This list is taken from the roll of employees in the education service who served in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the First World War, published in the Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1919, E-1. You can also download a spread sheet with more information about these men. Click on each person’s surname to view their record on the Cenotaph database.
| Surname | First Names | Employment details | Date of death |
| Adamson | Frank Forrester | Assistant master, Ashburton High School | 2-May-1915 |
| Ahier | William Roland | Sole Teacher, Ranginui and Tokanui | 6-May-1917 |
| Airey | Frederick Arthur | Assistant master, Auckland Grammar School | 30-Sept-1917 |
| Alexander | William Alexander | Assistant master, Dannevirke High School | 23-Aug-1915 |
| Algie | Colvin Stewart | Assistant, Rotorua District High | 21-Jul-1916 |
| Armstrong | Purvis Ford | House Tutor, Wanganui Collegiate School | 6-Apr-1918 |
| Baildon | William | Woodwork Instructor [Auckland] | 5-Feb-1918 |
| Bain | Arthur Charles Warner | Training College student [Canterbury] | 5-Jun-1915 |
| Banks | Henry Dunbar | Sole teacher, Karapoti | 4-Nov-1918 |
| Barnard | Stanley | Pupil-teacher, Hastings District High | 26-Jul-1916 |
| Barnett | Arthur James | Assistant, Shirley | 7-Jun-1917 |
| Beechey | Frederick James | Assistant, South Wellington | 25-Jul-1916 |
| Beeson | Charles Basil | Head Teacher, Matamata | 8-Sept-1918 |
| Bishop | John, Joseph | Head Teacher, Kaitaia | 12-Oct-1917 |
| Booth | Atwood Wigzell | Head teacher, Umumuri | 20-Sept-1916 |
| Bowie | Henry James | Cadet, Head Office, Wellington | 29-Sept-1918 |
| Bowler | Daniel Cornelius | Assistant, Training College [Wellington] | 12-Oct-1917 |
| Boyd | Arthur Alexander | Assistant, Rangiora | 12-Oct-1917 |
| Britten | Vivian Russell | Pupil-teacher, Hastings District High | 8-Aug-1915 |
| Brown | Geoffrey McPherson | Probationer, Belmont | 8-May-1915 |
| Bryan-Brown | Guy Spencer | Chaplain, Christ’s College Grammar School | 4-Oct-1917 |
| Buchler | Frederick Lancelot | Assistant, Stratford | 6-Apr-1918 |
| Buchler | John Walter | Assistant, Urenui | 17-Sept-1916 |
| Burgess | Claude Ernest | Instructor of mathematics, Seddon Memorial Technical College | 11-July-1916 |
| Burn | Edgar James | Sole teacher, Tahakopa | 5-Oct-1917 |
| Burrell | Frederick William | Sole teacher, McLennan | 15-May-1918 |
| Butterworth | Hugh Montague | House tutor, Wanganui Collegiate school | 25-Sept-1915 |
| Cammock | William Rowland | Assistant, Hastings District High | 16-Aug-1915 |
| Carmody | James | Assistant, Huntly | 4-Aug-1917 |
| Carson | William | Sole Teacher, Waikokowai | 2-Jul-1917 |
| Castle | Arthur Penfold | Assistant master, Gisborne High School | 15-Sept-1916 |
| Childs | Arthur James | Instructor, Ashburton Technical School | 15-Sept-1916 |
| Clachan | William J | Sole teacher, Takapu | 6-Jan-1918 |
| Closs | William Osborne | Assistant, George Street | 22-Jul-1917 |
| Collins | Lawrence Earl | Training College student [Auckland] | 1-Dec-1917 |
| Conyngham | John | Sole teacher, Whangaroa North | 1-Sept-1918 |
| Corbett | Alfred Sydney | Sole teacher, Waingakau | 15-Nov-1916 |
| Cornford | Ernest Stanford | Head teacher, Kisselton | 7-Jul-1917 |
| Cowan | James George | Assistant, Oamaru Middle | 7-May-1915 |
| Cox | Herbert William | Clerk | 23-Sept-1918 |
| Craven | Leslie Alic | Assistant, Grovetown | 4-Oct-1918 |
| Crawford | Stanley Hutson | Sole teacher, Mahirakau | 3-Oct-1916 |
| Cronin | Thomas | Assistant, Huntly | 30-Mar-1916 |
| Curry | Matthew Goodwin | Head teacher, Rangiwahia | 5-Sept-1918 |
| Cuthbert | John | Head teacher, Huiakama | 31-Jul-1917 |
| Dabinett | Francis Milne | Training College student | 7-Oct-1918 |
