Awapuni Racecourse Memorial

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Description: This is the memorial dedicated to the memory of officers and men of the New Zealand Medical Corps (1914-1918) who were trained the Awapuni Racecourse. It was erected in 1929. The memorial is a stone cairn fountain, inside a pool constructed in the shape of a cross.

Identification

Relation: Public Photograph Collection Ra 2
Date: circa 1930
Digitisation id: 2014P_Ra2_007586
Held in: Coolstore

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Creation

Created By: K H Shea
Place: Palmerston North

Location

175.575299, -40.380519

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Tags: 1930s; black and white; buildings; commemoration; first world war; fountain; monument; photographs; ww1

Community Tags: cairn; new zealand medical corps; war memorial; world war one

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K H Shea. "Awapuni Racecourse Memorial", Manawatū Heritage, Ian Matheson City Archives, https://manawatuheritage.pncc.govt.nz/item/0c185b28-eb4d-49a9-958d-c87a216c26dc, accessed 2026-08-18 04:27.

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