It is believed the memorial was last visible in the 1960s or 1970s, Robbie said. “We’re narrowing it down, I reckon we’re within 100 to 150 square metres of it [the memorial].”
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Mervyn Guise, left, and Iain McDonald head off into the bush on Bluff Hill on Saturday in search of a memorial in memory of Ian McKenzie and his brother George who died in World War I. Guise, McDonald and other searchers did not locate the memorial. Alexander worked at the quarry and the owners of it gave him a piece of polished granite rock, from Bluff Hill, for the memorial. The engraved inscription on the rock included the names of his sons.
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5WWCT Battalion holds reunion for more than 200 in Whanganui
3 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganui Chroniclemichael.tweed@nzme.co.nzWhangaChron
A reunion for members of the Wellington, West Coast and Taranaki (WWCT) 5th Battalion brought more than 200 people to Whanganui, with the 5WWCT Pipes and Drums on hand to welcome familiar faces. Among the attendees at last weekend s reunion was Whanganui-born Lieutenant General Sir Jerry Mateparae, who served as New Zealand s 20th Governor-General and Chief of the New Zealand Defence Force from 2006 to 2011.
Whanganui Staff Sergeant Soloman Vaetoru said the reunion drew service members, now in their late 80s, who joined in the early 1960s right through to current personnel.
NZ Remembrance Army cleans Whanganui service graves
1 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganui Chroniclemichael.tweed@nzme.co.nzWhangaChron
One hundred graves of New Zealand service personnel buried in Whanganui were cleaned up over the weekend, thanks to the efforts of the New Zealand Remembrance Army and volunteers from the 5th Wellington, West Coast, and Taranaki Battalion (5WWCT).
The Battalion volunteers were in town to take part in a reunion.
Founded in 2019 by Simon Strombom, the New Zealand Remembrance Army has now cleaned close to 12,000 graves around the country, with 3,500 volunteers lending 14,000 hours of their time so far.