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Near Cenotaph, Corner of St Aubyn & Queen Streets, New Plymouth
The Taranaki Salute to the Anzacs Wreath-laying
Statue of a 1914-18 Taranaki soldier unveiled 11/11/2018 - the centennial of Armistice Day 1918
Sculptor: Fridtjof Hanson.
Unveiled by Rear-Admiral Anthony Parr.
Addresses by Ahmet Ergin (Ambassador, Republic of Turkey) & Archbishop Philip Richardson.
The soldier is facing Australia as a tribute to the Australian forces as a part of ANZAC and overlooks the site of the former New Plymouth railway station from where many local troops departed during the 1914-18 War.
For programme, service sheet and news report - See Documents below.
