Methven First World War memorial

The large arch in Methven in Canterbury, now stranded down a side street.

Site	Style	Ornamentation	Unveiling Date	No of Dead
Sports ground	Arch		11-Feb-1930	69

Credit

Jock Phillips and Chris Maclean (top image, c1986), and Francis Vallance, 2010

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

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Methven First World War memorial, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/methven-war-memorial, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-May-2024

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Angela Grieve Posted: 1 May 2010

on this memorial is the name:
L.J.Ayers.
he was killed in WW2 while on a pilot training run over Cornwall.Uk. He rests at the Illogan Cemetery near Red Ruth and we have information about his service and have been to visit his grave.
We can offer you more information.

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