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.
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Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Date
- February 7, 1926
- Digitisation ID
- 2007N_Mo1a_A-E_0315
- Held In
- Coolstore
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Creation
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- Unknown
- Place
- The Square, Palmerston North
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