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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.

Durie Hill memorial (detail)
Durie Hill memorial (detail)
Durie Hill memorial (detail)

 

Credit

Jock Phillips and Chris Maclean, c1986

Glennis Austin, c2005

How to cite this page

Whanganui's Durie Hill War Memorial, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/durie-hill-war-memorial, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated

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