The memorial was to be unveiled at the opening of the Drill Hall on 18 June 1892, but it was uncompleted at the time, and it was to be "fully two months before it is finished."
The memorial was transferred from the Drill Hall in Kawau Street to St Mary's in November 1916.
"A memorial to the Taranaki Volunteers who fell in the Maori War, which was originally placed in the Old Drill Hall, has recently been removed and re-erected outside the west end of our church..."
Report of St Mary's Annual Meeting, Taranaki Daily News 27 April 1917.
IN
MEMORY
OF THE
TARANAKI MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS
WHO FOUGHT AND FELL
IN THE NATIVE WARS
IN THE YEARS FROM 1860 TO 1866
MILITIA VOLUNTEERS
CAPTN WILLIAM C. KING TROOPER JOHN SARTEN
" " R. BROWN " A. BAYLY
SERGT P. FAHEY " P. O'NEILL
PRIVATE S. SHAW " J. HAWKE
" " S. FORD PRIVATE E. COAD
" " J. HURFORD " " H. EDGECOMBE
" " J. HAWKEN " " C. HARRIS
" " G. PATTERSON " " H. CRANN
" " JOS. SARTEN " " F. BROWN
" " H. PASSMORE " " E. MESSENGER
" " W. WRIGHT
Headstones for the following are in St Mary's:
King, W C; Brown, R; Patterson, G; Sarten, J; Sarten, J; Coad, E; Harris, C; Crann, H; Brown, F; Messenger, E.
Headstones for the following are in Te Henui Cemetery:
Shaw, S; Ford, S; Hawken, J; Passmore, H; O'Neill, P; Edgecombe, H.
Hurford, J is at Omata & Hawke, J in Hurdon Cemetery
O’Neill, Tpr Patrick, TMV, Watino 1 June 1865.
In 1981-82 the Henderson headstone (Te Hēnui Cemetery) read “And of Patrick O’Neill killed in a skirmish with the natives of
Opunake on 2nd June 1865.” A new headstone now [2010] reads “Also Patrick O’Neill 2 June 1865 Aged 32 years.” [O’Neill was wounded on 1
June and died on the 2nd].
Related documents:
Names of Those Killed During the War (Taranaki Herald 31 May 1892)
Opening of the Drill Hall (Taranaki Herald 18 June 1892
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