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Missing Persons
Extracted from the Salvation Army Magazine "War Cry" 1888, 1890, 1894



The original work undertaken for this project was 
compiled by and is published with permission of 
Shirley WAKELIN of Connolly Street, Lower Hutt.
Additional information has been added from 'missing'
issues held at the Alexander Turnbull Library.

List of 'War Cry' issues represented

Introduction by Shirley WAKELIN
This information contains some 750 names extracted from the 
Missing Persons column of the Salvation Army's official 
magazine, War Cry. Included also, are names of 35 ships with
some sailing dates.

Most grateful thanks are extended to the Army Officers
responsible for giving permission to have access to this
mine of information, and to Mrs Captain June SUNKEL of the
Hutt Valley Group for her assistance in getting this matter
under way.

Sincere thanks must also go to Jan BONNETT and Teri MANU of
Kapiti Group for their kind offer to join in with this project
and put it onto computer.

The entries were taken from the Australasian-NZ publications
for the years 1888, 1890 and 1891 and from the New Zealand
volume dated 1894, and in some instances, concern people who
landed in Australia but later moved to NZ and vice versa.

Some dates and place of departure and arrivals are mentioned,
also, county of origin, and even relations' names could be
there if you are lucky.

Missing Persons' names were published for three consecutive
weeks, and known as first, second and third "calls". I noted
a variation of spellings and even added information between
these "calls". To make things difficult for the researcher,
I found Charlotte JOHNSON became JOHANSON, the name of JAPE
turned into JAUP and was WROATN meant to be WROATON? Then,
was Horatio Arthur FAMES, as shown in the first print really
FARNES as shown in the next two issues? Obviously, a very
broad mind will be needed for spellings.

There were instances where in the middle of a list with surnames
given first, the editor presented a small batch in reverse.
This caused a minor headache when the first given name could
also have been a surname.

Information included can vary from a surname and initial only
with a request for him or her to communicate with the appropriate
Army Corps listed, to a very full description. (Even to stating
he is knock-kneed).

The 1894 volume changed the format for replies to a reference
number only e.g. 527/6/6/94, meaning ref. 527 for 6th June 1894.

Abbreviations are used lavishly and the reader will soon become
acquainted with the continual repetition for every entry:-

1. 	Anyone knowing the present whereabouts or any information, 
	is now "Anyone knowing..."

2. 	Please communicate with, is now "please comm"
3. 	Last heard of, is now "LHO"

4. 	Care of Captain, Salvation Army South Dunedin, will be
	"c/o Capt. SA Sth Dunedin.

5. 	Information, is of course, "info"

6. 	Brother-in-law is "br-in-l" with the usual abbreviations
	for other relations

If an entry has its own abbreviations, such as HBM 2nd Batn, I
have written it as is. Where a name is repeated twice, I was
unable to determine if he or she is the same person. I hope
there is something for you, to be found here.

Shirley WAKELIN
Lower Hutt Group