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The war memorial, unveiled in 1926, stands in the centre of the Square. It was a replica of one in Folkstone, England. Originally erected to honour the dead of World War I, further names from WWII, Korea and Vietnam wars have since been added.

Identification

Object type
Image
Date
circa 1930
Digitisation ID
2007P_Mo2_SQU_0447
Held In
Coolstore

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Place
The Square, Palmerston North

Object rights

Taxonomy

Tags
1930d,
black and white,
cenotaph,
memorial,
palmerston north,
photographs,
the square,
wwi,
wwii,
Community Tags
bronze statue,
monument,
palmerston north & districts soldiers’ memorial,
war,
war memorial,
world war one,
world war two,

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