Urenui and Districts War Memorial (1920 and 1948)

The Urenui & Districts War Memorial (includes Uruti, Pukearuhe, Onaero and Okoki) was unveiled 27 April 1920 by the Member of Parliament, Mr. P. W. T Jennings. 

Following World War II, the memorial was renovated and remodelled to include those local men who lost their lives in the war. The memorial was unveiled by Mrs S. Managh on 4 April 1948 and the ceremony was led by Archdeacon G.H. Gavin. 

Front

Lest We Forget

Erected

 by the Residents of the

 Urenui District

in honour of the men

who were killed in the

Great War

1914-1918.

______________________________

In Memory of 

those who paid the Supreme Sacrifice

 in World War 2

 1939-1945

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[Small bronze plaque commemorating VJ Day 1995]

Right side

Uruti

J W Candy                  27thSept 1916

C Kirton                      28^th Feb 1918

T H Walsh                    29^th     “    "   

F G Richardson          31^st  Aug   "

W J Bracken                12^th Sept    "

Pukearuhe

R H Waterson                    9^th  July 1916

J H Waters                  15^th  Jan 1917

R H Farmer                 10^th  Nov   "

H A Waterson             26^th  Aug 1918

P Taylor                       10^th  Sept    "

 [WW II]

Uruti                                                 Pukearuhe

T B Murray                                       R C Polglaise

B F Rea                                              J Phillips

EW Saywell                                     J A Rider

                                                          N R Rowe

[Left Side]

 Urenui

D R Webster   20^th April 1916

J W Buchler   17^th Sept   "

R Anderson    27^th   "       "

J J Kelly          12^th March 1917

J J Falconer     7^th  June         "

J E Bell           17^th   "    "

M Beck           4^th  Oct      "

W J Richards   7^th  Sept 1918

J MacDonald   25^th  Oct   "

Riri Pukere      4^th  Nov         "

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[WW II]

Urenui

W J Franklyn

E Perry

M M Wiley

Rear (South) Side

Onearo [sic]

 J T Graham      14^th Aug 1915

J S Hanson      27^th Oct     “

C Ustello         31 July 1917

G V Hanson    4^th Oct    “

Okoke

L M Jones       4 Oct 1917

JW Derby       12 “      “

Uruti

J Rae               17^th July 1916

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 [WWII]

 Onaero                                    Okoke

 D H Jonas                   L M Jones

Hori Maketonare               G Page

                                                                         (George McDonald)

One of the above servicemen - C. Kirton is most likely to be Chudleigh Inwood Kirton who was killed in the Bere Ferrers rail accident, 24 Sept 1917, when 10 Kiwi soldiers were killed by an oncoming express after alighting on the wrong side of their carriage. He is also recorded on the NPBHS gates, Uruti and Fitzroy memorials. [The date on the memorial - 28 Feb 1918 - would appear to be an error]