This roadside memorial was unveiled on Anzac Day 1922 by the local M.P. Mr R. Masters. The combined memorial (Whangamomona, Kohuratahi and Tahora) listed forty-two local men killed in World War I. Over 300 people were present for the unveiling of the impressive granite memorial. Much credit for the project was due to local man Mr Albert Perry (also a returned soldier) who had shouldered much of the secretarial and fundraising burden.
Lest we forget
Erected by the Residents
of Whangamomona,
Kohuratahi and Tahora
Districts to the Memory of
their Soldiers who made
the Supreme Sacrifice
in the Great War
1914 - 1918
Short NP
Left Panel Right Panel Rear Panel
A Aitcheson J Kelleher L F Burton-Smith
R D Bain E Lance D W Smith
J Creek E H McCartie R C Shields
H Corbett H G Mowat G Syme
R H C Cornwall H E Marsh J W Sewell
J Casey G W Murray N T D Taverner
V D Elliott J Mathieson R Taylor
A E Fulcher L M Natzke W Taylor
J J Glendenning R Paul D C Trowern
F C Gates D J Shewry G E Willis
B R Hodder S Stephens R Williams
W Harre J L Stephens R R Watkins
W Holdstock D B Stephens T P Walsh
P Johns
F H Hitchcock
Black Marble Plaque on Base
World War II
C M Hight
F P C Moore
D J Gleeson
First names (where possible) from Roll of Honour, Cenotaph and CWGC website
1. A Aitcheson [Aitchison, William Alexander?]
2. R D Bain [Ronald Duncan]
3. J Creek [Cree? James]
4. H Corbett [Henry Albert?]
5. R H C Cornwall [Robert Henry Charles, AIF]
6. J Casey [Francis Joseph]
7. V D Elliott [VernonDouglas]
8. A E Fulcher [Alfred Ernest]
9. J J Glendenning [Glendinning, James Jackson] World War II
10. F C Gates [Frederick Charles] C H Hight [Cecil Henry]
11. B R Hodder [Basil Rayner] F P C Moore [Francis Perrie George]
12. W Harre [William] D J Gleeson [Douglas John]
13. W Holdstock [William Leonard]
14. P Johns [Percival Godfrey]
15. F H Hitchcock [Frank Norman Spurrell]
16. J Kelleher [Keleher, John Joseph]
17. E Lance [Edward James]
18. E H McCartie [Ernest Hilton]
19. H G Mowat [Herbert Gavin]
20. H E Marsh [Howard Edgar]
21. G W Murray [George William]
22. J Mathieson [?]
23. L M Natzke [Leo Max]
24. R Paul [Robert] Memorial stone in Lepperton Cemetrery
25. D J Shewry [David Joseph]
26. S Stephens [Sydney]
27. J L Stephens [Stevens? John Lawrence?]
28. D B Stephens [Stevens? Duncan Burrell?]
29. L F Burton-Smith [? Smith, Leigh Ford] Note: this is alphabetically in “S”
30. D W Smith [Donald McKay]
31. R C Shields [Shield, Ronald Coode]
32. G Syme [George]
33. J W Sewell [James William]
34. N T D Tavender [Nigel Francis Hugh??]
35. R Taylor [Robert?]
36.W Taylor [William? Walter?]
37. D C Trowern [Harold Clarence?]
39. G E Willis [George Edward]
39. R Williams [Robert]
40. R R Watkins [Richard Reginald]
41. T P Walsh [Thomas Patrick]
Kohuratahi War Memorial (Stratford Heritage Inventory)
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