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War Memorial Cave

(New Zealand - Cave)

This memorial commemorates the residents of the Cave, Cannington and Moutakaika districts who gave their lives for their country in World War I and World War II.

Text on the memorial:
So long as the rocks endure and grass grows and water runs so long will this stone bear witness that through this low pass in the hills men from the Cave, Cannington and Moutakaika districts rode and walked on their way to the Great European War 1914-1918 and to World War II 1939-1945. Some of them have not returned but have left their mortal remains in foreign lands and strange seas that our British way of living may continue but their immortal souls have risen from the grave.

The names of the fallen are also written on the memorial.

Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries
• Photos: Samuel Mann