Ōtākeho Memorial Plaques

The gates outside the Ōtākeho School were erected in 1953 to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The memorial plaques, once located on either side of the gates, were installed sometime later as a tribute to the local men killed in World War I and II.  

The school closed in January 2003 and in 2018 the plaques were removed from the gateway and re-installed on a new memorial at the Otakeho Hall, Auroa Road.

Left Plaque:

1914 [wreath] 1918

To the Memory of the Men
Who Died in World War I

Dixon A
Honore E N
Le Fleming W K
Young O M

Right Plaque:

1939 [wreath] 1945

Burke E L
Burke J D
Hastie J R
Lawrie J
Putt T

2NZEF (Japan)                    Korea
  1946-1948                     1950-1954

Malaya Malaysia                 Vietnam
       Borneo                      1964-1972
    1955-1966