Wakapuaka Cemetery RSA memorial

The New Zealand Returned Services Association (NZRSA) section within the Wakapuaka Cemetery.

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Images: Francis Vallance, 2011

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Wakapuaka Cemetery RSA memorial, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/wakapuaka-cemetery-rsa-memorial, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-May-2024

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Michael Thoms Posted: 7 Mar 2012

I viewed this excellent page and saw the cross and sword, I believe the memorial was dedicated in the early 50s.
If so my Father Harry Thoms made the sword when he worked at the blacksmiths that as I recall was on Nile street, I also have an uncle Gerald Harris buried here, I served at his funeral mass and at the graveside.
I have another question, as a kid there was a boat that was on the grass at a location, was it Collingwood street, I always understood it was one of the boats used at Gallipoli, it had bullet holes visible. Michael Thoms

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