More Info →Photograph of Memorial Design by Charles Wheeler - Albatross, Wreath, Waves

Description: Photograph of a design of an Albatross above a wreath and waves by British sculptor Charles Wheeler for a proposed war memorial in The Square, Palmerston North, 1922.

Commissioned by The Palmerston North & Districts Soldiers' Memorial Fund. The Palmerston North & Districts Soldiers' Memorial Fund was established on 9 November 1923, continuing the work of a Soldiers' Memorial Committee which had been operating since 1920. The Chairman of the Soldiers' memorial Fund Committee was Mr F J Nathan, Mayor of Palmerston North, while the secretary was Mr John Permain, Secretary of the Manawatu Patriotic Society.