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The obelisk at Fitzroy Park, as it was then called, was unveiled in this ceremony by Major-General Sir Howard Kipenberger. Later, in 1954, the park was dedicated and renamed Memorial Park. The obelisk, in a state of disrepair, was removed in 1983, and now only the gates into the park remain as the memorial.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
October 19, 1952
Digitisation ID
2008P_Mo17a_WHF_1972
Held In
Coolstore

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Place
Memorial Park, Main Street, Palmerston North

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Taxonomy

Tags
1950s,
black and white,
memorial,
memorial park,
monument,
obelisk,
palmerston north,
photographs,
war,
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