Culture Waitaki Blog
The collaborative blog of Culture Waitaki, featuring thoughts and ideas from the Forrester Gallery, North Otago Museum, Waitaki District Libraries and Waitaki District Archive.
This intriguing object is a dried plant that was brought back from Egypt after the First World War.
Elizabeth Forrester (nee Stevenson), made an impressive contribution to the war effort.
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In March 1918 George Grenfell arrived to serve in France. Before the war George worked as a cabinet maker. He had sailed from New Zealand in November 1917.
Thomas Meikle was working as a railway porter in Oamaru when the war started.
Of all the items in the North Otago Museum and the Waitaki District Archive connected with the First World War, I find this one the most moving.
This cloth is a souvenir of Egypt from World War One. A soldier sent it back to New Zealand as a Christmas present 99 years ago.
Donald Forrester Brown VC was a keen rugby player and his club, Excelsior, presented him with a cap on
William Duncan Neill received a letter in 1917. At that time he was serving as a Sergeant in the New Zealand Army.
Mabel Munro was living in Kurow in 1916. David Neave was working as a bank clerk in Wellington. They were engaged but hadn’t told their families yet.
Edward John Weller was working in Oamaru as a coach builder in 1914. He was quick to enlist, only 8 days after war was declared. He was 20 years old.
Lieutenant-Colonel J. Hargest unveiled Oamaru's World War I memorial on Anzac Day in 1926.
After more than 30 years and hundreds of thousands of visitors the Forrester Gallery street level space and stairway are to receive a well-earned facelift in keeping with the heritage value of the Category 1 listed, RA Lawson designed building.
