Manutahi War Memorial (1949/c2007-08)

Constructed in the school grounds, Muggeridge Road, the Manutahi baths were to honour the war services and sacrifices of the men of the district.

Two years after construction began on 3 February 1947, the school baths were opened by the MP, E P Aderman, in February 1949. £200 were raised by the community to supplement the Government subsidy of a similar amount.

Both the WW I & WW II plaques were removed from the closed baths and re-erected in the Manutahi Cemetery, Muggeridge Road (c 2007-8?)

Inscription:

Left Side Plaque:

          In Honour       

   1914   -  1919

Lieut L Hamilton                                                                               Pte N Wheeler +
Pte J Allan                                                                                       " J Wheeler
" C H Buckman                                                                                   " A W Wrigley +
" F Cornwall                                                                                      " L J Woodhouse
" W Flett                                                                                             " C R Wemyss
" T Harvie +                                                                                        Rfmn F Furnival +
" C Jamieson                                                                                           " E J Goile    
" C Kenny                                                                                            " H Hamilton
" S Leslie                                                                                             " M J O'Neill
" E Lacey +                                                                                     " T J Simpson
" O O'Neill                                                                                           " S Tawse   
" W O'Neill                                                                                        Tpr O Hughes
" T Oldridge                                                                                    " J O'Sullivan  
" J Ritchie +                                                                                           " A A Quin     
" J Ritchie                                                                                            " J Tregea  
" C Ritchie                                                                                          " A F Wills    
" C Richards                                                                                     Dvr G Brewer +
" G Richards +                                                                                " R P Cornwall
" C A Rutland                                                                                   " J Muggeridge
" H Rhoades +                                                                                       " T Newport
" W J Simpson +                                                                                  " D W Schwass
" E Smith +

+ Killed in Action

Right Side Plaque:

In Honour

1939  -  1945

AB R Cornwall                                                      Pte J Thatcher
" R Geary                                                               " G Wells +
Sgt R Hardy +                                                      Tpr G Brewer
" H Hardy                                                             " L Cornwall
" J Wards                                                                 " J Geary
Pte A Brickell                                                              " W Heal
" H Lee                                                               " R Southcombe
" J Macdonald                                               Flt/Lt A Muggeridge DFC
" C J Penny                                                      " M Muggeridge DFM
" V J Penny                                                            WO L Cameron
" E C Penny                                                           " N Foreman
" L Parker                                                               Flt/Sgt T Harvie
" M Parker LAC                                                              W Denby
" L Scott                                                                    " J Geary

+ Killed in Action

Related information:

"The WWI plaque in the cemetery has two mistakes – G Williams is missed off (he was killed in action) & T Oldridge doesn’t have a cross by his name & he was killed in action." (Jacq Dwyer June 201).

Manutahi Roll of Honour (Patea & Waverley Press, Sept 2014)

Manutahi Roll of Honour at the hall was unveiled by Pātea MP and Hāwera Mayor, Edwin Dixon. (Hawera & Normanby Star 23 March 1922)