Lt. Col William Malone- Stratford's hero-Taranaki Multi-Cache
Lt. Col William Malone- Stratford's hero-Taranaki
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A short multi cache- gathering all the info at waypoint 1 to find the cache.
A camo' 250 mil screw top container.
The Memorial Gates of the Park in Stratford are dedicated to this outstanding ANZAC soldier and citizen of Stratford. They are the only memorial gates in NZ that are dedicated to just one Soldier.
NOW,- on the main road, there is a sculpture of their famous townsman at a lovely little park, at the start of a great walkway and a great spot to stop for a Cuppa'.
Lieutenant-Colonel William George Malone (24 January 1859 – 8 August 1915) was New Zealand Army officer who served during World War One.
Lieutenant Colonel William George Malone stands outside his bivouac on Walker's Ridge. Malone, a Stratford farmer and lawyer, was the commander of the Wellington Infantry Regiment at Gallipoli.
The Wellington Battalion, which Malone commanded, landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula on 25 April. Malone immediately began to impose order. By example, determination and drive, he transformed weak defences held by frightened men into ordered garrisons that dominated their Turkish opponents. He consolidated and secured the Australian and New Zealand Army (Anzac) Corps perimeter whenever it was threatened. The losses suffered at Helles on 8 May confirmed for him that 'this is the day of digging and machine guns and that prepared positions cannot be rushed'. As post commander at Courtney's Post and Quinn's Post between June and August he put this into practice by consolidating a precarious position at Quinn's Post, where an advance of 20 metres by the Turks would have forced the evacuation of the Anzac Corps.
Malone fought his superiors for building material and for basic comforts for his men as fiercely as he fought the Turks. His diaries chart a growing disenchantment with impractical British regular officers and a growing love for his men. Malone would not take no for an answer, and this led to a clash of wills between him and his New Zealand Infantry Brigade commander, Colonel F.E. Johnston, and his staff. Malone survived with the support of Johnston's superiors, Major General Sir A.J. Godley, commander of the New Zealand and Australian Division, and Lieutenant General Sir William Birdwood, commanding the Anzac Corps.
George Malone was killed during the fight for Chunuk Bair on 8 August 1915.
Information from 'William George Malone at Gallipoli', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/wgmalone, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage)
Born in England, Malone emigrated to New Zealand in 1880 and joined the New Zealand Armed Constabulary. After two years service in the Taranaki region, he worked at Opunake and later took up farming on land he bought with his brother near Stratford. He studied to become a lawyer and worked in New Plymouth in partnership with other lawyers but later set up his own practice in Stratford. A volunteer in New Zealand's militia, he helped raised the Stratford Rifle Volunteers for service in the Second Boer War. When the militia was abolished and replaced with the Territorial Force, he was made commander of 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles). Following the outbreak of World War One, he volunteered for service and was appointed commander of the Wellington Infantry Battalion, leading it through training in Egypt and during the Gallipoli Campaign until his death at Chunuk Bair in Gallipoli. - Ref. Wikipedia
At the starting point of this cache you will be able to pick up all the info to solve the questions and find the cache.
It will be found at S39 20 abc E 174 17.def.
a- letters in the name of the walkway divided by 2
b- The number of fingers (we have ten of these) on the stick minus 1
c- Number of central buttons on jacket plus 5
d- The total no. of letters of the type of hat that he created minus 12
e-Number of the times you see the shoe laces.
f- The number of letters in the sculptors last surname minus 2
Check sum- 29
Additional Hints
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punatrq abj ybbx hc . v jvyy or unatvat nebhaq
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