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Kaiapoi war memorial

Kaiapoi war memorial

Soldier on top of the memorial, c1986.

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The Kaiapoi war memorial. The New Zealand soldier on top was sculpted by Christchurch stonemason, W.T. Trethewey. Just adjacent to the memorial are the two large plaques displaying names from the South African War and Second World War.

Top image: Jock Phillips and Chris Maclean, c1986

Bottom images: Bruce Comfort and Francis Vallance, 2010

Find out more about the people listed on this memorial from Auckland Museum's Cenotaph database

Site Style Ornamentation Unveiling Date No of Dead
Park/gardens Soldier    25-Apr-1922 41
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How to cite this page: 'Kaiapoi war memorial', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/kaiapoi-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 10-Nov-2010

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Anonymous
14 May 2008
There is a more modern memorial beside this

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