Drury-Runciman First World War memorial

Drury-Runciman First World War memorial, c1986.

Drury-Runciman First World War memorial, 2009 - showing names.

Prime Minister W.F. Massey unveiled the Drury-Runciman war memorial on 25 April 1922. This listed the names of 19 local men who had died during the war. After the Second World War a further eight names were added. On 8 August 1969 the memorial was relocated from its original island site on the Great South Road to a new site near the Drury hall. In 1993 an inscription was added to commemorate service in Korea, Malaya, Borneo and Vietnam.

For further information relating to this memorial, see: 'District News: "Lest We Forget"', Franklin Times, 25/10/21, p. 5; Unveiling Ceremony: Drury-Runciman Memorial [order of service], Papakura, 1922; 'War Memorials: Ceremony at Drury', NZ Herald, 26/4/22, p. 9; 'War Memorials: Ceremony at Drury', Auckland Weekly News, 27/4/22, p. 23; 'The Glorious Dead: Drury-Runciman War Memorial', Franklin Times, 28/4/22, p. 4; [Note], South Auckland News Advertiser, 6/2/69, p. 1; 'Forgotten Wars Remembered', Manukau Courier, 3/9/93, p. 1; 'Papakura Cenotaphs Updated', Manukau Courier, 21/9/93, p. 1.