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• Leslie George Ching

  Leslie George Ching, 1885-1919, is one of the eight Stoke men known to have died in World War One. He is commemorated on the Stoke Memorial Gates[http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/stoke-memorial-gates]. Ching Leslie...

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• Leonard Francis Smith

  Leonard Francis Smith (1882-1917) is one of the eight Stoke men known to have died in World War One. Leonard  was the sixth of nine children of William...

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• Cullensville

  The abandoned town of Cullensville, which sits at the head of the Mahakipawa Valley about two miles inland from the eastern arm of the head of the Te...

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• Wreck of the City of Newcastle

  City of Newcastle was a three-masted barque, 133 feet long and, at the time of her wreck, 39 years old.  A frequent traveller between New South Wales and...

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• Our Anzac losses - the Jackson family

  So many Picton and Sounds families lost loved ones during World War I; four grandsons of  James (Jimmy) and Emma Jackson were killed.   Jimmy Jackson was one of...

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