Maungatapere First World War memorial church

Maungatapere war memorial church which includes a plaque with names of those killed in the First World War.

Maungatapere First World War memorial - further information

Thanks to John House for supplying this information.

In 1919 a local committee was set up to build a church as a memorial to those men from the District who gave their lives during first world war.

Fund raising was not easy but when it became evident that the money they had raised could not be used for sometime, it was lent to the Maunu Anglican church committee on the understanding that it would be re-funded if it were ever needed. This eventually came about, the additional money was raised and the church was built and opened in early 1928.

It was built of brick and has a tiled roof.

The pretty little church is very central and serves the people of all denominations in the Maungatapere area

Sources

1. Keene, Florence Between Two Mountains: A History of Whangarei 1966 Published by Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd. Auckland

2. Keene, Florence Cross over Kauri. A Centennial History of the Parish of Whangarei 1860 1960 Published by the Church. Printed by Northern Publishing Co Ltd

Specific information about this memorial

Location: State Highway 14, Maungatapere, Northland.

Description: (see above also) Memorial church with a granite memorial plaque as foundation stone in front of church building. The church is brick on a concrete base, with tiled roof, arched windows of coloured glass and false front with crenulated top. The memorial is in excellent condition.

Inscription: On the foundation stone, names of WW I deceased soldiers are inscribed under a arched title of

Maungatapere Memorial Church

Erected to the men from this district who fell in the
Great war 1914 - 1918

in three columns roughly alphabetically, as follows:
B C Atkinson
J Green
C T Leng
J H Morrison
C Marriner
P Marriner
C Nicholson
A Poiha
L Quintal
C R Robinson
McK Stevens
H C Tavinor
A Wilkinson
R Winlinson
W Woodward