The farming district of Marua, near Hikurangi, did not have its own roll of honour until June 2006, when a wooden memorial tablet was unveiled in the Marua community hall. This listed 25 local men who had served in the First World War, including three who had been killed in action, and 16 men who had served in the Second World War (an additional name was added later). The hall itself had first been opened in 1907.
See: ‘Marua Hall an absolute asset’, Whangarei Leader, 4/7/2006.
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