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)
Manutahi WWI Story (Patea Historical Society)
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