Every town has them, memorials to those who died in action from the Boer War through to present times. Often in our busy lives we ignore these memorials, or we forget their significance. This e-memorial is a tribute to the men who fought and to the people and families behind the names, and a reminder that we are all extensions of our collective history. Spirit of ANZAC They clad us in the colours of the forest, and armed us with the weapons made for war. Then taught to us the ancient trade of killing, and lead us to the sound of battles roar. So give us comfort as we lay down bleeding, and pray upon our cold and stiffened dead. But mark our place that we might be accounted, this foreign soil becomes our graven bed. Now children place upon this stone a garland, and learn of us each Anzac Day at dawn. We are New Zealand's dead from distant conflict, our sacrifice remembered ever more. Mike Subritzky 1986 GSTS - RNZAF Copyright Mike Subritzky - The Flak Jacket Collection http://www.katikati.co.nz/kk_text/anzac_intro.html
A plaque commemorating the 75th anniversary of the cessation of hostilities in the First World War. The plaque sits below a young kauri tree in the Uretara Domain.
