Alton War Memorial (1922)

The Hawera & Normanby Star reported in March 1922 that the Alton War Memorial was finished and that great credit was due to the contractor, Mr Jones of Hāwera. The memorial, located at Alton School on Hursthouse Road, was unveiled 25 April 1922 by Edwin Dixon, the MP for Pātea and Mayor of Hāwera.

In 2013 it was decided to move the memorial from the now-closed school grounds to a section next to the Alton Coronation Hall. The move was celebrated by over 500 people at an 11am ANZAC Day service on 25 April 2014.

In Memory of the men of / Alton / who fell in the / Great War 1914-1918

Rives Allen                           G Brewer

H L Anderson                         H Derriman

A Gould                                 K Grant       

M J Hodge                             W O McDiarmid

G Richards                             M G Mitchell

R R Scown                          J Penzer      

                                               C Taylor       

                                               W White       

Greater love hath no man than this that a / man lay down his life for his friends

Right side:

In memory of the men of / Alton / who fell in the / World War II 1939-1945

T W Boyce                         R S Moreland

J N Jury                           E H Sutherland  

L Jeffery                              A Taylor       

Below:

Lest We Forget

Jones [Mason]

Related documents:

Memorial committee meet to discuss fence for school (Hawera & Normanby Star 4 November 1922)

Public asked to lend a hand (Taranaki Daily News 14 June 2013)

Memorial has a new home (South Taranaki Star 5 December 2013)

Re-dedication of Memorial 25 April 2014 (Poster)

Taranaki-born hero honoured (Taranaki Daily News 3 April 2023)