Three soldiers killed as a result of World War 1, but seemingly forgotten in their home district of the Upper Clutha, are being brought back into the limelight by a group of Wanaka historians.
The McMenamin brothers Charles, James and John were born in Wanaka, brought up in the Upper Clutha and died while either serving overseas or later through war-related illness.
But their names do not feature on any Upper Clutha war memorials.
That mystery is just one of many a group of Wanaka historians is trying to clear up.
Members of the Wanaka Genealogy Group and Upper Clutha Historical Records Society combined six months ago to research the names of those whose names appear on the district's World War 1 memorials.
Genealogy group president Louise Primrose told the Otago Daily Times this week the aim was to turn their research into a photo book later this year.
''I just thought it would be nice to have a book in the library that you could use to look up the people who are on the local war memorials and find out a bit of information about them.''
But the group still has many gaps in its knowledge of the 39 Upper Clutha soldiers and one nurse who died.
Researcher Ken Allan pointed to the McMenamins as an example.
The family - James, Mary and their six children - lived in Makarora, Wanaka and Dunedin.
James was a shepherd at Makarora, and Mary was the homemaker.
Mr Allan found their eldest son, Charles, was wounded at Gallipoli, shipped to Egypt to recover and then returned to Gallipoli to be ''amongst the last to leave'' in 1915.
The following year, at the Battle of the Somme, Charles was seriously wounded with ''multiple gunshot wounds'' and was taken to England to recover.
He was promoted to sergeant in 1917 and returned to France with the machine gun corps.
Ten days later, on the first day of the Battle of Messines, he was killed.
His name appears on the war memorial at Glenorchy, where he lived at one time, but not on any Upper Clutha memorials.
His brother James was born in Wanaka, brought up at Makarora and killed at Gallipoli in 1915.
His name appears on the memorial at Gallipoli but not on any in the Upper Clutha.
And his brother John was born at Fortrose, was a farm worker in Southland and at Makarora and died in Dunedin from war-related illness in New Zealand in 1917.
His name is recorded only on the Mataura war memorial.
Mr Allan said while some soldiers who died had been transient workers in the Upper Clutha, usually any connection with the district, particularly births, would have meant their names would be included on a local memorial.
He is hoping to find out more about the three brothers through McMenamin family connections in Glenorchy and Australia.
Two other names causing problems for the researchers are J. Brown, on the Hawea Flat memorial, and T. Brown, on the Wanaka memorial.
Mr Allan said one of the group's researchers had been through all 863 New Zealand World War 1 records with the surname Brown but had found none with an Upper Clutha connection.
Mrs Primrose said the group members enjoyed the research ''bringing the puzzle pieces together''.
The display in the library will remain in place until Anzac Day.
The McMenamins
Of Irish descent.
Father: James.
Mother: Mary (nee Craig).
Died as a result of World War 1: Sergeant Charles McMenamin, No 4 Machine Gun Corps, died June 17, 1917; Trooper James McMenamin, Canterbury Mounted Rifles 10th company, died August 21, 1915; Trooper John McMenamin, Otago Mounted Rifles 12th unit, died January 21, 1917.
Served and survived: William Robert McMenamin.
Sisters: Annie, Mary and Sarah.
