Topic: Patea & Districts War Memorial
Topic type:
Egmont Street, Patea
Memorial to those from Patea, Whenuakura,Opaku, Patea, Kakaramea, Alton, Hurleyville and Manutahi
The World War I plaques were removed from their original position on gate pillars of the Domain/sports ground in Egmont Street (see Document & Image below) in the 1950s and reinstalled with the WWII additions on the War Memorial feature wall between the Library and Town Hall (demolished in 1981).
Hawera Star, 26 July 1921
The Patea District War Memorial Committee are erecting a memorial gateway to the Patea Domain at the cost of £400, the work being in the hands of Messrs Jones Bros., of Hawera. This is to be a district memorial to the men of Alton, Hurleyville, Manutahi, Kakaramea and Whenuakura who were killed in action or died on service.
It was hoped that the memorial would be erected in time for unveiling by the Governor-General, Lord Jellicoe, when he passed through Patea from Whanganui to New Plymouth on 27 October 1921. Newspaper reports do not mention his opening of the gates but only the District High School's memorial;avenue.(See Topic & Documents below)
Central plaque
Lest We Forget
Erected to the Memory of
the Honoured Dead of Three Wars
1899-1902: 1914-1918: 1939-1945
White Marble Plaque:
British South Africa
9th Nov 1900
This plaque was transferred from the base of the South African War memorial light standard
(See South Arfican War Memorials Kete)
Plaque 1:
In Memory
of the Men of
Whenuakura Opaku
Who fell in the
Great War
1914-1918
Gnr C Freakins
Rfmn H H Southcombe
Pvt F Hurley
" J Mulcahy
" A Pym
" N A Pollard
" G Widdowson
Kakaramea
" A Giles
" L Speight
" A Wilson
Plaque 2:
In Memory
Of the men of
Patea
Who fell in the
Great War
1914-1918
Lieut G A Robbie
Sgt A Christensen
" H Christensen
" A Eden
Cpl F Rule
L Cpl C Dunn
" H L C Peterson
Dvr J Scott
Tpr B Deane
" K Matheson
Rflmn D G Williams
Pvt F W Willis
" J Thacker
" O Roberts
" D Ryan
" R H McQueen
" G Moyes
" S I Mercer
" L E Champion
" J Carradus
" S Floyd
" W Butler
World War II Panels
1939- 1945
Barnett P E
Bodker W H
Boyce T W
Callander D C
Close P J
Davidson G L
Drury J M
Gillon A A
Hamblyn E C
Handley E T
1939 - 1945
Hardy R
Hamlin J G
Honeyfield E R
Hurley T E
Jeffery L
Jones R
Joblin G R
Martin S G
Milham F K
Minton F J
Moreland R S
1939 -1945
Pokau G
Siddal W J
Skipper W
Stevens R G
Sutherland E H
Taylor A
Turner W
Usher B
Wells G
Wilson E H
Wilson J S
Wereta W
Plaque 3:
In Memory
Of the Men of
Kakaramea Alton
Hurleyville
Who fell in the
Great War
1914-1918
Cpl M C Mitchell
Gnr S A W Myles
Tpr A Gould
" F Winks
Rflmn T Marshall
Pvt H Derriman
" K Grant
" M Hodge
" J Penzer
" R R Scown
" C Taylor
" W White
" G W Ward
" W O McDiarmid
" F H Rogers
" W Tamarapa
" J Matthews
" R Allen
" H L Anderson
" P D Vincent
Plaque 4:
In Memory
Of the Men of
Manutahi
Who fell in the
Great War
1914-1918
Gnr T Cameron
Dvr G Brewer
Rflmn F Furnival
Pvt N Wheeler
" G Richards
" H Rhoades
" E Smith
" T Harvie
" W Simpson
" J Ritchie
" E Lacey
" T Oldridge
" H R Hoades
(Is this H Rhoades - see above & there is no Hoades in casualty lists or Cenotaph - See Image below)
