Located at the now demolished Te Kiri School, the Te Kiri war memorial was erected to the memory of those men of the district who fell in the Great War. The memorial was officially unveiled on 16 October 1921 by the MP Mr O. Hawken. The first meeting to discuss the erection of a memorial for the fallen soldiers was held on 27 March 1920.
Inscription: North Face
For
Freedom' s Cause
Dedicated
by the people of Te Kiri
to the memory of those
Te Kiri Boys, who made
the supreme sacrifice
in the Great War
1914 - 1918
Short N P
___________________________
West Face
Second World War
Allan D Kirk
2 NZEF (Japan) Korea
1946 - 1948 1950 - 1954
Malaya, Malaysia Borneo Vietnam
1955 -1966 1964 - 1972
East Face
Our Fallen Heroes
Sgt C J Hurst
L Corp R Mawhinney
Pvt J W Coupe
" J P Ewen
" E J Friday
" S Gilbert
" A Simpson
" G W Tindle
Driver L V Hawton
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Live Thou for New Zealand
We for New Zealand Died
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