Cenotaph Stories

  • Barbara Alp shares fond memories of her father Captain James Herbert Golding Alp (30991) who served in the Infantry Brigade during the Second World War and returned to work at the Serjeant Art Gallery.

  • Over the thirteen years of the Vietnam War, 41 Squadron RNZAF made 1,979 landings into the conflict. Scotty Wingfield's research helps Airmen to receive their Vietnam Medals and Vietnam Veteran status.

  • Our volunteer Heather, writes about a Menagerie of Mascots who fought alongside their friends and masters throughout the First and Second World Wars.

  • Their Club Motto is "Gold for the value of life. Fish for the Sea," they joined by ditching an aircraft into a body of water. These are the stories of the Goldfish Club.

  • Amazingly the only known photograph of Cook Island soldier Private Tuakeo Terongo had re-emerged almost 100 years after his death.

  • Throughout 2019, the Online Cenotaph team has been busy working on numerous projects to update and enhance Online Cenotaph records. Here we shared some of our highlights and accomplishments of 2019.

  • Collection Technician Sophie Coombe sat down with retired veteran Bret Bestic to talk about his experiences during the Vietnam War.

  • Collection Technician Madison Pine interviews Angela Ruxton Caughey, who was contacted through Online Cenotaph by a member of the public helping her family to locate her brother's grave site.

  • Libby Passau shares her memories of her grandfather Henry William Insley, who served alongside his brother with the New Zealand Field Engineers during the First World War.

  • Audrey Ansell explores her great uncle Stanley James Lugg's First World War experiences serving with the New Zealand Mounted Rifles.