DEATHS FROM THE SINKING OF THE T.E. V.WAHINE
WEDNESDAY 10TH APRIL 1968
WELLINGTON HARBOUR, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND
These names were taken from the Bay of Plenty Times for the 11th, 13th and 15th April 1968 and cross-referenced to the book "The Wahine Disaster - A Tragedy Remembered" by Emmanuel Makarios (Grantham House). (The 12th April was Easter Friday.)
Also see THE SINKING OF THE WAHINE.
On 10 April 2008 around 100 people gathered at Wellington's Frank Kitts Park to mark the 40th anniversary of the Wahine disaster. A plaque dedicated to the rescuers was unveiled by one of the survivors who hoped it will be a permanent thank you note to those who saved so many lives. The plaque includes the name of Mrs May Brightwell Brightwell was among the survivors who battled to shore, but she had been badly injured in the process. After a spell in hospital, she went home to Waimate in Canterbury, before dying from a blood clot in her lung on April 29. Although the coroner recorded she died as a result of the Wahine disaster, Brightwell has never been officially recognised as one of the casualties.
This list is dedicated to all those who lost their lives in the Wahine disaster (51+2) and Cyclone Giselle (3) - 9th and 10th April 1968.
| ADAMSON | Ross James | 26 | Chapman Street, Dunedin |
| BEAR | Leah Edith Mrs | 62 | 16 Eltham Avenue, Darling Point, Sydney, Australia |
| BECK | Margaret Morrison Mrs | 64 | 47 Harris Crescent, Papanui, Christchurch |
| BRIGHTWELL | May Elizabeth Mrs | * | Died 29 April 1968 from a blood clot in the lung from injuries received during the sinking of the Wahine. Buried at Waimate Lawn Cemetery, Waimate |
| BURTON | Frederick | 65 | Lower Hutt |
| CLARK | Elizabeth Ann Miss | 72 | 9 Horner Street, Papanui, Christchurch |
| COHEN | Bertha Mrs | 64 | Darling Point Road, Sydney, Australia |
| COX | John Alfred | 47 | 5A Maida Vale Road, Roseneath, Wellington |
| DOIG | Cecil Noel | 65 | Duke Street, Hastings |
| DUNCAN | Oswald Colin | 60 | Piarere, near Tirau, Waikato |
| EMMETT | Margaret Mrs | 37 | 137 Vague Road, Christchurch |
| ERIWATA | Jessie Elizabeth Mrs | 65 | 2/96 Taylor Street, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland |
| EVANS | Olive Daisy Mrs | 66 | 27 Oxford Street, Belmont, Victoria, Australia |
| FOLKARD | Cristobel Evelyn Mrs | 50 | The Esplanade, Raumati South |
| FREITAS | David Frank Errol | 60 | Blake Street, Greymouth |
| GOODMAN | Leslie Reginald | 65 | Jervois Road, Herne Bay, Auckland |
| GUTSCHLAG | Neil Douglas | 20 | 70 Victoria Avenue, Invercargill |
| HICK | Alma Anne Miss | 3 | 48 Vance Street, Shannon |
| HICK | Gordon | * | Died October 1990 from injuries sustained on the 10 April 1968 aged 1 year. |
| HICKMAN | Henry Thomas | 58 | Kermode Street, Ashburton |
| HICKS | Philip Stephen | 2 | 7 Titoki Street, Christchurch |
| HILL | Maisie Mowat Mrs | 63 | 52 Weka Street, Fendalton, Christchurch |
| HOWARD | Kathleen Mrs | 74 | 29 Mandalong Road, Mosman, NSW, Australia |
| HUMPHREY | John Baden | 50 | Marlowe Street, Dunedin |
| JEFFREY | Mary Agnes Mrs | 71 | 9 Plymouth Street, Wanganui |
| JOHNSON | Colin Raymond | 6 | 11 Lindhurst Avenue, Christchurch |
| LANDRETH | Gladys May Mrs | 59 | 8 Norman Street, Dunedin |
| MARSHALL | Veda Catherine Mrs | 64 | 14 Ross Street, Mosgiel, Dunedin |
| McKAY | Elizabeth Mary Mrs | 71 | 11 Studholme Street, Christchurch |
| McKEE | Beatrice Ellen Mrs | 72 | 27 Ngarimu Street, Dallington, Christchurch |
| MERTON | Agnes Gertrude Stonyer (Stonehewer) Miss | 79 | Repton Court, 19 Repton Street, Christchurch |
| METCALF | Ann(e) Beatrice Mrs | 62 | Rangitata, South Canterbury |
| MITCHELL | Helen Patterson Mrs | 45 | 111 Russell Street, Dunedin |
| O'LOUGHLIN | Rose Annie Mrs | 79 | Barnard Street, Sydenham, Christchurch |
| PAGE | Benjamin Joseph | 77 | 158 Cambridge Street, Levin |
| PAGE | Elizabeth Mrs | 70 | 158 Cambridge Street, Levin |
| ROBERTSON | Wallace Allen | 26 | 152 Ashley Avenue, New Lynn, Auckland |
| RUTLAND | Alfred Gould | 77 | Manchester Street, Chewton, Victoria, Australia |
| SMITH | Margaret Calder Mrs | 62 | 6 Johnston Crescent, Lane Cove, Sydney, Australia |
| TABUTEAU | Mary Elizabeth Mrs | 64 | 137 Seymour Street, Traralgan, Victoria, Australia |
| TOWNSEND | Brian Richard Churchill | 23 | 53 Hicks Road, Cambridge, Waikato |
| TURNER | Ethel May Mrs | 50 | Dunedin |
| TURNER | Truby Lionel | 55 | Dunedin |
| WASSON | Cecil James | 58 | 13 Tarana Street, Camp Hill, Brisbane, Australia |
| WILLIAMSON | Beryl Mary Mrs | 59 | 11 Victory Place, Port Chalmers |
| YEE | Hong Yue Mr | 70 | Vivian Street, Wellington |