Waitara Military Cemetery, Waitara, New Zealand
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Phronimos
S 39° 00.197 E 174° 13.978
60H E 260389 N 5679215
Situated on McLean Street Waitara, opposite the Waitara War Memorial Hall, this burial ground served the British forces stationed at the Camp Reserve (Pukekohe Pa) during the Taranaki Land Wars of the 1860's.
Waymark Code: WMA82Q
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 11/29/2010
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Centred in the cemetery is an obelisk, erected by the New Zealand Government to commemorate those who fell in the battles of Puke-Ta-Kaurere and Kairau.
On the obelisk - North side
Erected by the New Zealand Government
1915
to perpetuate the memory of the
brave men who fell in the attack on PukeTaKaurere Pah
on June 27th 1860
and also those
who fell at the attack on Kairau
on the 29th December 1860.
On the obelisk - North side
Erected by the New Zealand Government
1915
to perpetuate the memory of the
brave men who fell in the attack on PukeTaKaurere Pah
on June 27th 1860
and also those
who fell at the attack on Kairau
on the 29th December 1860.
West side of obelisk
40th Regiment of the Line
("Fighting 40th")
Somerset Regiment
2nd Battalion Lancaster Regiment
South side
Lest we forget
Killed at Kairau 29th December 1860
A. Broome: A.B. of H.M.S. Pelorus
Private M. Lehane, 40th. Regt.
J. Chinery,
East side
Lieut Brooks
Sergt. O,Callaghan
Corpl. Samuel McBurney
Corp. David Vahey
Corpl. Edward Ryan
Gunner W. Weir (Royal Artillery)
Privates
Patrick Broderick
Thomas Dumphey
Wm. Hickey
J. Douglas
Walter Scott
Patrick Fagan
John Downes
Samuel Alroy
W. F. Perry
James Gore
John Webber
John Fillingham
Wm. Hayes
H. E. Martyn
T. Byrne
J. Allen
Archibald McCann
Peter McCabe
Wm. Cliff
Edw. G. Harris
T. Gill
Geo. Marsden
Wm. Markham
Francis Robinson
J. MacGuire
Grave in S.W. cnr
In memory of
Charles Francis Brooke
For some time Aid-De-Camp to
Major General Sir Thomas Pratt K.C.B.
Commanding the Forces.
Also of the non-commissioned officers
and men of the 40th Regt. who fell bravely
performing their duty during the war of
1860-1861. Some of whom lie interred in this
spot and others in the Waitara District
Aslo of Lieut. Denis Jackson 40th Regt.
who fell in action in front of Huirangi
25th Jan. 1861.
Date cemetery was established: 1860-61
Visiting hours:
Public cemetery always open
Website pertaining to the cemetery: [Web Link]
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