Tauranga war memorial gates.
| Site | Style | Ornamentation | Unveiling Date | No of Dead |
| Park/garden | Gate | 11-Dec-1921 | 91 |
Tauranga First World War memorial gates
Tauranga’s First World War memorial gates, at the entrance to the Tauranga Domain (now Wharepai Domain), were opened by Sir William Herries on 11 December 1921. The gates were restored in 2014.
Sources: ‘Tauranga’s Memorial to Fallen Soldiers’, Bay of Plenty Times, 12/12/1921, o. 3; ‘Tauranga Memorial: the Opening Ceremony’, NZ Herald, 13/12/1921, p. 8; Tauranga, 1882-1982, ed. A.C. Bellamy, Tauranga, 1982, pp. 273; ‘$80k to Restore City’s History’, Bay of Plenty Times, 20/6/2014.
Names on this memorial
Thanks to Jeni Palmer for providing these names:
Domain Gates, Cameron Road, Tauranga.
BAIKIE | R S | 1918 | France |
BAKER | R | 1915 | Gallipoli |
BANNATYNE | C E | 1917 | France |
BEACH | F | 1919 | NZ - as the result of War Service |
BELLARS | V H J | 1916 | France |
BETTELHEIM | G R | 1918 | NZ – injuries received Gallipoli |
CAIRNCROSS | J | 1916 | France |
CARNACHAN | A | 1918 | NZ - as the result of War Service |
CLAREBROUGH | C A | 1916 | France |
CLARK | L H | 1915 | Gallipoli |
CLEMSON | T | 1916 | France |
COLLETT | C F | 1917 | Scotland |
COMMONS | K W | 1915 | Gallipoli |
COOPER | E | 1917 | France |
CORBETT | E | 1918 | France |
CROSLEY | G W | 1915 | Gallipoli |
CULLEN | T P | 1917 | France |
CUNNINGHAM | W | 1917 | France |
DAVIS | G F S | 1918 | France |
DODSON | F H | 1915 | Gallipoli |
DOUGLAS | G A | 1915 | Gallipoli |
DOUGLAS | T L | 1915 | Gallipoli |
ELLISON | J | 1918 | France |
FAIRS | C S | 1915 | Egypt |
FENTON | A F | 1917 | France |
FRANCIS | J | 1918 | France |
FRANCIS | W J | 1916 | France |
GUINNESS | C G | 1917 | France |
HARDY | H M | 1918 | At Sea |
HARRIS | A J S | 1917 | France |
HARTLAND | J L | 1918 | France |
HAUA | A C | 1915 | Gallipoli |
JORDAN | S C | 1917 | France |
KEAM | S J | 1917 | France |
KENT | A C | 1915 | Gallipoli |
KERR | J A B | 1917 | Palestine |
KIRK | H W | 1917 | England |
KOTI | H | 1920 | NZ - as the result of War Service |
LILLEY | C W A | 1918 | France |
LOCHHEAD | T L | 1918 | France |
LOCHHEAD | W H | 1918 | Palestine |
MAKARAURE | T T | 1917 | France |
MANSEL | H P | 1918 | Palestine |
MASEFIELD | W S | 1916 | France |
MATHESON | R T | 1916 | West Africa |
McCARTHY | S C | 1916 | France |
McCONNELL | R | 1917 | France |
McKINLAY | W | 1918 | NZ – injuries received France |
McLAREN | W W | 1918 | France |
McROBERTS | E | 1917 | France |
MOKOPAPAKI | H | 1921 | NZ - as the result of War Service |
PEMBERTON | S | 1916 | France |
PENTELOW | F | 1917 | France |
PETHERBRIDGE | A | 1920 | NZ - as the result of War Service |
PHILLIPS | H | 1917 | France |
PLUMMER | E J | 1918 | France |
POAD | W L | 1918 | France |
RAKAUHEMO | H W | 1917 | France |
RALPH | F N | 1916 | France |
RAMSAY | A A | 1918 | NZ - as the result of War Service |
REEVE | W L C | 1917 | France |
REWA | G R | 1916 | France |
REWI | P | 1917 | France |
REWI | W | 1920 | NZ - as the result of War Service |
RIKIHANA | R | 1918 | NZ – injuries received France |
ROWE | M W | 1918 | France |
SALT | J J | 1918 | France |
SAMUEL | C M | 1918 | France |
SHARPLIN | R W | 1916 | New Zealand |
SHEPPARD | E | 1915 | Gallipoli |
SNODGRASS | J G | 1917 | France |
SPRATLEY | W N | 1918 | France |
STEPHENSON | G F | 1916 | France |
STEWART | H | 1918 | France |
STEWART | L P | 1917 | France |
TAPIHANA | W | 1918 | France |
TE METE | T | 1918 | England |
TOBIN | G H W | 1916 | France |
TOBIN | M | 1916* | France |
WAHIA | T | 1915 | Gallipoli |
WAHIA | W | 1915 | Gallipoli |
WALKER | C L | 1916 | France |
WALKER | E T L | 1918 | France |
WALL | R F W | 1918 | France |
WARD | S L | 1918 | France |
WASLEY | A S | 1917 | France |
WATKINS | R A | 1916 | France |
WEPIHA | T | 1917 | France |
WILSON | G C | 1918 | France |
WOOLLAMS | P H | 1918 | France |
* Sapper Michael Tobin is believed to be the first NZ soldier to die on the Western Front Although on this memorial he is listed as being killed in 1915, his date of death was actually 15 April 1916.
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