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Drury First World War memorial
Drury war memorial (unveiled as Drury-Runciman memorial). In 1969 this memorial was moved from its island site on the Great South Road to a new site beside the local hall.
Further information
'District News: "Lest We Forget"', Franklin Times, 25/10/21, p. 5; Unveiling Ceremony: Drury-Runciman Memorial ... [order of service], Papakura, 1922; 'War Memorials: Ceremony at Drury', NZ Herald, 26/4/22, p. 9; 'War Memorials: Ceremony at Drury', Auckland Weekly News, 27/4/22, p. 23; 'The Glorious Dead: Drury-Runciman War Memorial', Franklin Times, 28/4/22, p. 4; "Members of the Papakura Rotary Club will be moving the Drury memorial to its new site on Saturday morning [8 August 1969] ...", South Auckland News Advertiser, 6/2/69, p. 1.
Jock Phillips and Chris Maclean
Further information from Manukau City Council
| Site | Style | Ornamentation | Unveiling Date | No of Dead |
| intersection | square obelisk | 25-Apr-22 | 21 |
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