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Pukekohe RSA memorial
Pukekohe Returned Servicemen Lawn Cemetery memorial chapelet. On 12 April 1949, during an official visit to Pukekohe, the Governor-General Sir Bernard Freyburg V.C. unveiled a memorial chaplet (chapelet) in the Pukekohe Returned Servicemen’s lawn cemetery in Wellington Street. This included a Pukekohe roll of honour for the First World War and a Pukekohe and districts roll of honour for the Second World War.
(See: 'Public Cemetery: Site for Soldiers' Graves: Principle Approved', Franklin Times, 25 May 1942, p. 3; & 'Interest in Franklin: Vice-Regal Visit to Pukekohe', NZ Herald, 13 May 1949, p. 9).
Images and information: Bruce Ringer, Manukau Libraries
Find out more about the people listed on this memorial from Auckland Museum's Cenotaph database
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