Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The stories about the lives of service personnel named on war memorials have often been lost in time. Their stories lived in the memories of their relatives, who are often no ...

Creator:      Dorothy Pilkington
Place:          Manawatū
Date:          November 9, 2024

This image was taken for a story that ran in The Manawatu Evening Standard on 27 April, 1959. "The Rev. C. F. Browne is here seen officiating at the mid-morning Anzac service held at the Palmerston North Cenotaph. The guardsmen have been selected...

Creator:      Manawatu Evening Standard
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          1959-04-27T00:00:00+00:00

The war memorial was built in The Square in 1926, to honour those who died in WWI. the clocktower was built in 1955 from a bequest to the city from Arthur Hopwood.

Beyond can be seen the Farmers Mutual building which became FMG.

Creator:      Unknown
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          August 2000

The War Memorial, dedicated to those who died in World War I and World War II, was opened in 1952 at what was then called Fitzroy Park. It was renamed Memorial Park in 1954.

Creator:      The Tribune
Place:          Memorial Park, Main Street, Palmerston North
Date:          March 23, 1975