| Davie | Harry Percy Claude | Sole teacher, Mauriceville | 23-Apr-1918 |
| Dempsey | Sidney William | Assistant, Wellington Technical School | 7-Jun-1917 |
| Dinneen | James Dalton | Assistant master, Auckland Grammar school | 1-Oct-1916 |
| Donnan | Arthur Victor | Agricultural Instructor, Seddon Memorial Technical College | 10-Jun-1917 |
| Dron | Douglas Alexander | Head teacher, Tarakohe | 8-Oct-1918 |
| Elliott | Arthur Drummond | Probationer, Teaneraki | 15-Sept-1916 |
| Ferguson | Victor Mullen Norman | Cadet, Head Office, Wellington | 8-Aug-1918 |
| Fletcher | Raymond | Sole teacher, Kaimamaku | 4-Jun-1918 |
| Foley | John | Sole teacher, Kaharoa and Oturoa | 5-Feb-1918 |
| Forbes | William Roderick | Sole teacher, Flat Creek | 9-Sept-1918 |
| Forsyth | Archibald James | Assistant, Patutahi | 29-Apr-1915 |
| Foss | Samuel James Beart | Assistant, Levin | 24-Sept-1916 |
| Francis | Sydney Patterson Emilius | Sole teacher, Batley and Bickerstaffe | 16-Jun-1917 |
| Fraser | Ernest Matthews | Sole teacher, Grassmere | 14-Jun-1917 |
| Fraser | Kinnear George | Assistant master, Napier High School | 27-Apr-1915 |
| Galitzenstein * | Godefroy | Instructor in French and German, Seddon Memorial Technical College | 12-Jan-1915 |
| Gemming | Theophilus John | Sole teacher, Mati | 8-Aug-1915 |
| Gibbs | Walter George | Head teacher, Glen Oroua | 26-Sept-1918 |
| Gibson | Everlyn Perry | Art master, Wanganui Technical College | 13-Sept-1916 |
| Goudie | John Claud Brisbane | Relieving head teacher, Otekaike | 12-Oct-1917 |
| Goulding | John Hannington | First assistant master, Marlborough High School | 6-Jun-1915 |
| Gowdy | Harold | Assistant, Clyde Quay | 20-Sept-1916 |
| Gray | James Hawthorne | Assistant, Campbell Street (probably also Instructor, Palmerston North Technical School) | 9-May-1915 |
| Gray | Alexander | Secretary and Director, Peninsula Technical Classes Association | 22-Mar-1918 |
| Hall | Harry Frederick | Assistant, Epsom | 9-Jun-1917 |
| Hall | Harold Chelsea | Assistant, Kaikorai | 7-Aug-1916 |
| Hall | Norman | Assistant, Orepuki | 13-Jun-1916 |
| Hall | Vincent John Baird | Junior assistant, New Plymouth High School | 2-Jun-1915 |
| Hamley | Robin | Sole teacher, Tangowahine | 6-Oct-1917 |
| Hannah | Arthur | Assistant, Edendale | 1-Jul-1915 |
| Hare | Hubert Douglas | Sole teacher, Kaiawa | 1-Oct-1918 |
| Harper | James | Relieving assistant, Oamaru North | 21-Jul-1916 |
| Hawkins | Benjamin George | Assistant, Terrace | 25-Aug-1918 |
| Hendry | James Curry | Clerk, Head Office, Wellington | 15-Sept-1916 |
| Holmes | William Ernest | Assistant master, Otago High School | 9-Oct-1918 |
| Hughes | Lionel Murray | Pupil-teacher, Ponsonby | 27-March-1918 |
| Jack | Donald Leslie | Training College student [Auckland] | 15-Sept-1916 |
| Jenkins | Charles Gomer | Sole teacher, Tauherenikau | 7-Jan-1918 |
| Jennings | Lancelot Shadwell | Science master, Waitaki High School | 15-Sept-1916 |
| Johns | William H | Sole teacher, Kakapuka | 31-Oct-1917 |
| Johnston | Alexander Thomas | Relieving assistant, Balclutha | 3-Aug-1918 |
| Kidd | Robert David | Junior assistant, New Plymouth High School | 5-Nov-1918 |
| King | Herbert James | Sole teacher, Opahi | 19-Jul-1916 |
| King | Herbert William | Assistant master, Auckland Grammar School | 21-Feb-1917 |
| Kirk | Thomas Hugh | Assistant, Mount Eden | 23-Oct-15 |
| Lamb | Robert James | Sole teacher, Quarry Hills and Waikawa Valley | 12-Oct-1917 |
| Lamont | Nisbet Shirreffs | Assistant, Otautau | 1-Oct-1916 |
| Larking | Frank Campbell | Sole teacher, Rakauroa | 4-Nov-1918 |
| Le Gallais | Leddra | Sole teacher, Araparara and Mangakura | 23-Jul-1915 |
| Long | Arthur Trevor D'Arcy | Assistant master, Wanganui Collegiate School | 21-Aug-1915 |
