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Little River war memorial
Little River war memorial c1986.
Little River war memorial 2010.
The memorial comprises formal gates to the Reserve and Library at Little River.
The arched gate is made from multicoloured (Banks Peninsular) volcanic rock with some brickwork detail and is very Victorian in appearance. The First World War inscriptions above the gates are incised into grey sandstone or rhyolite blocks and highlighted in gold.
Black engraved granite tablets on the highway side record the names of 23 servicemen killed in the First World War and 3 killed in The South African (Boer) War and two pedestrian gates and a set of carriage gates from wrought iron complete the initial construction.
Originally constructed as a First World War and Boer War memorial and unveiled on Anzac Day 1923, the memorial has been modified in-situ to also become the Second World War memorial for the district. Black granite tablets on the Reserve side record the names of 7 servicemen killed in that war.
Top image: Jock Phillips and Chris Maclean, c1986
Bottom images and information: Bruce Comfort, 2010
Find out more about the people listed on this memorial from Auckland Museum's Cenotaph database
Could anyone with information on William Johnson contact Chris Cooke (his great nephew): Chris.Cooke@tvnz.co.nz
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