Kowai Bush war memorial
Kowai Bush war memorial. The memorial is located near the intersection of Kowai and Rubicon Rd. 3km north of Springfield, off State Highway 73. It is a cement structure composed of a single column surmounted with an effigy of St George and the Dragon. Inscriptions reference various casualties from the world wars. The memorial was refurbished c2010.
Top image: Jock Phillips and Chris Maclean, c1986
Second image: Ian Dampier, 2007
Other images: Francis Vallance, 2010
Additional information: Ian Dampier and Francis Vallance
Find out more about the people listed on this memorial from Auckland Museum's Cenotaph database
| Site | Style | Ornamentation | Unveiling Date | No of Dead |
| Beside road | St. George | 7 |
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Brothers Percy William Edgar
and Walter [photo of Walter here http://keteselwyn.peoplesnetworknz.info/soldiers_of_selwyn/topics/show/244-evans-walter]
are relations of mine.
Welcome to contact me via www.sarndra.com. Would love to update or add any genealogical details. I have much on the EVANS family.
I have more photographs of this memorial. The 5 names from WW1 are: P.W.E Evans, W. Evans, W.E. Gold, R. Gold, W.T. Milliken.
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