ACHILLES MEMORIAL
ERECTION OF MONUMENT SITE AT AUCKLAND Work is to be started shortly on the lay-out of the headland to the east of St. Helier's Bay, Auckland, as a memorial to the part played by H.M.S. Achilles in the action against the German pocket battleship Graf Spec. The scheme, designed by the Auckland City Engineer (Mr J. Tyler) will provide a distinctive termination of the waterfront drive, and in addition to the suitable terracing with a paved lookout over the harbour and gulf, will embrace an inscribed tablet commemorating the engagement." Provision will be made on the upper terrace for the erection of a bronze tablet on which will be engraved a map of the harbour. Rangitoto Channel, and the Hauraki Gulf, showing the points of intex*est within the range of. vision. It is planned to have the memorial ready for opening on December Hi, the first anniversary of the' River Plate battle.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 208, 4 September 1940, Page 3
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154ACHILLES MEMORIAL Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 208, 4 September 1940, Page 3
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