On the 15th July 1915, the first wounded New Zealand World War I soldiers returned from Gallopoli and were greeted in a heroes welcome in Wellington, as their ship ‘Willochra’ came into harbour. Donald Simson looked over his fellow wounded soldiers thoughtfully and saw a great need. These boys were facing a different world now. …
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Charles was born in Cardiganshire, Wales in 1821. He married Clara in 1851 and with her came 100 acres of the new colony of New Zealand, and more importantly Christchurch. The Jeffery’s arrived in 1853 and took up their land in what was then called Fendall Town. These days we know that area as Fendalton. …
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