Manurewa First World War memorial

Manurewa First World War memorial.

On 2 January 1921 Prime Minister William Ferguson Massey unveiled the Manurewa war memorial. The granite obelisk was placed outside the Manurewa school gates on the corner of the Great South and Hill roads. In 1924 a memorial plaque was also placed on one of the gate pillars (in later years plaques commemorating service in the Second World War and later wars were added). The memorial obelisk was moved away from the edge of the road in 1955.

For further information relating to this memorial, see: 'The Deathless Army: Tribute to the Fallen: Manurewa War Memorial', NZ Herald, 3/1/21, p. 4; 'Manurewa Memorial', Franklin & Pukekohe Times, 7/1/21, p. 4; 'Manurewa Monument: Plan for Removal', South Auckland Courier, 16/2/55, p. 10; 'Manurewa Monument', South Auckland Courier, 23/2/55, p. 6; 'Difficulty Over Manurewa Cenotaph Site', South Auckland Courier, 27/7/55, p. 9; A.E. Tonson, Old Manukau, Onehunga, 1966, p. 196; Gwen Wichman, Soaring Bird: A History of Manurewa to 1965, Manurewa, 2001, pp. 121-3.