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Anzac Memorial Bridge: A Century of Service, compiled by FOAB secretary and treasurer Glenys E Hansen, was launched at the Eketāhuna Community Centre in December 2022. The book features the history of the bridge, a biography of Alfred Falkner (penned by yours truly) and also biographies of the 9 service personnel memorialised on the bridge. A
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On state Highway 2 south of Eketahuna stands the Anzac Memorial Bridge. The bridge was built in 1922 by my Great-Great-Grandfather Alfred Falkner, a civil engineer and draughtsman. It served as a tribute to his youngest son Victor (21) and nephew Donald Pallant (22) who were both killed at Gallipoli in 1915 and also to
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In the 19th and parts of the 20th centuries, orphans, abandoned children, runaways and children whose parents were too poor to take care of them ended up in orphanages. Orphanages were usually funded by public charities and provided orphans with a home, education, food and clothing. If orphans were lucky, they were adopted by relatives or
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