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Description

A war memorial to commemorate local soldiers who died in World War One was erected in the centre of The Square, Palmerston North, in 1926. The figure that sits atop the memorial was based on a similar one in Folkstone, England. Today it also commemorates those who died in World War Two, and the Korean and Vietman Wars.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Mo 1b
Date
February 7, 1926
Digitisation ID
2011N_Mo1b_005739
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

Tags
1920s,
anzac,
black and white,
bronze statue,
cenotaph,
construction,
military,
photographs,
the square,
war memorial,
ww1,
ww2,
Community Tags
bronze statue,
monument,
palmerston north & districts soldiers’ memorial,
war memorial,
world war one,

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