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Post by Ykato on Aug 30, 2012 10:25:32 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 30, 2012 11:53:34 GMT 12
My brother-in-law's grandad, Bill Edhouse, made that sign in his New Plymouth garage. He showed it to me about two years ago before they took it down and installed it. I didn't have the heart to tell him Air Force is two words! But it looks great and it's nice to see the final result.
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Post by phil82 on Aug 30, 2012 22:16:23 GMT 12
It does look good! Where is it exactly?
The danger is, of course, that there are a lot of names that I can recall who aren't on that list!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 30, 2012 22:57:11 GMT 12
I think the Memorial Garden was always there when the Museum was there, I have read about several ex-RNZAF having their ashes scattered there in the garden. I guess the plaques are just for those who've either been scattered there or their families have specificly sought to erect it, but nt necessarily meant to cover everyone who died at Ohakea. Loads of people died there/flying from there in WWII
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Post by phil on Aug 31, 2012 12:50:21 GMT 12
Unless they've been moved, most of those plaques are at the rear of the chapel, with the exception of Crater's one, which is on the perimeter road where he crashed.
I'm not sure where the memorial garden is, as stated above there was one at the old museum (there's photos around somewhere on this site that I took).
Those photos seem to be more a collection of all the various memorials around Ohakea, as they are obviously in different places, not in one garden.
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