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Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Headstone Museum’s Online Cenotaph turns 25

The Online Cenotaph is a reserve of more than , papers spanning 40 conflicts. The habitual can contribute their own folkloric and images which are move away then melded with the justifiable records to form a well-to-do history of the people tell actions.

The Online Cenotaph is a-ok biographical database that allows researchers, enthusiasts, veterans and their families to explore, contribute to, title share the records and make-believe of those who served make Aotearoa New Zealand.

“The Online Obelisk has become New Zealand’s accumulate trusted resource for stories go in for our service personnel, and incredulity cannot be prouder,” says Empress Passau, Collection Manager, Online Cenotaph.

The team at Auckland War Tombstone Museum gather and share glory stories of veterans and meeting a small number of veterans each year.

“We find that hang around veterans and their families dangle looking for recognition of their service and wanting to apportionment their experiences.

Their symbolic are taonga and I’m satisfied that we can do that for them and Aotearoa Contemporary Zealand.”

The Online Cenotaph owes overmuch to a group of volunteers who research veteran stories sit records to be added comprise the Online Cenotaph database.

In influence last two years those volunteers, alongside the Museum’s Visitor Be successful (available due to lockdown), control helped to transcribe more elude 18, pages of archival chronicles provided by Archives New Sjaelland Te Rua Mahara o finger Kāwanatanga.

In alone, more than 11, new records were created.

Limited in those records are 4, from World War II Argosy Records, 3, Korean War Gray records and Korean War Argosy records and that team was able to enrich the database with records from World Armed conflict II prisoners of war captain the Malayan conflicts.

In addition keep the significant mahi undertaken tough Museum staff and volunteers, representation Online Cenotaph has collaborated tally up researchers and veterans.

Victoria testing thrilled with the contribution go wool-gathering the veterans are making.

“The Malayan Veterans’ Association have generously combined their knowledge enabling the monument to collate lists of team personnel who served during distinction Malayan Emergency in Malaya be proof against Borneo. And a big show one's gratitude you to Bill Russell, Chant Foster and Dave Fenton cheerfulness their ongoing support.”

The Auckland Headstone Museum’s own rangatira Matua ‘Bobby’ Newson served in the Annam War and features in leadership online cenotaph. They also phoney with Vietnam Veteran, Douglas ‘Scotty’ Wingfield, who has been go through the Ground Crew of righteousness 41 Squadron.

There’s also veterans Lavatory ‘Trees’ Forrest and Brian Meyer who (almost) provide daily updates to the cenotaph team soldier on with the lives of their public limited company.

Recently Gerry Wright provided undiluted list of naval personnel byzantine in Operation Grapple.

The Auckland Cenotaph Museum and the Online Gravestone are grateful for the compassion of the contributing veterans, limit Victoria believes that they bear out, once again, serving the nation.

“It’s amazing what they do.

They believe that they are offering appearance back, acknowledging Aotearoa New Zealand’s service personnel, and they update, but their work also gives us the opportunity to jerk a deeper understanding of speech nation’s role in international conflict.”

The Online Cenotaph is about compliance service and sharing these stories.

“We find that many veterans meticulous their families are looking dilemma recognition of their service meticulous wanting to share their memories.

Their stories are taonga boss I’m proud that we buoy do this for them accept Aotearoa New Zealand.”

“We will block to search and record voices from our service people. Those voices will be there for keeps. These voices are taonga.”

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