| Lyall | William Carnegi | Head teacher, Orini | 11-Oct-1918 |
| Lyons | Thomas | Training College student [Wellington] | 8-Apr-1918 |
| Lyttle | David John Albert | Assistant, Kaitangata Public School | 3-May-1915 |
| Maben | Keppoch Macdonald | Pupil-teacher, Waimataitai | 26-Aug-1918 |
| MacDonald | M. | Junior master, New Plymouth High School |
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| MacKay | Eric Victor | Head teacher, Wairio | 23-Oct-1918 |
| MacKenzie | John | Sole teacher Mataitai | 22-Feb-1917 |
| MacLeod | John Donald | Sole teacher, Tangowahine | 27-Sept-1916 |
| Manson | David Stewart | Assistant, Winton | 8-Oct-1918 |
| Marr | Henry | Assistant, Seddonville | 25-Apr-1915 |
| Marsden | Joseph Stanley | Assistant, Terrace | 4-Oct-1917 |
| Matchett | Robert John | Sole teacher, Aria | 12-Sept-1918 |
| Matheson | Graham Groves | Sole teacher, Pirinoa | 7-Jun-1917 |
| Maurice | Francis Dennison | Assistant, Waimate District High | 10-May-1915 |
| McAuliffe | Thomas Brien | Sole teacher, Kakatahi | 10-Jan-1918 |
| McCabe | George Leo | Training College student | 21-Feb-1917 |
| McCaw | Peter Rankin | Training College student | 26-Feb-1918 |
| McDonald | Murdoch Alexander | Secondary assistant, Coromandel District High | 1-Sept-1918 |
| McGlashan | Peter | Relieving head teacher, Arrow | 30-May-1915 |
| McKenzie | Frank | Training College student | 1-Mar-1917 |
| McKenzie | Rupert Whitworth | Sole teacher, Komata | 30-Mar-1918 |
| McKinnon | Malcolm | Assistant, Helensville | 1-Aug-1917 |
| McKinnon | Roderic Angus | Sole teacher, Rotorangi | 31-Jul-1917 |
| McLaren | William White | Sole teacher, Omanawa and Omanawa Falls | 5-Apr-1918 |
| McLaren | Alexander | Relieving assistant, Mosgiel | 12-Oct-1917 |
| McLeod | John Willis | Sole teacher, Caroline | 12-Oct-1917 |
| McRae | Alexander Peter | Head teacher, Lakeside | 7-Jun-1917 |
| Meale | Joseph Sweeney | Pupil teacher, Parnell | 18-Oct-1918 |
| Mills | John Edmund | Assistant, Levin District High | 29-Apr-1915 |
| Mills | David Calder | Training College student | 10-Aug-1915 |
| Mills | Arnold Edgar | Clerk | 7-Jul-1916 |
| Milnes | Herber Albert Edwin | Principal, Training College | 4-Oct-1917 |
| Moore | Rupert Cyril | Assistant, Newmarket | 12-Sept-1918 |
| Moore | Maurice Oswald | Head teacher, Springfield | 6-Aug or 7-Aug 1915 |
| Moore | Stanley | Physical Instructor | 2-Jul-1916 |
| Morris | William Henry | Training College student | 11-Sept-1915 |
| Mortimore | Archer Ernest | Assistant, Ashburton | 13-Aug-1915 |
| Nicholas | William Stephens | Training College student | 3-Dec-1917 |
| O’Brien | Daniel | Sole teacher, Marokopa | 15-Nov-1918 |
| O’Connor | Michael Bernard | Pupil-teacher, Timaru Main | 5-Apr-1918 |
| O’Connor | Daniel | Assistant master, Timaru High School | 2-May-1918 |
| Okeby | William George | Pupil-teacher, Brooklyn | 27-Jun-1917 |
| Pallant | Donald Kelway | Sole teacher, Marima | 8-May-1915 |
| Partridge | Francis James | Pupil-teacher, Central | 8-Sept-1916 |
| Pay | William Huson | Relieving assistant, Albany Street | 3-Dec-1917 |
| Petrie | Arnold James | Assistant, Waikiwi | 18-Apr-1918 |
| Phillips | Charles Ernest | Assistant, Feilding | 27-April-1915 |
| Ramsay | Harold Vivian | Assistant master, Thames High School | 2-Apr-1918 |
| Reid | Albert Sidney | House tutor, Wanganui Collegiate | 29-Nov-1917 |
| Robbie | George Alexander | Head teacher, Patea District High | 22-July-1917 |
| Robertson | Douglas Leslie | First Assistant, Wanganui Technical College | 27-Mar-1918 |
| Robertson | John Allan | Pupil-teacher, Albany Street | 28-Sept-1917 |
| Robertson | Thomas Gilbert | Assistant master, Otago High School | 22-Aug-1918 |
