Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Gone west : Great War memorials of Waitakere and their soldiers
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Protect Piha Heritage Society
Place
Date
2017
Physical Description
288 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 24 x 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780473405205
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Content
No ordinary tree: the Harry Morgan oak tree at Grey Lynn School -- The Mobile Memorial:Titirangi's memorial obelisk -- The lost boys of Titirangi: the Titirangi Soldiers' Memorial Church. Three Bishop sons -- Clarent Victor Tarlin -- The original Gone west: Spragg Memorial and parkland at Kaitarakihi, Waitakere Ranges Regional Park. Wesley Neal Spragg -- Worn by the west wind: The Roll of Honour, Lion Rock, Piha. The Farley boys -- Blow out, you bugles, over the rich dead!: the memorial cairn at Te Henga beach. John Irvine O'Neill -- Bold as brass: Swanson village's Roll of Honour -- Four Mettam sons and a daughter -- "Off with his head!": Lord Kitchener and the Oratia School memorial gates. Reginald Stanley Judson -- William John Sharp -- Three Shaw cousins -- Plain and dignified: The Glen Eden School memorial. Frederick Ashley Hosking -- To our fallen comrades: Great War memorials at Waikumete Cemetery. Reverend Angus MacDonald -- Tango Kokiri -- Peter Solomona / Solomona Pokipoki.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: World War One; First World War; World War, 1914-1918--Memorials--New Zealand--Auckland; Waitakere (N.Z.) - History; Waitakere (N.Z.) - Biography]
Includes bibliographical references (page 278) and index.
Collection Type
Reading Room
General Collection
Pou Maumahara
Reserve Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
07 May 2026
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