In August 1947 the Franklin Electric Power Board unveiled its Second World War roll of honour. This was a brass tablet set into a kauri frame listing 35 employees who had served in the armed forces during the war, 22 of them overseas and 13 within New Zealand. Fortunately, no FEPB employees were killed during the war.
Sources: ‘Roll of Honour: Power Board Staff Serve Overseas’, Waiuku News, 1/8/1947, p. 5; Gill Poplur, Franklin’s Powerful History, Pukekohe, pp. 28-31.
Credit
Text: Bruce Ringer, Auckland Libraries, 2015
Image: Counties Power Ltd., 2015