| Rohan | Martin Driscoll | Assistant master, Auckland Grammar School | 22-Aug-1918 |
| Rope | Charles Manfred | Head teacher, Tautari | 9-Jan-1917 |
| Rule | Frank Jennings | Sole teacher, Rata-iti | 26-May-1915 |
| Rule | William Bramwell | Assistant, Christchurch West Secondary | 12-Oct-1917 |
| Sanson | Henry Samuel McDougall | Pupil-teacher, Karori | 24-Aug-1918 |
| Senior | Frank | Sole teacher, Owen Junction | 27-Jul-1915 |
| Seyb | William | Pupil-teacher, Albury | 21-Sept-1916 |
| Sheard | Charles John | Sole teacher, Whitikahu | 2-Sept-1916 |
| Shepherd | Robert Britton | Sole teacher, Tangihua | 6-Jun-1917 |
| Simpkin | Charles Haddon | Sole teacher, Waimai and Waingaro | 19-Jan-1918 |
| Smith | Oscar C | Sole teacher, Ida Valley | 26-Aug-1918 |
| Smith | Oswald J | Training College student | 6-Dec-1917 |
| St. George | Eric Varnham | Cadet, Head Office, Wellington | 9-Sept-1915 |
| Stephenson | George Fisher | Head teacher, Mount Maunganui | 26-Jul-1917 |
| Stewart | John Sutherland | Training College student [Auckland] | 24-Aug-1918 |
| Stockham | Thomas William | Assistant, Waipawa District High | 4-Oct-1917 |
| Storey | Robert Harry Gordon | Sole teacher, Hook Bush | 15-Jun-1917 |
| Struthers | James Barr | Assistant master, Southland High School | 29-Sept-1916 |
| Sustins | Nolan | Assistant, Sydenham | 21-Aug-1915 |
| Sutherland | James Fulton | Sole teacher, Mangarakau | 8-Jun-1917 |
| Talbot | Arthur E. | Assistant, Greymouth District High | 12-Oct-1917 |
| Tattle | Philip Gardner | Sole teacher, Longbush | 29-Apr-1915 |
| Taylor | Archibald | Assistant, Wanganui Technical College | 8-Aug-1915 |
| Thomson | Walter | Training College student [Otago] | 15-Sept-1916 |
| Turner | William Wilson | Head teacher, Balclutha District High | 12-Oct-1917 |
| Voysey | William Doran | Relieving sole teacher, Waiheke Central and Man-o’-War Bay | 5-Sept-1918 |
| Wade | Robert Hunter | Secondary assistant, Balclutha | 26-Oct-1918 |
| Walker | Eric Trevor Logier | Relieving sole teacher, Waimai and Waingaro | 30-Mar-1918 |
| Watt ** | Ronald A. | Sole teacher, Naumanui |
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| Webb | Arthur Llewellyn | Training College student [Wellington] | 28-Sept-1916 |
| Wells | William Stephen | Sole teacher, Brynavon and Whareora | 19-Nov-1915 |
| Wells | Ewart Linley | House tutor, Wanganui Collegiate School | 8-Aug-1915 |
| White | Kenneth Robert | Head teacher, Awanui | 4-Oct-1917 |
| White | Percy Henry | Head teacher, Hyde | 27-Sept-1915 |
| Wilcox *** | Wilfred Theodore | Sole teacher, Punakitere | 7-Jun-1916 |
| Wilson | Frank Reginald | Assistant, Newton West. | 19-Sept-1916 |
| Wilson | James Alexander | Probationer, Roseneath | 14-Dec-1917 |
| Wiltshire | Frank | Assistant, Raetihi |
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| Wiseley | Herbert Oscar | Cadet, Head Office, Wellington | 15-Sept-1916 |
| Wiseman | John Archibald | Training College student [Wellington] | 20-Aug-1918 |
| Woods | Selwyn Gorton | Assistant, Te Awamutu | 5-Dec-1917 |
| Worsley | Harold James | Assistant, Frankton | 14-Oct-1916 |
| Yeats | Douglas Duncan Mearns | Sole teacher, Inangahua Landing | 22-Oct-1916 |
| Young | Albert Victor | Assistant, Berhampore | 1-May-1917 |
* Died of sickness, France. Served with French 66th Infantry Regiment
** Possibly Ronald Allen Watt - see AIF database record
*** See newspaper report of his death
- Government department rolls of honour and obituaries1
- Public Service Roll of Honour2
- Post and Telegraph Roll of Honour3
- Railways Department Roll of Honour4
- Public Service Journal obituaries 1915-185
- Railway workers' obituaries6
- Post and Telegraph obituaries7
- Education service Roll of Honour8
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