Te Aroha Second World War memorial

Te Aroha Second World War memorial

Te Aroha Second World War Memorial Te Aroha Second World War Memorial

In 1947, Te Aroha's citizens resolved to erect a memorial clock tower on the intersection of Kenrick Street and Whitaker Street as the town’s Second World War memorial. The tower was dedicated on Anzac Day 1955. It incorporates a bronze plaque with the names of 70 men from the district who gave their lives, listed by town or village: Te Aroha, Ngarua, Waitoa, Springdale, Manawaru, Elstow, Te Aroha West-Wairakau and Mangaiti.

A garden was developed to link this memorial with Te Aroha's First World War memorial. On Anzac Day 1963 a soldiers’ memorial fountain was also unveiled (since removed). 

Sources: ‘Anzac Memorial Service: Te Aroha Pays Tribute’, Te Aroha News, 27/4/1955, p. 5; ‘Fountain Ready by Anzac Day’, NZ Herald, 8/4/1963; C. Kingsley-Smith, This is Te Aroha, 1981, p. 77; Jock Phillips and Chris Maclean, The Sorrow and the Pride, Wellington, 1990, pp. 72-3, 99. 126. 128.

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