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Sawyers Bay war memorial

Sawyers Bay war memorial

Memorial detail

Sawyers Bay war memorial.

The memorial is under (and under attack by) a grove of very large and aggressive gum trees beside highway 88 (Dunedin to Port Chalmers). The base is cracked and displaced and the memorial has a lean.

It is a five piece granite memorial on a concrete base with steps recording the names of 15 men who were killed in the First World War.

Information and images courtesy Bruce Comfort, 2010

Find out more about the people listed on this memorial from Auckland Museum's Cenotaph database

Site Style Ornamentation Unveiling Date No of Dead
    Rifle 24-Jul-1921 15
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