Sergeant William Cooper

End of Watch: 8 October 1941

In Koiterangi (now Kowhitirangi) near Hokitika on the West Coast together with Constables Jordan, Tulloch and Best, while trying to apprehend Stanley Graham.

Graham, a West Coast farmer, shot Sergeant Cooper, the aforementioned Police Officers and three civilians, after refusing to hand over his firearms.

This was the largest manhunt in New Zealand, and after 12 days, seven people had died including Graham.

An eighth victim died eighteen months later from gunshot wounds they had received.