The News
Thursday April 16 2015
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Rangiora RSA remembers The fallen to be honoured across the district
Remembering. Photo: Supplied. they were going overseas for a few months on a bit of a holiday and then they would come home. But, of course, it turned out to be nothing like that.’’ Mr Thompson says he has received a
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Ian Thompson is busier than usual as he gears up for Anzac Day. The Rangiora RSA president has four services to prepare for, is visiting seven schools and is fielding enquiries from residents keen to trace their World War 1 forbears in the lead up to the Anzac Day centenary on Saturday, April 25. ‘‘Because its the Anzac Day centennial we’ve got cenotaphs which haven’t been involved before being used for services this year. We normally only have one or two Rangiora services, so it’s quite busy this year. ‘‘The schools are more interested than ever and I’m going to seven different schools, meeting with students and talking about Anzac Day.’’ This year the Rangiora RSA is involved in services at Sefton, Ashley and Rangiora High School, as well as the usual Anzac Day service at the Rangiora Cenotaph. The Rangiora High School service will be held at the school’s Court of Remembrance at 9.30am on Anzac Day. The Rangiora RSA will also be laying the white crosses in memory of local soldiers who gave their lives on the roundabout at the lawn cemetery on Coldstream Road. All of the crosses will be transported to Wellington for the Armistice Day centenary commemoration on November 11, 2018. Descendants and friends are invited to adopt a cross and this has been aided by research by the Rangiora Museum and the Waimakariri branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists to identify each soldier from the area. In all 103,000 New Zealand men and 600 nurses served overseas from a population of 1.1 million, with 18,000 losing their lives and 41,000 being either wounded or falling ill. Mr Thompson says 251 young men from the Waimakariri district were killed, which was 10 per cent of the local population at the time. ‘‘Most of those young men though
number of enquiries from residents concerned that their ancestor is not included on any local cenotaphs, even though they came from Rangiora. ‘‘World War 1 records are a bit unique in that a person is not recorded in the place where they came from, but where they enlisted. If they enlisted in Christchurch, then they are registered on a cenotaph in Christchurch. ‘‘It’s sad, but there’s not a lot I can do about it. I don’t have the authority to change that.’’ He says World War 2 records have soldiers listed where they came from, rather than where they enlisted. Rangiora Salvation Army band master Bill Peck, who was recently made a life member of the Rangiora RSA, will once again perform the Last Post and Reveille for the town’s Anzac Day service. The parade will leave from the Rangiora RSA on Victoria Street at 11.15am, marching down to High Street. The route will head along the private road next to Super Cheap Auto, before arriving at the cenotaph. Mr Thompson asks that parade participants to ensure there is room for shoppers to enter Super Cheap Auto during the parade. This year’s Anzac Day service will be held at the revamped Red Lion Corner. Mr Thompson says RSA members have ‘‘renamed’’ it ‘‘Thompson’s Corner’’ due to the number of meetings he has attended with the council during the project. ‘‘People suggested moving the cenotaph to a new location, but it could have taken two years to create a new one and we needed it for the centenary. ‘‘The council has to be congratulated for the work they’ve done. Yes we’ve lost some of the land on the corner to the road, but we’ve gained plenty of room on the other side of the road. ‘‘The cenotaph really belongs to the community. The young people are so supportive of us and they are entitled to use it too. I would like to see people sitting around there having their lunch and they will be able to when the work is completed.’’
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