Photograph of a design by London-based sculptor Gilbert Ledward entitled, The Call, for a memorial in The Square, Palmerston North, circa 1923.
Reverse reads, "Working model for a school memorial. Executed in bronze. Suggest 'The Call'". Sketches of columns on reverse in pencil.
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.