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Bill Harvey Drive in Halswell and nothing on the library website. The council just says the name of the street and that it is part of the subdivision at 340 Halswell Junction Road. Because the rest of the streets in this subdivision are named after young men who died in World War One the first …

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Bryden Place in Halswell and nothing on library website. The council website just gives the name of the street and that it was part of the subdivision at 340 Halswell Junction Road. I now know that the streets were named after young men who died in World War One and are on the Halswell War …

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Patrick McGough Way in Halswell and nothing on the library website. The council website just has the name of the street but I have now figured out that the streets in the subdivision at 340 Halswell Junction Road are named after young men who died in World War One. Their names are on the Halswell …

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John Holmes Road in Halswell and nothing on the library website. The council website doesn’t give a reason for the name. I searched Papers Past, Ancestry website and Findagrave and couldn’t find a John Holmes who lived in this area. John Holmes was a fairly common name which didn’t help. Edited as I have found …

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Thomas Ellis Lane in Halswell and nothing on library website. The council website only had the name and didn’t give a reason for the name. I searched Papers Past, Ancestry website and Findagrave but couldn’t find the person this street was named after. Edited as I now have realised that the streets in the subdivision …

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Percy Fever Street in Halswell and nothing on the library website. From the council website . The Board decided to request that staff investigate options for inclusion of Anzac insignia on the street signs for Harry Manship Crescent and Percy Fever Street. This young man took a bit of searching as Percy Fever wasn’t his …

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Harry Manship Crescent in Halswell and nothing on the library website. The council not only had the name for the street but some extra information. The Board decided to request that staff investigate options for inclusion of Anzac insignia on the street signs for Harry Manship Crescent and Percy Fever Street. Edited to say that …

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Albert Wills Avenue and nothing on library website. The council website has it as Albert Wills Avenue but valuation websites including the official QV one all have it as Albert Willis Avenue. I double checked and maps and signposts have the correct name of Albert Wills Avenue. I seem to have one a lot of …

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Gallantry Lane in Halswell and nothing on library website. The council website just had the name and nothing about the reason for the name. Gallantry means courageous behaviour especially in battle. This street is near Valour Lane and there has to be a connection. Edited as I have found out the reason for the name …

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Stubberfield Street in Halswell and nothing on library website. The council website only gives the name of the street and not the reason for the name. The council website also called it Stubberfield Lane but maps and signpost says street. On Papers Past I found John Harvey Stubberfield of 366 Halswell Junction Road where this …

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