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Description

The war memorial was erected to the men who died in World War One and World War Two. Later, in December 1954 the park wasoffically opened and dedication as 'Memorial Park'. The memorial is no longer standing, it was removed in the early 1980s and the area resown in grass.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
October 19, 1952
Digitisation ID
2008N_Mo15_A-E_1470
Held In
Coolstore

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Taxonomy

Tags
activities and events,
obelisk,
palmerston north,
photographs,
war on the home front,
wwi,
wwii,
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