Topic: Victoria Cross Garden, Hawera
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Corner of High, Dixon and Vogel Streets, Hawera
Victoria Cross Garden, Hawera
Statues of local 1914-18 Victoria Cross winners - John Gildroy Grant (10/2750) and Harry John Laurent (24/213) - erected in a garden near the streets named for them (See Topics below) The two VC winners are also commemorated by oak trees around the water tower. (See Topics below)
The garden - in the shape of a Victoria Cross - was opened by South Taranaki District's Mayor, Ross Dunlop on 15 September 2018.(See TDN report in Documents below)