Sapper Horace Moore-Jones commemorative statue

local hero

In the centre of the main road, almost impossible to reach through the traffic is the memorial to a local soldier who survived the war only to die rescuing people from a fire.

Heart warming tribute

This statue is of a New Zealand soldier and artist. The statue depicts Moore-Jones sketching, kneeling on a seven-tonne slab of stone cut from the battlefields of Gallipoli.After returning to NZ he lo...

Honoring a hero

Horace served with the NZEF at Gallipoli during WWI as a sapper in an engineering unit. He died in Hamilton from injuries received rescuing people from a hotel fire. He is remember here. Stop and see ...

Honor the Fallen

So good to see a local war hero honored. .As well as his later help in a local hotel fire that cost him his life.What a wonderful person to have as a local hero. It is a beautiful work of art and sta...

Tribute to Hamilton Hero

A piece of history revealed at the city centre street, the statue of Sapper Horace Moore-Jones, a soldier, war artist and then heroic figure who lived and died in Hamilton when he selflessly entered t...