'Adopt an Anzac' is a project that a few people in Levin took on board after a challenge was put out at the 2006 Anzac Day celebration by ex Mayor Sonny Sciascia.

War Memorial, Main Street, Foxton. Taken looking north with Park Street on the left in background.

Sepia toned postcard

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The War Memorial at Te Maire Park, Plimmer Terrace, Shannon.

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Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “chron. Peace Memorial Weraroa Domain. Opened 1922. Demolished for road widening circa 1960’s.”

Peace Memorial, Weraroa Domain which was opened in 1922 and demolished for road widening in the late 1960s.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted

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Penciled on back : “Thompson House. 75 yrs in Levin, P.52”

See also 2000.234.0001 (original and information) as follows: “Cenotaph. (Circa 1922) The first Soldier’s Memorial erected in the Public Gardens. Due to public protest, it was pulled down and the present one built. The stone in the picture was a natural one obtained from the Arapapae Hills (Gladstone Road extension). In getting the stone out it was cracked (as shown in the picture). Thompson House is in the background.

The first war memorial in the Bath Street gardens with Thompson House in the background, c.1922. The war memorial is made of a large natural stone from the Arapaepae hills and is set on a mound of other stones with steps leading to it. This memorial was later replaced.

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See also 2000.234.0001

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Written with blue felt-tip pen on self-adhesive paper below photo, as caption: “The Memorial.”

Taped to back - Levin Camera Club Inc. printed, competition identification form.

War Memorial, Levin Public Gardens, 1982. Beside the memorial, on freshly raked soil, using the heads of light coloured flowers, are the words – LEST WE FORGET

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Black and white photograph.

War Memorial, north end of Main Street, Foxton, c,1950

Black and white photograph.

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Black and white photograph.

Written on back – ANZAC Day. Rev. Peter Davies

Written on blue paper attached to back – M/H C

ANZAC Ceremony lead by Rev. Peter Davies at cenotaph, 1980’s-90’s.

Black and white photograph.

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Written on mounting board beside photo (right) with blue and black ink pens: “Mr Murdock [sic] our first mayor Mr J.T. Bovis first Town Clerk 25/4/1924”

Written on back with blue ballpoint pen: “(4) Mrs C.W. Shirriffs Longburn. Phone 2-911 (P.Nth)”

Written on back with dark blue ink pen: ” J.T. Bovis”

Unveiling of Shannon War Memorial, 25 April 1924 To the left of the photograph is Mr J.T. Bovis, Shannon’s first Town Clerk. In the centre is an unidentified piper. To the right is Mr William Murdoch, Shannon’s first Mayor. In the foreground is a baby in in a pram.

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Black and white photograph.

Print at bottom left of photo – Foxton, N.Z.

Main Street, Foxton, c.1950 Taken looking southwards, the War Memorial is at the left, with the Water tower in the distance.

Black and white photograph.

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Black and white photograph.

Written on back – Zona St Just Dot Burr Ladies R.S.A.

Zona St Just and Dot Burr of Foxton RSA selling poppies, 1980’s-90’s.

Black and white photograph.

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Penciled on mounting board below photo: “Richard .?. Roberts House Third from left”

Penciled on back: “Mrs Dorothy M. Hannam 17 Nathan Terrace”

Unveiling of War Memorial, Shannon, 25 April 1924. A large group of people gathered in the foreground watching the proceedings. Several houses can be seen in the in the background on Nathan Terrace. Richard Roberts’ house, 17 Nathan Terrace (3rd from left) is also where Mrs Hannam lived.

This photograph was used in the book – “From Bush & Swamp”, page 207, with the caption:- “The unveiling of the War Memorial on Anzac Day, 25 April 1924, the culmination of several years of planning, rejecting proposals and re-planning. A short service is conducted at the Cenotaph each year to commemorate the dead from all wars.”

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Typed information on paper with photo – Cenotaph. (Circa 1922) The first Soldier’s Memorial erected in the Public Gardens. Due to public protest, it was pulled down and the present one built. The stone in the picture was a natural one obtained from the Arapapae Hills (Gladstone Road extension). In getting the stone out it was cracked (as shown in the picture). Thompson House is in the background.

The first War Memorial situated in the Levin Gardens c.1922. A note attached to this photograph states: “Cenotaph. The first Soldiers’ Memorial errected in the Public Gardens. Due to public protest, it was pulled down and the present one built. The stone in the picture was a natural one obtained from the Arapaepae hills (Gladstone Road extension). In getting the stone out it was cracked. (As shown it the picture). Thompson House is in the background. Circa 1922.”

1 B&W photo print copy

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”