Ararātā War Memorial (1919)

This memorial cross honours the members of the Ararātā community who served in the First World War, and includes the names of ten dead. Designed in the form of a Celtic cross, it was made of green granite by Jones Brothers, monumental masons in Hāwera.

The memorial is located on the grounds of the now-closed Ararātā School and was unveiled on 8 December 1919 by Mayor of Hāwera Edwin Dixon.

Front face inscription (upper):

To the glorious dead / erected by / the settlers of Ararata / to the glory of God / and in honour of the men / from this district who gave / their lives and those who / served in the Great War / 1914-1919

Front face inscription (lower):

They laid down their lives for their friends

F. Bird / F. Close / J. Close / C. Clothier / E. Jensen, M.M. / P. S. Livermore / W. Murray / W. C. Porter / O. Sanders / A. Tarrant

Right side:

Lest We Forget

Miss Ballantine / Sister McGregor / J. F. Barkla / S. Barkla / W. Casson / J. Davison L Cpl [Lance Corporal] / H. Dawson / J. Dawson / H. Habgood / E. Hannah / J. Ilton / P. Joblin, M.M. / H. James / T. Leggott / S. G. Larcom / W. MacKenzie

Left side:

We Will Remember Them

J. Milne / A. O. Nickel L. Cpl / G. Ogle / M. Ogle / O. Reid Sergt / S. F. Reid / W. R. Saunders / L. C. Storm / J. Sullivan / R. Stanton / M. T. Saywell / S. Tarrant / C. C. Tarrant / D. Thompson, Sergt D.CM. M.M. / H. Jones / O. J. Willis Lieut.

1939 - 1945

A. Tarrant / G. Winks / H. Hawkins-Borley / W. Jackson / *W. Doole / *R. I. Hill / T. Hamilton / R. Wipani / F. Edgecombe / F. Brooks / J. O'Connell / S. Spiers / N. Hunter, M.M. / J. Miles / *M. Midgely / A. Warren / M. Tocker / K. Ogle / J. Young / E. Nosen / B. Pearce 

* For King & Country