The Okaiawa War Memorial is located inside the entrance to Joll Park / Okaiawa Domain and alongside is a marble bust of Thomas L. Joll, the local dairy factory founder. On 30 November 1920 the Taranaki Daily News that, "At a meeting at Okaiawa on Friday evening, it was decided to erect a monument in Joll Park as a memorial to the fallen soldiers of the district. Close on £200 has already been collected, and steps will be taken to at once proceed with the erection, a committee being set up to interview the Park Committee in regard to a site."
Inscription on front face:
To the Glorious Dead / who fell in the / Great War 1914-1918
Bailey L W Marshall, S
Carman B T Paterson D F
Carman H G Phillips C
Currie W Tucker L
Kidd C Williams F
Kidd S
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