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War memorial at Brewer Road, Strathmore in east Taranaki.
The memorial records those from the surrounding districts who served in both First and Second World Wars. The memorial was unveiled on 8 Nov 2008. (See Taranaki Daily News 20 Oct 2008). It was erected on the site of the Strathmore War Memorial Hall, demolished in 2006. The bronze plaque from the hall is attached to the fence alongside the memorial. The rolls of honour from the hall are in the Stratford RSA.
The memorial consists of a granite soldier figure on black marble plinth. It was designed by Daryl Anderson, Anderson's Monumentalists, Hawera. The soldier was sculpted by carvers in Xiamen, China
Inscription
STRATHMORE AND TE WERA
MAKAHU DISTRICTS
| Roll of Honour 1914-18 | Roll of Honour 1939-45 |
| Sgt Jack Cuthbert | Pte Moera D Marshall |
| Pte George Irvine West | Dvr John H Ryan |
| Pte Karl William Frank | Pte Douglas Meek |
| Alfred Catchpole | Tpr Hector L Mallet |
| Eric Catchpole | Sgt Henry R Garlick |
| Pte William Henry Stockley | Sgt Edwin W J Nagel |
| Pte George Stuart Steer | Gnr William G Garlick |
| Sgt William Foley | P/O Norman J Cheney |
| Pvt Arthur John Finnerty | Gnr Raymond A Nagel |
| LCRP Edwin Gill Finnerty | Dvr Donald M Simmons |
| Pvt Archibald Steer | Sgt Michael C Ford |
| Pvt Martin Rea | Pvt Terence C M Foley |
| Pvt Carrol Coulton | Sgt Alexander Manning |
| Pvt James Catchpole | Gnr Donald G Mayo |
| Pvt William Frank | Gnr Albert H McCracken |
| Pvt Reginald C Meredith | Gnr Ashley R Garlick |
| Pvt David Steer | Pte Francis W Murray |
| Pvt Adolphus Frank | A/C Richard G Smith |
| Pvt George Frank | Stoker John J Kelly |
| Pvt Thomas Frank | Flt Lieut Charles M O’Neill |
| Pvt Frank Williams | A/C Sefton J Garlick |
| Pvt William Hansen | Pte Charles D K Gooch |
| Pvt Leonard Hansen | Pte Stanley E Riddick |
| Pvt Leicester Hodgson | Pte Milton J Murray |
| Pvt Melville Owen Steffart | A/C Noel H Renai |
LEST WE FORGET
Bronze plaque from the Strathmmore hall (hall demolished in 2006 and plaque re-installed on the fence alongside the memorial):
THIS HALL IS DEDICATED
AS A MEMORIAL
TO THOSE WHO MADE
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE SERVICE OF
THEIR COUNTRY
1939 – 45
'GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN'
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