The Taranaki Daily News(paper) of Saturday 25 April 2015 front page offered the following,
Their names are etched in stone monuments in
every corner of Taranaki. One hundred years after the
Gallipoli landings we pay homage to the brave men
and women who never returned from World War I
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
Below the Headline is images of over 35 memorials from throughout Taranaki listing the numbers of fallen comrades etched on each memorial.
It's a poignant and powerful front page.
To work out the location you need to view a copy of that newspaper. Your local library should have a copy, or else you can go to this web site http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/map/taranaki-memorials
The coordinates of the cache is at S 39° 01.ABC E 174° 17.XYZ.
You need to add up the total numbers fallen for each of the locality's listed memorials as follows...
Unfortunately there's quite a disparity between the newspaper and NZ History site, so I've added the numbers that are needed (from the newspaper).
| SOUTH: |
EAST: |
| Locality |
Number Fallen |
Locality |
Number Fallen |
| Alton |
|
Whangamomona/Kohurutahi |
|
| Auroa |
|
Waverley |
|
| Dudley District (online+1) |
use 10 |
Waitara |
use 36 |
| Eltham (online-6) |
use 72 |
Uruti (online-1) |
use 12 |
| Hawera Mem. Arch |
|
Urenui (online-7) |
use 20 |
| Kaponga (online-2) |
use 28 |
Tikorangi Memorial |
|
| Manaia (Not online) |
use 84 |
Te Kiri |
|
| Matapu (online+5) |
use 20 |
Tariki |
|
| Normanby (online+2) |
use 33 |
Strathmore (online+5) |
use 30 |
| Okaiawa |
|
Stratford Mem. Hall |
|
| Opunake (online+2) |
use 92 |
Rahotu |
|
| Otakeho (online-1) |
use 4 |
Pungarehu (Not online) |
use 17 |
| Patea (online-9) |
use 55 |
Pihama |
|
| Pihama |
|
Patea (online-9) |
use 55 |
| Pungarehu (Not online) |
use 17 |
Omata |
|
| Rahotu |
|
Okato |
|
| Te Kiri |
|
Okaiawa |
|
| Uruti (online-1) |
use 12 |
Normanby (online+2) |
use 33 |
| Waverley |
|
Midhirst |
|
| Whangamomona/Kohurutahi |
|
Manutahi (online+1) |
use 11 |
|
|
Lepperton (online+1) |
use 15 |
|
|
Kaponga (online-2) |
use 28 |
|
|
Inglewood |
|
|
|
Bell Block |
|
|
|
Awakino |
|
|
|
Auroa |
|
|
|
Ararata (paper WRONG) |
use 41 |
|
|
Alton |
|
| The total number Fallen = ABC |
|
The total number Fallen = XYZ |
|
That is still a rather horrendous list of casualties
The cache is a commemorative 2L sistema container
