Marching girls perform for the crowd at the unveiling ceremony. 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.
https://d28dhd8eubcyz4.cloudfront.net/iiif/2/curtis-production2-cache%2F1%2F2%2Ff%2F2335ee-70e8-4734-864e-33154708319c%2Fresize_master_4b4c1d86ee1e5331efcf5bd237b49495.jpg/full/!880,1024/0/default.jpg?sig=047dd90c22b761adc703e908893afb17eaa056e6&ver=1655486500Unveiling of War Memorial, Memorial Park
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Relation
- Public Photograph Collection
- Date
- October 19, 1952
- Digitisation ID
- 2008P_Mo19f_WHF_1982
- Held In
- Coolstore
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- Unknown
- Place
- Memorial Park, Main Street, Palmerston North
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