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Monument of the 43rd killed at the Gate Pah, Tauranga

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Date

[1868]

Artist

Collective Title

Artist and photographers unknown :[Watercolours of the Bay of Plenty and thermal regions, Atlantic and Indian Ocean islands, and Ireland; photographs of Dover, a Belgian monument, Ireland and New Zealand bush, 1866-1868]

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23530290

Description

Shows a view of the monument commemorating 26 men of the 43rd Regiment who were killed in action or died of wounds received at Pukehinahina (Gate Pa) and Te Ranga in mid-1864. The monument itself is in the foreground on the right, with the white pickets of the cemetery showing in front of it. A number of trees, including cabbage trees and flax bushes, stand prominently to its left. From the headland Mount Maunganui can be seen in the background.

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

43rd Regiment Memorial, Mission Cemetery, Tauranga, New Zealand

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