The Waihi Cemetery Memorial takes the form of a cairn on Pikituroa Road outside Normanby, near the remains of Waihi redoubt. The Waihi cairn was commissioned by "numerous friends" and subsidised by a government grant. Its designer is unknown but it was built by Jones & Sons of Hāwera.
It was unveiled by Prime Minister and MP for Egmont Thomas Mackenzie on 29 May 1912, along with the Normanby Domain monument.
Inscription on marble panel A:
Lest we forget
Here rest the mortal remains of a / number of soldiers who lost their / lives, heroically fighting for their / Queen and country. / Killed at Turu-turu-mokai July 12th 1868,
Captain Ross, Frederick, Armed Constabulary
Sergeant McFadden, John, [Armed Constabulary]
Corporal Blake, John, [Armed Constabulary]
Private Beamish, Allen, [Armed Constabulary]
[Private] Gaynor, William, [Armed Constabulary]
[Private] Ross, Ralph, [Armed Constabulary]
[Private] Holden, George, [Armed Constabulary]
[Private] Shields, Patrick, [Armed Constabulary]
[Private] Swords, Peter, [Armed Constabulary]
Lemon, Richard, Civilian, Storekeeper
[Lemon is recorded elsewhere including at Turuturumokai as Lennon]
By numerous friends subsidised by a / grant from the government. / Jones Hawera
Inscription on marble panel B:
Lest we forget
Killed at Te Huha
June 9th 1868
Sergeant Cahill
Private Squires
[Private] Clarke
[June] 12th [1868]
Trooper T. Smith
Capture of Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu / killed on / August 21st 1868
Private Wallace, A.C. [Armed Constabulary]
[Private] Kerr, A.C.
[Private] McKoy, [A.C]
[Private] Carey, [A.C]
[Private] Fennessy, [A.C]
[Private] Elkin, [A.C]
[Private] Wells, T.V. [Taranaki Volunteers]
[Private] Hagarty.
[Private] Handley.
[Private] Economedus.
[Private] McGinesky, W.R. [Wellington Rifles]
[Private] McKay, A.C.
[Private] Dwyer, [A.C]
[A.C. = Armed Constabulary T. V. = Taranaki Volunteers W.R. = Wellington Rifles]
The grave of Captain Frederick James Ross is also within the cemetery enclosure.
Ross grave inscription:
Sacred / to the memory of / Frederick James Ross / of the New Zealand Armed Constabulary / who was killed on July 12 1868 / while defending / the Turu Turu Mokai Redoubt. / In the Patea District. / Against the rebel natives. / Aged 33 years.
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