More Info →Unveiling of the Palmerston North War Memorial, The Square

Description

The cenotaph, constructed 1926, was unveiled by the Prime Minister of the day Mr J F Coates. The memorial, a copy of one found in Folkstone, England, was for the men who died in the First World War, (WWI) and as such faced north-west towards the battlefield of Flanders. The figure represented the spirit of mother-hood watching where her sons were sleeping, and she has a wreath of remembrance and cross of sacrifice. Subsequent war dead have been added to the list of names on the monument.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection Mo 1a

Date

February 7, 1926

Digitisation ID

2007N_Mo1a_A-E_0315

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