Great War Monument. National Park. North Island. NEW ZEALAND. - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

The inscription reads:
Erected to the memory of the 9000 members of the Legion of Frontiersmen
who gave their lives in the Great War 1914 - 1918
and of those gallant Comrades who fell in freedom's cause in World War II 1939 - 1942.
We Shall Remember Them.

Erected by the Legion of Frontiersmen from 9000 stones. Each stone represents a member of the Legion (worldwide) who was killed during WW1.

The memorial overlooks the mountains of the Tongariro National Park, Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu. It stands at the crossroads on the corner of SH4 and SH47 in the Central North Island ski town of National Park.

”At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them.”

Private or Public Monument?: Other Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Legion of Frontiersmen Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Australia/New Zealand Website for this Monument: [Web Link] Physical Address of Monument: State Highway 1. National Park., North Is. New Zealand. Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed

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