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Awapuni war memorial

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Awapuni race course war memorial fountain, dedicated to members of the New Zealand Medical Corps who trained at the race course.

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Jock Phillips and Chris Maclean (top image, c1986) and Imelda Bargas and Tim Shoebridge, 2010

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'Awapuni war memorial ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/awapuni-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 26-Feb-2014

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Linda

Posted: 03 Sep 2012

Just noted that it is reported in Papers Past that this memorial was erected to remember the NZMC who died in First World War. refer to A. H. Daroux, Photo. WAR MEMORIAL ON AWAPUNI RACECOURSE.—Erected to the memory of members of the New Zealand Medical Corps who lost their lives in the Great War. It will be unveiled by the Governor-General (Sir Charles. Vergusson) when he visits- Palmerston North on 3rd December (Evening Post, 19 November 1929). Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://beta.natlib.govt.nz/records/19340107