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Whanganui's Durie Hill War Memorial

The Durie Hill Memorial Tower was opened in 1925 to commemorate (as the plaque reads) the 513 young people from Wanganui and district who died in WWI. The tower is built of local shellrock.

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whanganui city
Credit

Jock Phillips and Chris Maclean, c1986

Glennis Austin, c2005

How to cite this page

'Whanganui's Durie Hill War Memorial', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/durie-hill-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 21-Jul-2015

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al goodwin

Posted: 01 Jun 2012

Bloody good tower this one, I remember when my grand dad use to take me there when my mum was out of town. I don't remember what we did there but i remmeber he always bought me an icecream afterwards.