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WHO PASS THIS WAY HOLD MEMORY
THE MEN OF
ASHBURTON COUNTY
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
1914-1918
THEY, WHOSE NAMES ARE HERE INSCRIBED, WERE
NUMBERED AMONC THOSE WHO, AT THE CALL OF
KING AND COUNTRY, LEFT ALL THAT WAS DEAR TO
THEM, ENDURED HARDNESS, FACED DANGER AND
FINALLY PASSED FROM THE SIGHT OF MEN, BY THE
PATH OF DUTY AND SELF SACRIFICE, GIVING UP
THEIR LIVES THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM
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BEHIND THIS PLAQUE ARE ROLLS SHOWING THE
NAMES OF THE 97,335 MEMBERS OF THE NEW ZEALAND
EXPEDITIONARY FORCE WHO EMBARKED FOR
SERVICE OVERSEAS DURING THE
GREAT WAR 1914-18
ALSO
THE NAMES OF 104,988 MEMBERS OF THE
NEW ZEALAND EXPEDITIONARY FORCES WHO
SERVED OVERSEAS DURING THE
WORLD WAR 1939-45
THIS PLAQUE WAS DEDICATED
TO COMMEMORATE THE
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF
VE DAY 8TH MAY 1945
VJ DAY 15TH AUG. 1945
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
1949-1975
THIS PLAQUE
COMMEMORATES
THOSE WHO SERVED
WITH THE FORCES
IN
KOREA
MALAYA
BORNEO
VITENAM
LEST WE FORGET
1914-18
432 morts
Historique du monument
1928
Inauguration
lundi 4 juin 1928
Dernière modification : mardi 24 décembre 2024