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World War II memorials in New Zealand (1 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Monuments and memorials in New Zealand" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
Symonds Street Cemetery is a historic cemetery and park in central Auckland, New Zealand.It is in 5.8 hectares of deciduous forest on the western slope of Grafton Gully, [3] by the corner of Symonds Street and Karangahape Road, and is crossed by the Grafton Bridge.
Cemeteries in New Zealand: Cemetery information and burial records outside Auckland, Auckland City Libraries; Christchurch City Libraries New Zealand cemetery database
The Christchurch City Council searched for additional cemetery land beginning in 1913, and opened Bromley Cemetery for burials in July 1918. [1] Later that year the cemetery became the main burial place for fatalities of the 1918 flu pandemic from the eastern side of the city.
Drawings of Waikumete Cemetery in 1892. Waikumete Cemetery was established in 1886 and is the final resting place for over 70,000 people. [2] It was established after the Symonds Street Cemetery was surrounded by residential housing, [3] and its location was decided by the proximity of the nearby Glen Eden railway station, as access by railway was desired. [1]
Headstone engravers faced their own "year 2000 problem" when still-living people, as many as 500,000 in the United States alone, pre-purchased headstones with pre-carved death years beginning with 19–. [8] Bas-relief carvings of a religious nature or of a profile of the deceased can be seen on some headstones, especially up to the 19th century.
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