945 | NZ405366, 405366 | | |
| 122996 |  | Brain | Cornelius John D'Arcy | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 43206 | | |
| C20970 |  | Brain | William Walter D'Arcy | Air Force | World War II, 1939-1945 | NZ42365, 42365 | | |
| 123017 |  | Bridge | Keith Buchanan | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 42289 | | |
| C1726 |  | Brown | Donald Forrester | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 8/3504 | | |
| C1765 |  | Brown | James Douglas | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 12/948 | | |
| 89313 |  | Brown | John Godwin | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 63228 | | |
| 155110 |  | Brown | William Ian | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 42185 | | |
| C1804 |  | Brown | William James Lawrie | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 23511 | | |
| 193571 |  | Brown | William Thomson | Air Force | World War II, 1939-1945 | NZ415405 | | |
| C21350 |  | Bryant | Newton Noel | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 5435 | | |
| C1926 |  | Bunting | Wilfrid Jack | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 8/16 | | |
| C35962 |  | Burns | Archibald Gower | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 6/423 | | |
| C39570 |  | Burns | Kenneth Bickerton | Army | World War I, 1914-1918, World War II, 1939-1945 | 6/2960, 3/40/13 | | |
| C1990 |  | Burns | Thomas Leslie | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 6/19 | | |
| C131809 |  | Burrows | Ian Hamilton | Army | Regular Military Service, Malayan Emergency, 1948-1960, Indonesian Confrontation 1962-1966, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Borneo Confrontation, 1963-1966, South East Asia, 1959-1974 | 34196, 34196 | | |
| C33581 |  | Burrows | James Thomas | Army | Territorial Military Service, World War II, 1939-1945, Korean War, 1950-1953 | 7146, 30464 | | |
| 296475 |  | Cable | M. R. | Air Force | World War II, 1939-1945 | | | |
| C133719 |  | Cairns | Kenneth James | Navy | World War II, 1939-1945 | NZ4814 | | |
| C21675 |  | Callender | Douglas Gordon | Air Force | World War II, 1939-1945 | NZ401721, 401721 | | |
| C36222 |  | Cameron | Frederick | Army | World War I, 1914-1918, World War II, 1939-1945 | 13/648a | | |
| C21924 |  | Carlson | James Alexander | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 19444 | | |
| 130436 |  | Carruthers | Alex Lindsay | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 233124 | | |
| C21941 |  | Carson | George Alexander | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 13038 | | |
| C2375 |  | Carter | David Roger | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 7/827 | | |
| 183557 |  | Chapman | George Martin | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | | | |
| C40272 |  | Charters | Robert Gordon | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 9/1212 | | |
| C27983 |  | Chilton | Frank | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | | | |
| C71525 |  | Chisholm | Dudley Sedman | Army | World War I, 1914-1918, World War II, 1939-1945 | 13842, 806858 | | |
| 296471 |  | Chisholm | Frederick Russell | Air Force | World War II, 1939-1945 | | | |
| 178524 |  | Christie | Harry Kenrick | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 31381 | | |
| C40366 |  | Church | Robert Allen | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 3/302 | | |
| 179194 |  | Clarke | William Paul Nevill | Air Force | World War II, 1939-1945 | NZ415292, 415292 | | |
| 296477 |  | Claydon | Arthur George | | World War II, 1939-1945 | NZ412046, 131603 | | |
| C22437 |  | Cooke | Kenneth | Navy | World War II, 1939-1945 | NZD1798, 1798 | | |
| C22457 |  | Cooper | Douglas Isbister | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 13262 | | |
| 123365 |  | Corrigall | Francis John | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 61283 | | |
| C22517 |  | Corson | Charles Stuart | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 465497 | | |
| 194327 |  | Cossens | Edward Thomas | Air Force | World War II, 1939-1945 | 421683 | | |
| C22546 |  | Couper | Neil Banks | Air Force | World War II, 1939-1945 | NZ428783, 428783 | | |
| C100245 |  | Cray | Donald | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 55585 | | |
| C41311 |  | Creagh | Terence Esmond | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 8/2797 | | |
| 183357 |  | Croft | Eric | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | | | |
| C3515 |  | Cuff | Jeremiah Nugent | Army | Regular Military Service, World War I, 1914-1918 | 9/264 | | |
| C3552 |  | Cunningham | James Thomas Chalmers | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 9/689 | | |
| C22721 |  | Cunningham | John Percival | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 10231 | | |
| C3556 |  | Cunningham | Patrick | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 28988 | | |
| C41582 |  | Dailey | George Carlisle | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 7/36 | | |
| 289115 |  | Davidson | Jack | Air Force | World War II, 1939-1945 | NZ411383, 411383 | | |
| C23131 |  | De Costa | Ralph Granville | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 20503 | | |
| C41921 |  | De Lautour | Arthur George | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 13/791 | | |
| C123440 |  | De Lautour | Cecil Andrew | Army | South African War, 1899-1902, World War I, 1914-1918 | 1622, 5845, 465 | | |
| C123441 |  | De Lautour | Edgar Frederick | Army | South African War, 1899-1902, World War I, 1914-1918 | 5912, 82 | | |
| C23177 |  | Dent | Bruce Ingham | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 285658 | | |
| C33819 |  | Dick | Robert Douglas | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 250429 | | |
| C23234 |  | Dinnie | Alastair Easson | Air Force | World War II, 1939-1945 | NZ411384, 411384 | | |
| C23264 |  | Dodds | William John | Air Force | World War II, 1939-1945 | NZ403570, 403570 | | |
| C4046 |  | Don | George Marshall | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 57317 | | |
| C67250 |  | Donaldson | Matthew | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 4/2072 | | |
| C4104 |  | Douglas | Allan Ritchie | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 30110 | | |
| C23313 |  | Douglas | Lennox | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 31818 | | |
| C42261 |  | Douglass | Robert Deane | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 9/1282 | | |
| C115809 |  | Drewitt | Herbert Frank Stacey | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | | | |
| 81651 |  | Duke | Charles Robert | Army | World War I, 1914-1918, World War II, 1939-1945, Territorial Military Service | 963, 819353 | | |
| C4237 |  | Dumbleton | Ronald | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 8/2901 | | |
| C4325 |  | Duthie | Robert Leiper Martin | Army | Territorial Military Service, World War I, 1914-1918 | 8/162 | | |
| C70066 |  | Earl | Frederick James Reid | Army | World War I, 1914-1918, World War II, 1939-1945 | 13387, 2/20a/1 | | |
| 181931 |  | Easton | James | Air Force | World War II, 1939-1945 | NZ4310928 | | |
| C23622 |  | Eckhold | Morris Charles | Air Force | World War II, 1939-1945 | NZ392026, 392026 | | |
| C87897 |  | Edie | Edward Kerr | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 3/2897 | | |
| C23397 |  | Edwards | Alfred James | Army | World War II, 1939-1945 | 20979 | | |
| 208369 |  | Edwards | Edward | Army | World War I, 1914-1918 | 57854 | | |