The war memorial on Witch Hill, at the top of Rāpaki Track on the Port Hills above Christchurch.
Plaques on the front of the memorial. Among the men listed are Wimbledon tennis champion, Anthony Wilding.
Plaque on the rear of the memorial. Plans to build the memorial developed by Mr A. Anderson were approved by the Summit Road Scenic Reserves Board in October 1917, four months after the Battle of Messines, in which Frederick Andrew Anderson had been killed. See Press report on PapersPast
This memorial was destroyed in the Christchurch earthquakes but has been restored. See photographs, taken in September 2020, below.
Bryan Bates, 2009 and 2020
Find out more about the people listed on this memorial on Auckland War Memorial Museum's Cenotaph website
See also: biography of Anthony Wilding (DNZB)