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WWI Memorial
ANZAC Day Events
There will be no lack of events, ceremonies, TV specials and
parades this Centennial. Here are a few we found.
Published December 2104, this book tells the stories of
soldiers from Thames and the Hauraki region who went
off to WWI. Their lives are honoured in this new 300-page
book, From Gold Mine to Firing Line (excerpts at right).
Thames researcher Althea Barker spearheaded the effort
with the assistance of other history buffs from The Treasury
(Coromandel Heritage Trust) – Meghan Hawkes, Kae Lewis,
David Wilton, Russell Skeet, Roger Strong, and Tracey Spence.
The illustrated book commemorates the people from the
Thames region who went to war, the families they left behind,
and in particular the servicemen who did not return.
A limited number of the first edition are available for sale at
$50 a copy from The Treasury bookshop and can be ordered
online. Email:
From Go ld Mine
to Fi r ing Line
“The Thames”
and the
Great War
1914 - 1918
Edited by
Meghan Hawkes
Oversized book, more
than 300 pages with many
illustrations and photos
Just published!
14 COROMANDEL LIFE 2015 LATE SUMMER/EASTER
TCDC is spearheading a project to commemorate all NZ soldiers who
died in WWI, commencing on ANZAC Day 2015. It will see a total of
18,166 trees planted at sites around the Coromandel. Each memorial
forest will commemorate a different battle or campaign during the war,
with five initially planned – one in each community board area.
As more sites become available, additional forests will be added to reach
the total number of trees. It’s envisioned that community groups and
schools will then adopt the sprouting forests, to both care for the trees,
and add plaques and other features of local significance.
Thames, Coromandel, Whitianga, Tairua-Pauanui, and Whangamata
will be allotted the first plots, with a ceremonial planting of two trees
on ANZAC Day. Community working bees will take place a month later.
The plantings will continue through to a ceremony in November 2018,
memorialising the end of the conflict.
Sign up to buy a tree here:
See
Coromandel-National-WW1-Memorial-Forest-Project/
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