Topic: Waverley War Memorial
Topic type:
Waverley Clock Tower
Waverley Clock Tower Memorial
Front Face
For God and Humanity
They whose names are inscribed hereon
Men of this District
Laid down their lives in the Great War
1914-1918
Pvt J.Anderson Tpr A R Hicks Pvt W M O’Connell
Pvt F Bason Pvt Hiroti Rangi Pvt S K O’Connell
Pvt E L Belton Lieut H J Hall Pvt E Partridge
Pvt J T Bennett Pvt C Howie Rflmn E S Partridge
Sgt A S Boyer Pvt J P Johnstone Pvt J Ross
Pvt R R W Campbell Pvt C P Johnston Pvt J Reid
Tpr G Cleary Pvt J Kirkland Sgt E Strachan DCM
Sgt F Cormack MM Pvt H Kreger Pvt L Tucker
Sgt J B Dalton Pvt J S Laidlaw Pvt W White
Pvt G Ellis Lieut D B McDonald Pvt J Willacy
Sgt E Elmslie Sgt C T McDonald Pvt C Wood
Maj J McG Elmslie Pvt E F Matthews Pvt J A Johnson
Pvt H Fesche Sgt F C Matthews MM
Erected by their fellow citizens in proud
and loving memory and as a thanksgiving
that such men were of their number.
Second World War
1939-1945
Spr M F Little Tpr T W Bell Sgt R H W Wybourne
Gnr R J Newland Gnr F Mitchell Cpr J Walker
Sgt P/T J G Dickie Pvt J P Dewar Pvt Brian Johnston
Dvr G K Newland Gnr W Booker F/T Sgt J Mooney
South Side
This memorial is erected on the
Old Wairoa Redoubt which was built by
The pioneers of the District in 1868
Also two separate small bronze plaques
VE Day
9 March 1995
and
VJ Day
15 Aug 1995
Unveiled by Prime Minister J Gordon Coates, MC & Bar, 28 October 1925. (See Auckland Weekly News Image and Document below)
The clock mechanism was manufactured in Wellington by W Littlejohn & Son. (See Advert in Documents below)
