Marching girls perform for the crowd attending the unveiling. The obelisk at Fitzroy Park, as it was then called, was unveiled in this ceremony by Major-General Sir Howard Kippenberger. Marching girls performed as part of the occasion. 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.
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- 2008P_Mo19e_WHF_1981
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- Unveiling of War Memorial, Memorial Park
- Relation
- Public Photograph Collection
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- Coolstore
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- Unknown
- Place
- Main Street, Palmerston North
- Date
- October 19, 1952
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