1914-1919 Roll of Honour at Wgtn Railway Station
Oct 29, 2014 20:05:05 GMT 12
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Oct 29, 2014 20:05:05 GMT 12
Out of a workforce of about 14,000 permanent staff working for New Zealand Railways in 1914, 5,000 enlisted in the military during WWI and 450 of those paid the ultimate price.
The Roll of Honour at Wellington Railway Station (see the photographs below, which you can click on to reveal more information or download a larger version) records the names of those 450 railwaymen who lost their lives in the Great War.
It is in a publicly-accessible area of the railway station. If you look at the Bunny Street frontage of the station, at the right-hand side is the Railway Offices entrance. Go up the steps and into that entrance and you'll see the Roll of Honour straight ahead. It is always very sobering walking past those 450 names recorded on that memorial.
