SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL.
MONOLITH AT FEATHERSTON [BY TELEGRAPH.— PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Tuesday. A MONOLITH at the Featherston Cemetery, erected in memory of the soIdiers who have died while in training at Featherston camp, was unveiled this afternoon by the Minister for Defence. Colonel Adam's and Sir James Allen made impressive speeches. As the flag fell from the column 10 trumpeters sounded the Last Post, followed immediately by "Lead Kindly Light." played by the camp band.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16720, 12 December 1917, Page 6
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74SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16720, 12 December 1917, Page 6
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