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Oamaru Memorial |
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Location
Thames St, Oamaru
History
Unveiled in Thames Street, Oamaru, by Governor Lord Plunket on 2/2/1905.
Local solicitor, climber and explorer, William G. Grave, raised most of the
£1700 needed to build the memorial by cycling around North Otago, extracting
donations from virtually every household and claiming just five shillings for
expenses. 'Trooper Jack', the soldier atop the monument, is based on North Otago
man David Mickle Jack, and was carved by the Italian sculpter Carlo Bergamini.
The foundation is concrete, the base is Port Chalmers bluestone, and the rest is
granite and marble sourced from Europe.
In 2008 the memorial was dismantled, shifted 40 metres south and turned around
180 degrees to face north as part of a major road realignment to improve traffic
safety. The photographs taken in November 2008 showed it nearing the end of that
process, with both Trooper Jack and the imperial lion showing the benefits of
cleaning and restoration. Source: nzhistory.net.nz
Memorial Roll
- Robert George Tubman - 4th/7th NZMR
- John Herbert Parker - 2nd NZMR/Kitchener's Horse
- Andrew Aitkenhead - Marshall's Horse
- Alex McGregor Reid - 2nd NZMR
- James Charles Power - 5th Queensland IB
- Alfred Firth - 7th NZMR
- John Robert Lamont - 4th NZMR
- Harold Joseph Booth - 1st NZMR
- James Bruce - 8th NZMR
- Daniel Clarke - 5th NZMR
- Archibald Hutchison MacDonald - 8th NZMR
- Lewis Hewson Marcks - 8th NZMR
- Thomas McLew - 7th NZMR
- George John Neish - Kitchener's Horse
- Terence Rodgers - Kitchener's Fighting Scouts
- William Henry Stock - 7th NZMR
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