They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.

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Details for Allan John Matthews

Warrant Number:	26284
Surname:	Matthews
Forenames:	Allan John
Gender:	Male
Age Group:	Adult
Age:	89
Type:	Ash Burial
Date of Birth:	Unknown
Date of Death:	Unknown
Date of Burial:	16 August 1994 (Tuesday)
Cemetery:	Taruheru
Block:	4
Plot #:	A1
Map Location:	View on Map
Inscription:	In loving memory of ALLAN JOHN MATTHEWS, died 12 August 1994 aged 89 years. And his beloved wife MARIE ELIZABETH died 2.1.2004 aged 93 years. At rest

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The following interments are also in this plot

Surname	Forenames	Type	Age Group	Age	Date of Death	Date of Burial
Boddington	Huia	Burial	Unknown		03/07/1963	Unknown
Boddington	Eleanor	Burial	Unknown		03/07/1963	Unknown
Matthews	Edwin	Burial	Adult	86	25/11/1933	26/11/1933
Matthews	Charles	Burial	Adult	64	08/12/1942	10/12/1942
Matthews	Eleanor	Burial	Adult	90	Unknown	31/07/1971
Matthews	John Maitland	Ash Burial	Adult	35	Unknown	22/11/1983
Matthews	Mary	Ash Burial	Adult	78	Unknown	07/02/1986
Matthews	Philip Willson	Ash Burial	Adult	77	Unknown	28/06/1989
Matthews	Charles Edwin	Ash Burial	Adult	91	Unknown	22/09/1994
Matthews	Marie Elizabeth	Burial	Adult	93	Unknown	07/01/2004
Matthews	Brian Philip	Ash Burial	Adult	75	06/03/2014	26/12/2014
Brown	Allan Edward	Ash Burial	Adult	79	08/03/2016	05/10/2017