War Memorial Monument

Clevedon War Memorial Monument

44 Papakura-Clevedon Road
Trail marker #15

Like all communities, Clevedon suffered many military losses over the years, each one leaving its mark on this small, close-knit community.

This Monument was unveiled on August 28, 1921, by Mrs J.A. Munro whose son Robert, or Bobbie as he was better known, was the first from the district to give his life overseas on Active Service. Bobbie was killed in Gallipoli in World War I.

The headpiece on the Monument represents a draped funerary urn, a symbol of death, mortality and/or mourning.

  • Bobbie Munro was a member of the 1914 Wairoa Rangers Senior Team, who were the local rugby champions. By war’s end ten of the team had served and only five had returned home. Alongside Bobbie, we remember Doug Wilson, ‘Ponty Jones’, Bob Trail and Bill Kearney, and from the Junior Team, Merv Waters, Harry Wilson and Peter Cowan.

    Today, the Clevedon community remembers this sacrifice on ANZAC Day with a service that commences with wreath laying at the Monument and continues at the Clevedon Community Hall. The service draws crowds of hundreds of locals paying their respects.

⤶ PREVIOUS SITE

NEXT SITE ⤷

Location Map

You are currently at Heritage Trail Location #15, War Memorial Monument

Ready to see the next site? Follow the path highlighted on the adjacent map or follow the directions below to reach your next location:



Clevedon A&P Showgrounds and the Totara Avenue of Remembrance (approx 800m)

  • Next site:
    Clevedon A&P Showgrounds and the Totara Avenue of Remembrance (approx 800m)

    Continue south down Monument Road approx 775m, past the tennis courts, bowling club and skate park. Enter the Showgrounds via the Totara Avenue of Remembrance. Note that the footpath along Monument Road ends at the bowling club; continue over the grass or on the road verge.

The information for each site has been thoughtfully prepared in collaboration with the Clevedon Districts Historical Society, drawing on Voices of Belonging by Jessie Munro, Yesteryears by F. Murray, and records from the McNicol Homestead Museum. Together, they tell the story of Clevedon and the people and places that made it the community we know today.

A special acknowledgement to photographer Donna Jepsen for her work capturing these sites as they appear today.