Invercargill cenotaph

Invercargill cenotaph, c1986.

Invercargill cenotaph and panels showing names, 2008.

Site	Style	Ornamentation	Unveiling Date	No of Dead
Park/gardens	Cenotaph	Soldier, urn, wreath, crown, N.Z.flag

Credit

Top image: Jock Phillips and Chris Maclean, c1986

Other images: Bruce Cavanagh, 2008

Find out more about the people listed on this memorial from Auckland Museum's Cenotaph database

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Invercargill cenotaph, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/invercargill-cenotaph, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-May-2024

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branks allan Posted: 9 Dec 2011

I am concernd that my uncles name isnt on the cenotaph in Invercagill. im sure it was there. I was shown it as a boy his name is Branks, Allan Ernest, Sergeant, number 13185, I gather he was in the desert ww2 ambulance core. Thanks.

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admin Posted: 9 Dec 2011

Hi Allan,
You can see his name on the 8th image up from the bottom - here is a direct url: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/images/invercargill-cenotaph-17.jpg

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Betty Snell Posted: 5 Aug 2012

My uncle. I R Evans (Ira Rubel Evans 9/2065) was killed on the 14th July 1916 on the Somme but his name does not appear on the cenotaph. He was born and lived at Longbush and he is buried at Cite Bonjean Cemetery, Armentieres. He was originally a trooper but died as a private. Can anyone explain why has name is not there?

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admin Posted: 28 Aug 2012

Dear Betty. Generally it was up to families to send in the names of the men of the district who had been killed for inclusion on the memorial. This means that not everyone is going to be listed.

By the way, you can download Ira Evans's service record here (Archway). Regards, Jamie Mackay

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Anonymous Posted: 8 Mar 2020

I heard a rumour that there was a circus elephant buried in the grounds behind the cenotaph... What do you think?

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