Clan member Zelda Matheson has been providing more material about Mathesons and Mathiesons from New Zealand who served in the First World War. On the ‘additional information’ page I’ve added death notices for brothers James Weir Matheson and Thomas Alexander Matheson, who died in Belgium (not France, as their death notices said) just two months apart […]
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There’s been a lot of response to the two articles on this website about Mathesons who served overseas and in New Zealand during the First World War. People have written in with further information about some of these men, and sent photographs. I’ve managed to track down contemporary photos of many of those listed, and have
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An article on this website lists the 81 Mathesons (including those with similar names) from New Zealand who I’ve found to have served overseas during the First World War. I’ve now researched those who joined the army but did not leave these shores, and discovered 22 more. Their story shows an army increasingly desperate for soldiers,
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In the lead-up to Anzac Day I have updated the article on New Zealand Mathesons who served overseas during the First World War. In an earlier post on this website I reported that one of the ‘Berry Boys’ — unidentified soldiers in photographs found in a former studio in Wellington — was James Alexander Matheson, who
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The centenary of the First World War is under way, and the prime ministers of New Zealand and Australia have this week been in Albany, Western Australia, marking 100 years since the first time troops of our two countries joined together to go to war. Of the 8,500 men who sailed away in that first convoy
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Back in October we profiled Te Papa’s quest to identify First World War soldiers pictured in photographs discovered in Wellington. One of the subjects was named Matheson. A curator at the museum, Michael Fitzgerald, has now solved the puzzle. You can read the answer here.
The excellent museum at Waipu is collecting information about descendants of the Scottish settlers in the area who fought in the First World War. So far they have more than 600 names, which is pretty amazing given the original migration comprised about 900 men, women and children. Check out their list to look for your relatives,
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This year sees the beginning of the centenary of the First World War, and all over New Zealand (and further afield) people will be discovering their family stories from this terrible conflict. Auckland Council Libraries have produced an excellent guide for researching First World War family history. Though with an Auckland focus, it’s useful for people
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Some of you may have seen the excellent documentary on TV1’s Sunday programme in late September about a Te Papa project to identify soldiers photographed in Wellington before they went off to fight in the First World War. A collection of glass negatives was discovered in a cupboard in Wellington some years ago, and now
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The centenary of the First World War is getting close, and will be commemorated both internationally and in New Zealand. Here the national WW100 programme is helping New Zealanders take part in remembering and commemorating the war that had such an impact on our society. A new page on this Clan Matheson Society website explains the WW100
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