The ongoing cleaning and maintenance of veterans’ graves has been boosted with a donation of supplies from a Cambridge business.
The Cambridge RSA and its ‘Remembrance Army’ team received the donation last month from Mitre 10 Mega Cambridge.
William Saxby – gravestone Hautapu Cemetery – before
William Saxby – gravestone Hautapu Cemetery – after
Tony Hill, president of the Cambridge RSA, said the donation would help the team check veterans’ graves, clean and repair them where needed and tidy up the veterans’ headstones.
The ‘Remembrance Army’ team, headed by Vietnam veteran and Cambridge RSA member Alan Sherris, is also in the process of refurbishing the memorial wall at Hautapu Cemetery.
“Of the many veterans’ plots in our area, 62 headstones have been restored,” Tony said. “If not in a services cemetery, a ceramic poppy will be placed on the headstone as a sign of respect and remembrance for that veteran. This also helps to locate their resting place.”
He said university students and members of the Hamilton City Cadet Unit had been assisting the team at its working bees.
Grateful for the donation are, from left, ‘Remembrance Army’ team leader Alan Sherris, Cambridge RSA president Tony Hill, Mitre 10 Mega Cambridge retail manager Tony Togia, and Cambridge RSA member Patrick Clarke.
