Hastings District Libraries

In memory of those who lost their lives in Hastings and District

"Their sun went down before it was noon"

The list below has been compiled by Hastings Library staff from various sources.

See also our booklet “A list of earthquake casualties in the Hastings District”. This also attempts to list the locations where some of the casualties occurred.

We will be pleased to hear of any further information you may have. Please email Reference Desk Hastings Library or phone 06 871 5180.

Photo: Mayor Lawrence Yule and Dr Alaister Whyte, an earthquake survivor, lay a wreath at the Hastings Town Clock during the 75th Commemoration Service 2006.  Memorial plaques to those who died were installed at the clock by the Hastings District Council in 1995.

Hastings Casualty List

Alexander, Thomas Wilson, 45, Paki Paki
Allan, Sylvia Margaret Fordie, 16, Hastings
Alloway, Ivy Patricia, 18, Hastings
Ashworth, Ellen, 37, Tikokino

Barrett, Mrs Sarah Naomi, Hastings
Bartle, William Morley, 61, Hastings
Bartlett, Mrs Mary Hodge, 48, Hastings
Berry, Mrs Myra George, 28, Napier
Bohane, Kathleen, 16, Hastings
Bohane, Mrs Ellen, 58, Hastings
Brace, Henry Herbert, 40, Hastings
Brooker, Henry, 55, Paki Paki
Brown, Raymond Kenneth, 21, Hastings
Buck, Mary Teresa, Hastings
Butler, Gwendoline Ethel, 22, Havelock North

Cambridge, Olive Gwendoline, 18, Hastings
Cleary, Gladys Alma, 24, Hastings
Cockerill, Mrs Emma Clara, 78, Hastings
Cole, Mrs Ethel Rose, 30, Hastings
Cole, Peter Henry, 3, Hastings
Cole, William Edwin Francis, 4, Hastings
Colebourne, John Henry, 73, Hastings
Collins, Mary, 70 Hastings
Cook, Thomas, 42, Havelock North
Couper, Phillipa, 12, Otane
Couper, Brian, 2, 622 Ellison Road, Hastings
Crawford, John William, 35, of Hastings

Dimond, Thomas Henry, 20, Hastings
Drummond, Charles Gordon, 18, Hastings
Dyer, Herbert, 54, Hastings

Ellis, Olive Frances, 27, Greenmeadows

Farmery, Gladys Lilian, 21, Hastings
Fredsberg, Rex Ernest, 13, Hastings

Gigg, Albert James, 19, Hastings
Gill, Thomes Henry, 56, Hastings
Gondringer, Father Bernard, Hastings
Goodall, Albert Edward, 36, Hastings
Goodall, Annie May, 22, Hastings
Graham, Raymond Stanley, 18, Hastings
Grant, Gordon Hill, 40, Hastings
Grudnoff, Nina, 18, Hastings

Harris, Doreen Myra, 4, Hastings
Hawkins, Rita, Hastings
Haxton, Sabina May, 26, Hastings
Haxton, Doris Emma, 28, Hastings
Heighway, James Woodford, 34, Hastings
Heney, Cyril Herbert, 14, Hastings
Holland, Edward (Edmund) Alfred, 35, Hastings
Hong Young Nan, 29, Hastings
Hooper, Brian, 2, Hastings
Horsley, Mrs Constance Emily, 33, Hastings
Houlahan, Eleanor May, 30, Hastings
Hunt, William James, 56, Hastings

Jenkins, Lily, 16, Hastings
Jensen, Agnes Mary, 62, Haumoana
Jones, Ernest Cecil, 47, Hastings
Jones, Grace Brandon, 19, Hastings

Kirkpatrick, Mary Ann, 45, Hastings

Lambert, Beatrice Elizabeth, Hastings
Leaning, John England, Hastings
Lewis, Percival Hope, Hastings
Lincoln, Eric Charles Earl, Hastings
Love, William Charles, Hastings

Macdonald, Mrs Ellen Frances, 44, Hastings
Macdonald, John Spencer (Jock), 22, Hastings
Maclennan, John Roderick (Roy), 58, Havelock North
May, Thomas John, Hastings
McLean, Mary Hannah, 55, Karamu Road, Hastings
McLeod, Mrs Edith Mary, 47, Hastings
McLeod, Mrs Mary Alice, 45, Paki Paki
McMillan, Irvine Harold, 13, Hastings
Morunga, Mrs Raina Marie, 45, Bridge Pa
Morunga, Takataroa, 7, Bridge Pa
Murcott, Doris Mabel (Maud), Woodville or Dannevirke
Murray, Dina Jane, 2, Hastings
Murray, Mena Mary, 36, Hastings

Nuttall, Elsie Ella, 19, Hastings

Ogden, Henry, 35, Hastings
Ogilvie, Bertram Verdun, Hastings
O'Neill, Margaret Teresa, 33, Hastings
Orr, Doris Evelyn, 21, Hastings

Pointon, Edward Arthur, 56, Hastings

Rattray, Alexander, 55, Riccarton (Christchurch)
Ross, John Alexander, 57, Hastings
Russ, Rodney Francis, 1, Hastings
Ryan, Arthur Lever, 56, Hastings

Schmoll, Ernest George, 57 Hastings
Shackleford, Leonard William, 21, Hastings (of Waipawa)
Smith, Christina, Hastings
Spence, Shona Eileen, 7, Hastings
Steer, Mabel Ann, 22, Hastings
Stephenson, George Gabriel, 48, Hastings
(Stevenson, George, Hastings)
Symes, George Oliver, 22, Hastings

Thompson, Julia Garr, 38, Hastings
Tonkin, Horace John, Hastings
Turner, Mrs Leona (Lena), 36, Hastings

Vercoe, Richard Collins (Dick), 40, Hastings

Walker, Herbert, 51, Hastings
Walker, Walter Zealand, 45, Hastings
Walshe, Ada May, 53, Hastings
Wells,Alice Mary, Hastings
Wells, Emily Elizabeth Edith (Molly), 18, Hastings
Whyte, Patricia (Patsy), 8, Hastings

Hastings people who died in Napier

Collins, Mary, 70, Hastings
McLean, Mary Hannah, 55, Karamu Road, Hastings
McMillan, Irvine Harold, 13, Hastings
Ogden, Henry, 35, Hastings
Pointon, Edward Arthur, 56, Hastings