
Cenotaph
Built on the western bank of the Turanganui River, The Cenotaph was unveiled on 25 April 1923 in honour of the district’s servicemen who fell during the First World War. A war memorial was first suggested by the local newspaper in 1919. World War One memorials were encouraged by Anzac Day celebrations, which became prominent in the early 1920s and required a permanent focus for the community’s annual tribute to the dead. Its construction was proposed by C.E.
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