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Upper Riccarton memorial library

Upper Riccarton memorial library

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Upper Riccarton memorial library. The official Memorial is the glass one that is in the front foyer. This used to be marble but in 1958 a car failed to stop at the intersection with Hansons Lane and crashed through the window and destroyed the tablets, hence the glass ones now. The book (see image) is a bible and was the first book donated to the library in 1920.

Images: Francis Vallance, 2010; information: Francis Vallance and the library chairman

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

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