Can you help us?

Tears of Greenstone request more information of service personnel who served in the following campaigns:

1899 - 1902     The Boer War

1914 - 1918     World War I

1939 - 1945     World War II

1946 - 1948     Japan

1950 - 1953     Korean War

1962 - 1971     Thailand

1961 - 1975     The Vietnam War

2000 -             East Timor 

If you have any photos, letters, diaries or other war-related material that you would like to contribute to complement Tears on Greenstone, please allow us to add it to our collection.

Where possible, we would prefer the following information:

• Copies of Attestation | Example Attestation PDF 262kb 
• Certificate of Discharge | Example Certificate PDF 704kb
• Unit History
• Unit Pictures
• Pictures of their unit patches e.g.

1st Battalion Auckland Regiment

1st Battalion Wellington Regiment

• Picture of their corps badges

NZ Army Ordnance Badge

Royal NZ Military Police

• Pictures of their regiment badges

4th Battalion Imperial Camel Brigade

3rd Auckland Mounted Rifles

• Pictures of him/her in uniform

Please include as much information as you have on the photo or image (e.g. name/s, location, date, cemetery or memorial).

This information will be stored at the Army Museum - Waiouru on the updated version of Tears on Greenstone.

Tears On Greenstone — Roimata Pounamu is the largest Jade (Nephrite) structure in the Southern Hemisphere

This overwhelming memorial wall stands sentry to the Museum proper and commemorates all New Zealanders lost in conflict. A veil of water descends from its towering height. Symbolising tears of mourning and renewed life, as it flows down the greenstone face, voices through speakers echo continuously reading in alphabetical order, the names of the fallen. This reading of the names is combined with special songs (Waiata) and prayers (Karakia).

At the wall, a touch screen computer enables visitors to search for information on lost family or friends, they can select and hear the name read from speakers for their own special moment of remembrance and if they wish obtain a Memorial Certificate as a memento of their visit.

Please send all information and/or images to John Lynch. Emails are limited to 5MB therefore, you may need to send multiple emails. If you would like your information and/or images returned, please include your mailing details.

Alternatively, please post Photographs, CD's, DVD's and other formats of information to:-

John Lynch
Army General Staff
Messines Army Centre
Somme Road
Private Bag 901
Trentham Camp