WHANGAREI MEMORIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18334, 26 February 1923, Page 6

WHANGAREI MEMORIAL.

' —=• —- mi UNVEILING CEREMONY. fax telegraph.— correspondent.} a||§ m iWHANGAREI. Saturday. -M* M .: Major-General i Sir E. W. C. Chaytar M unveiled the Whangarei and district; ,'- memorial to fallen soldiers this afternoon. m The triangle where the monument stands was occupied by a detachment of men -M from H.M.S. Veronica, which is berthed ;- f at Onerahi. Over 100 returned soldiers I m acted as a guard of /honour, and there m were also ; on }} parade senior cadets, ~| mounted rifles, . infantry, and patrols ?smk i Boy : Scouts. ' '.^sl ■ ';-, The ■; Mayor, Mr. D. A. McLeod, pre- "fj sided. ~; The monument gave expression, ig|p| H he said, to the desire that the spirit of ..,';/■• nobility and self-sacrifice of the men com- I | memoratec! should Jbe ! kept alive in the ...• ■ community. ' . , •"W'Ssj ;; I General Chaytor said it was well to; r; engrave upon atone the names of; those | who gave, their v lives for their country- M| § It was, perhaps, easier to die- than to m live' as a cripple, and, of the tasks of •, ' I graceful remembrance .- toward the' dead, K the chief would L* to see that the injured ffl hying and their V dependants were : cared | for. The great lesson to learn from the g men who fought was a lesson in unity- f \ As they sunk their political, religious, and, " . social differences in a common aim, so, for. the prosperity of . ; the country, those who remained should •be prepared to work to- j* gether for a common end. "> \ Following the salute of the firing pa rt ftv ffM | the " Last Post "was sounded. Wreaths; ffl £ were laid at the foot of the memorial by pi relatives. of the : fallen and representatives | Of various friendly lodges and local bodi««j 1 by the local branch of the R.SA., » ntf from the crew of H.M.S. Veronica "'".:■: The monument is surmounted by * sculptured figure of peace. Below<-»£j|g§t engraved ■, the; names, of the fallen,?-*H?sSffi£J! the :: inscription, : " Let those who com* after see to it that these names. be n°* ... \ forgotten. ■ V- ===========