Springston war memorial

Springston war memorial

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Springston memorial showing names. The memorial is located at the intersection of Leeston and Ellesmere Junction Roads. In 2010 the memorial was damaged in the Darfield earthquake - see this image on TV3 website

Site Style Ornamentation Unveiling Date No of Dead
Intersection Square obelisk    30-Jul-1922 29

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Bruce Comfort

Posted: 28 Feb 2011

This memorial was broken in the 22nd Feb quake. I have sent a pic to the webmaster.

md

Posted: 27 Feb 2011

I was told many years ago that the Springston War memorial is on a slight mound as the farmers of the district each brought soil from their own properties to make the memorial be part of the whole district.