Ashburton Legion of Frontiersmen Memorial to the 9000 Site: In 1975, Captain Ron Taylor LOF of U Squadron (Ashburton) obtained consent from Parks and Reserves to create a monument to the dead of the Legion of Frontiersmen to be located in Baring Square, Ashburton. Style: The memorial was constructed in the plinth style with an upright slate monument bearing an inlaid colour mosaic design of a Frontiersmen's cap badge. Local company Halswell Quarries donated a truckload of slate for the project, and as well members of U Squadron collected stones for the memorial from all over the South Island. Ornamentation: As well as the Frontiersmen's cap badge mosaic, the mural crown and scroll "FRONTIERSMAN" were cast at the Leeston foundry. Above the badge is a granite tablet which reads as follows: "Erected to the memory of 9000 members of the Legion of Frontiersmen who gave their lives in the Great War 1914-1918, and those gallant Comrades who fell in freedom's cause in World War II, 1939-1945, and the wars that followed." WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM. Unveiling Date and Dedication Parade: On Sunday the 01 June 1975, the Ashburton Memorial to the 9000 Frontiersmen, was dedicated and unveiled by Captain L. Allison, Honorary Padre of the Legion at a parade commanded by Commandant Colonel Allan Frederick Puklowski LOF and attended by some 100 members of the Legion of Frontiersmen and families. The memorial had been covered prior to being unveiled by a Legion of Frontiersmen ensign which had been hand-sewn by Mrs R.A. Powell of Timaru, who's late husband had served in the Legion of Frontiersmen for many years. Number of Dead: This memorial commemorates more than 9000 members of the Legion of Frontiersmen who made the ultimate sacrifice during the Great War 1914-1918. It also acknowledges all Frontiersmen who have lost their lives in wars and other conflicts since. Ashburton LOF 1975 Conference photo: http://frontiersmen.homestead.com/Conference1970.html Mike Subritzky Editor and Researcher New Zealand Command THE LEGION OF FRONTIERSMEN