Anzac Day plea for descendants of fallen WWI soldiers

Question

Here is challenge for some NZ researchers, the Legion Scotland (similar to the RSA in New Zealand), wants more information about some Kiwi's buried there from the second World War. Email address at the bottom of the article linked below

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350227437/anzac-day-plea-descendants-fallen-wwi-soldiers

(Dates listed are death dates)

Those men include:

Otago

• Gunner William Robert Aitken, 78839, NZ Field Artillery June 17 1919. Son of James and Jessie Aitken, of 16, Currie Street, Port Chalmers.
• Private Harold William Paisley, Otago Regiment, February 22, 1919. Son of John and Agnes Paisley, of Upper Junction, North East Valley, Dunedin. Harold was one of three brothers to die in the war.

Canterbury

• Private Frank Austin A'Court, 70898, Canterbury Regiment, NZEF. Died of pneumonia, October 14, 1918. Son of Emily A'Court, Christchurch.
• Private William John Burgess, 61037, 1st Bn Canterbury Regiment, NZEF, January 22, 1919, Son of RH and the late Bessie Burgess, of Staveley; husband of Mrs M.I.G. Lorgelly (formerly Burgess) of Stavely.
• Private Alexander Vallance, 17455, NZ Machine Gun Battalion. November 16, 1918. Son of the late John and Annie Vallance. Born Cooper's Creek, Oxford.
• Gunner Percy Stewart Collison, 7/1990, NZ Field Artillery, November 27, 1918. Son of Georgina and the late Edward Collison, of Barr Hill, Rakaia.

Nelson

• Leslie George Ching 4/1034 NZ Engineers January 11, 1919. Son of Sarah and Charles Ching, of Stoke, Nelson.

North Island

• Private Charles Shirer Carter, 11777, NZ Division Employment Company, died of pneumonia on October 31, 1918. Son of W.A. and Selina Carter, of 336, The Terrace, Wellington.
• Gunner Harold Desmond Gold-Smith, 79900, NZ Field Artillery, February 12, 1919. Son of Eric Charles and Marion Gold-Smith, husband of T.E. Gold-Smith, of 8, Domain Drive, Parnell, Auckland. Born in England.
• Captain Clive Franklyn Collett, M.C. Royal Flying Corps. December 23, 1917. Son of Horace and Alice Collett, of Tauranga.

Answer 1

Captain Clive Franklyn Collett, M.C. Royal Flying Corps has a FamilySearch profile at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MQQZ-S9G with parents already on Wikitree as https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Collett-3079 and https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Radford-2693 . Wife and daughter on FamilySearch.

Charles Shirer Carter has a FamilySearch profile at https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GKXS-Q2R with a sibling as https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Carter-32484

 Percy Stewart Collison has Family Search Profile of https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L3XJ-H25 with plenty of siblings and parents already on Wikitree as https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Collison-592 and https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cowan-690

Answer 2

Profiles found
Private Frank Austin A'Court 

Leslie George Ching 

Answer 3

Harold Desmond Gold-Smith (1888-1919)

Answer 4

Commonwealth War Graves will tell you where these men are buried and/or commemorated.  Plus detail any information of their headstones etc

Your first example, Gunner William Robert Aitken is commemorated at Glasgow Western Necropolis.

Private Harold William Paisley, Otago Regiment, Service Number 58920, died 22 Feb 1919 age 22, is also commemorated there.

Comments

Patricia Keppie who made that request in that article, is from Commonwealth War Graves Commission.  Their website is http://www.cwgc.org/  although at the moment that site is down