Reginald Gore Sole (WWI 10/812), a carpenter for Boon Brothers, was killed in action at Chunuk Bair on 8 August 1915.
The Sole's second son, Leslie Perry (WWI 10/877), a journalist at the Taranaki Herald, died of wounds received at the Daisy Patch, Cape Helles on 8 May 1915 and was buried at sea on 9 May.
Inscription on memorial stone at Te Henui Cemetery:
In Memory of
Sergt Reginald Gore Sole
10/812 Main Body NZEF
Killed in Action at Chunuk Bair
Gallipoli 8th August 1915
Aged 26 Years
and
Sergt Leslie Perry Sole
10/877 Main Body
Mortally wounded at the Daisy Patch
Cape Helles, Gallipoli
and buried at sea 9th May 1915
Aged 23 Years
Beloved sons of Thomas Gore and Alice Sole
Related items:
Leslie Sole Mortally Wounded (Taranaki Herald 9 September 1915)
Journalists and the War (Taranaki Daily News 15 December 1915)
We Remember Him - Leslie Perry Sole (Taranaki Daily News 25 April 2013)
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