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Washdyke War Memorial
South Canterbury, New Zealand

Washdyke War Memorial. Photo courtesy of Allen Glasson. Taken 2001.

To live in the hearts of those we leave behind is not to die.

In grateful memory of The Levels and Washdyke men who gave their lives in the great war.

1914 -1918
Breen, Timothy J.
Campbell, Peter
Divan, George
Gosling, Charles, W.
Mahoney, Gordon, R.
Turner, Wilfred M.
Weir, Francis

1940 - 1945
Clarke, David H.
Glenday, Lindsay D.
Glenday, Neil M.

R.S.A. poppy

This prominent granite memorial is located at the intersection State Highway 1 and the turn off to Pleasant Point, State Highway 8.

June 2005. In about 18 months the war monument at Washdyke, erected c.1920, will be moved from the middle of the busy Pleasant Point Highway/State Highway One intersection to a grassy section on the north west side of the main highway and this will make the intersection safer and safer for people on Anzac Day. About 45 to 55 people have turned up for the last three Anzac Days.

South Canterbury, New ZealandGenWeb Project

"... one never forgets the unshakable camaraderie and the memories that live with you forever, long after the guns are silenced."