Thank you to Adele Geradts for her research and compiling this information.
Staff at Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre, Upper Riccarton, and Spreydon libraries researched the war stories of men who enlisted from the Halswell area. Ready either to live or die valiantly; are the words enscribed on the Halswell War memorial. These are the stories not only of the men who died during the war, but those that came home to live, their stories just as valient as the men who never made it home.
Their names were gathered from the Halswell War Memorial, the Roll of Honour Board at the Halswell Hall, and newspaper articles from the time.
James Archibald
Arthur John Ware Birdling
Gerald Edward Birdling
Donald Monteeth Burnside
Albert John Bryden
Walter Charles Bryden
James Patrick Collins
Sarsfield Collins
Patrick Cunningham
Frank Cupples
Samuel David Cupples
Frank Dunnage
Thomas Henry Ellis
Leo John Erickson
George Weir Ferguson
P. Fever (AKA Claude Reuben Percy Perrett)
James Richard Godsell
Douglas James Guiney
John Alexander Huntly Holmes
William Graham Holmes
Leonard Ernest Horton
Percival Humm
William Frederick Irving
Patrick McGough
Phillip John McTeigue
Harry Manship
Colin Miln
Edward Terence Joseph Moyna
Herbert Moyna
Bernard Gabriel Joseph Sarsfield O'Shaughnessy
Charles Rickerby
Angus Shaw
Harry Abram Smith
Isaac Warren
Albert Victor Wills
References
HALSWELLS HEROES. Press, Volume LII, Issue 15780, 22 December 1916, Page 9
HALSWELL MEN ENTERTAINED. Sun, Volume VI, Issue 1627, 2 May 1919, Page 2
HALSWELL SOLDIERS. Sun, Volume III, Issue 895, 22 December 1916, Page 5