Rukuhia school war memorial

Rukuhia school First World War memorial.

The memorial was unveiled at the school on 7 June 1923, the sixth anniversary of the Battle of Messines. A newspaper report of the event says that 22 men from Rukuhia served in the First World War and of that number nine were killed or died of wounds and another nine were wounded.

The memorial was rededicated on 11 November 2003 (Armistice Day).