Remembering Edward Oliver Ruddock of St John’s College Born: Unknown Died: 11th May 1915 in Egypt. Died of disease, aged 23. Buried: Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Edward Oliver Ruddock was the son of Archdeacon David Ruddock of Hawke’s Bay. He studied at St John’s College… Read More »Remembering the ANZACs from St John’s College: Edward Oliver Ruddock
Remembering Eric Hardwick Tayler Born: Unknown date in Auckland, New Zealand. Died: 9th Febuary 1915 Hazebrouck, France. Died of sickness, aged 22. Buried: Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. Eric Hardwick Tayler was born in Auckland and attended Auckland Grammar School from 1907. He was enrolled as a student at St.… Read More »Remembering the ANZACs from St John’s College: Eric Hardwick Tayler
Remembering Evelyn Jack Rose of St John’s College Born: Unknown. Died: 4th October 1917 in Ypres, Belgium. Killed in action, aged 23. Buried: Tyne Cot Memorial Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Evelyn Jack Rose was a student King’s College before enrolling at St John’s Theological College where he studied between 1913… Read More »Remembering the ANZACs from St John’s College: Evelyn Jack Rose
Remembering Herbert Lewis Morgan of St John’s College Born: Unknown Died: 8th December 1917 in Yepres, Belgium. Killed in action, aged 26. Buried: Butts New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Herbert Lewis Morgan was enrolled at St John’s Theological College just before the war, between 1913… Read More »Remembering the ANZACs from St John’s College: Herbert Lewis Morgan
Remembering Neil Ruffell Russell of St John’s College Born: 1888 in Wellington, New Zealand. Died: 26th March 1918 in Somme, France. Killed in action, aged 30. Service Number: WWI 32542 Last Rank: WW1 Second Lieutenant, Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion Buried: Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France. Neil Ruffell… Read More »Remembering the ANZACs from St John’s College: Neil Ruffell Russell
Remembering Ernest Claud Cook of St John’s College Born: 17th December 1881 in Mangapai, Auckland. Died: 18th January 1918 in France. Killed in action, aged 37. Buried: The Huts Cemetery, Leper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Service Number: WWI 3/2615 AWMM Armed Force: Army Last Rank: WW1 Private AWMM, New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM Ernest Claud Cook was… Read More »Remembering the ANZACs from St John’s College: Ernest Claud Cook
In the St John’s Theological College Chapel, there is a World War One Memorial Plaque dedicated to the students who had given their lives during World War I. The memorial was placed by the St. John’s Theological College Association, a group of the College’s alumni, as well as friends and… Read More »Remembering the ANZACs: World War One Memorial Plaque, St John’s College Chapel
The merging of the Church Missionary Intelligencer and the Church Missionary Record First published in 1849 as the Church Missionary Intelligencer, the journal merged in 1876 with the monthly Church Missionary Record; detailing the proceedings of the Church Missionary Society,1830–1875, which for a brief period also included the Church Missionary… Read More »The Church Missionary Intelligencer and Record journal
Looking for information on the Church Missionary Society? Featured is a list of Church Missionary Society missionaries which was created by Bishop William Simkin in 1965. [ANG 17/3/3}. The list we understand is compiled from a printed register first published by the Church Missionary Society. The work of the CMS… Read More »Finding information on the Church Missionary Society in New Zealand
Sir Kingi Ihaka was a superb muscian The late Rev’d Sir Kingi Ihaka was acknowledged and awarded the Iconic Māori Composer for 2011, at the Māori Music Awards in early 2011. In 1964, Ihaka was president of the Wellington Anglican Maori Club and became most well known for his compositions… Read More »Iconic Māori Composer Kingi Ihaka
