Stefan Witold Karwowski was born in London on June 4, 1945. He moved to New Zealand with his family in 1948. He was educated firstly at Kokopu and Maungatapere Schools before joining Whangarei Boys’ High School in 1959.

Alexander Colin McKay was born on 27 October 1955. He received his early education at Glenbervie School and joined Whangarei Boys’ High School on 7 February 1968 in Form 3A.

Robert Maynard Gurr was born on 21st October 1921 and entered Whangarei High School on 6th February 1933 in the Intermediate School as a member of Form IA. He entered Whangarei High School Senior School on 4th February 1935 as part of Form IIIA.

William James Taitoko was born on 17 January 1949 in Cambridge where he did his early schooling. He registered as a student of Whangarei Boys’ High School on 6 February 1962. When he left at the end of 1965, the School records indicated that it was to take up a printing apprenticeship in Auckland.

Robert Smith Cunis was born on 5th January 1941 in Maungakaramea and after completing primary schooling at Hora Hora joined the Intermediate Section of Whangarei Boys’ High School on 5th February 1952 in Form 1I. In 1953 he was in Form IIC.

Leo Charles Vining was born on 28th March 1925 and joined the Intermediate Dept of Whangarei High School on 3rd February 1924. He spent two years there in Forms 1 C and II A before joining the Senior school of Whangarei High School on 8th February 1938 in Form IIA.

John Ross Marshall was born in Wellington on 5 March 1912. He moved to Whangarei in 1919 when his father was transferred by the Public Trust Office to set up new premises north of Auckland.

David Gilbert Sirl was born on 9th November 1942 and entered Whangarei Boys’ High School on 5th February 1957. The signs were there right from the third form when he ran 3rd in the 880 yards.

Peter Henry Sloane entered Whangarei Boys’ High School in 1963 in Form 3Q and it is probably fair to say that he spent a somewhat unspectacular 3 years scholastically at the School. However he was to distinguish himself on the sporting field.

Joseph Edmund Morgan entered Whangarei Boys’ High School in 1959 although there is little actual record of his attendance until 1961 when he is recorded as being a member of Form VE, and in fact was the Form Captain that year.

Derek Ward, son of Doctor and Mrs S. H. Ward of Bank Street Whangarei, entered Whangarei High School as a Form two pupil in 1932, strangely enough the same year that Lloyd Trigg left the School.

Lloyd Allan Trigg, the son of Arthur and Cecelia Louisa Trigg, (nee White) was born at Houhora, Northland, New Zealand 5 May 1914. He entered Whangarei High School in 1927. Lloyd’s father died in 1927 and his mother, unwell for some time passed away in 1930.