Description

The St John’s Church WWI Memorial, a sundial presented by Postmaster W.F.Y. Stewart in 1919, stands in the St John’s Anglican Church cemetery in Te Awamutu. The sundial is inscribed with the words:

“IN MEMORY OF ALL THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND THOSE WHO FIGHTING FELL / NOT ONLY IN DEFENCE OF THEIR HOME AND KINDRED BUT FOR OUR EMPIRE / – PRESENTED BY – / WILLIAM FAIRBAIRN STEWART / – 1919 – / POSTMASTER TE AWAMUTU.”

Chosen for its proximity to other Waikato War memorials, the sundial was damaged shortly after its installation but restored in 1931 by Stewart’s brother.