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Karamea war memorial

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There are memorial gates with plaques outside the Karamea Domain - but this is a memorial that is like a spade that has had both a new handle and a new blade.

Memorial gates were unveiled on 18 April 1926 (and there is a photograph in the Museum). According to local historian Dulcie McNabb the gates and their pillars were damaged by a cattle truck in the early 1950s, and the gates were moved to the local cemetery. New pillars, made of concrete blocks, were later erected. The cast-iron plaques are obviously post WW-2 as they record the names of those killed in both wars.

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The Plunket rooms are a Second World War memorial.

Information and images from Simon Nathan, 2008

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

How to cite this page: 'Karamea war memorial', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/karamea-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 9-Apr-2008

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