Matarau School commemorated ANZAC Day as a whole School. Thirty names of those who fought in WW1 have been given to our school so that we may keep that memory and commitment alive.

The RSA has allocated the names of a specified number of actual servicemen to each school to honour in some way as part of our commemoration. The names of these servicemen follow in this newsletter:
Lance Corporal E. Angel,
Private J.R Baillie
Sergeant O. Beaumont
Private C. B Billing
Sergeant D.F. Brown
Captain R. O. Brydon
Sapper R. Carter
Lance Corporal J.H. Cullen
Sergeant S. Forsyth
Staff Nurse C. A. Fox
Corporal J. M. Fraser
Sergeant D. Gallaher
Private H. Harding
Private H. Hare
Private H.E. Houston
Private P. Kihi
A New Zealand Soldier – Known Unto God
Private A. J. Lamb
Private B.E. Mercer
Private D.W. Mitchell
Sergeant H.J. Nicholas
Sergeant J.T Peat
Private H. Rapihana
Rifleman G.L. Skinner
Private F. Stables
Private T. Taurere
Sergeant R.C. Travis
Private H. Waru
Private F. Wiki
Rifleman F.W. Yearbury