Private Walter Pelvin Memorial

Private Walter Pelvin Memorial is a cross in South Wairarapa District, Greater Wellington. Private Walter Pelvin Memorial is situated nearby to the park Messines Memorial Layby, as well as near Japanese Memorial Sakura Garden.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Featherston prisoner of war camp and Featherston.

Featherston prisoner of war camp

Historic site

Photo: RDMALB, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Featherston prisoner of war camp was a camp for captured Japanese soldiers during World War II at Featherston, New Zealand, notorious for a 1943 incident in which 48 Japanese and one New Zealander were killed. Featherston prisoner of war camp is situated 360 metres north of Private Walter Pelvin Memorial.

Featherston

Railway station

Photo: Matthew25187, CC BY 2.5.

Featherston railway station is a single-platform, urban railway station serving the town of Featherston in the Wairarapa district of New Zealand. The station lies on the Wairarapa Line, between Harrison Street West and Harrison Street East. Featherston is situated 2 km west of Private Walter Pelvin Memorial.

Fernside Homestead

Manor estate

Fernside is a five-bedroom white-weatherboard slate-roofed American Colonial Revival style house with an L-shape plan. It covers approximately 9,000 square feet or less than 1,000 square metres. Fernside Homestead is situated 2 km northeast of Private Walter Pelvin Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tauwharenīkau and Featherston.

Tauwharenīkau

Hamlet

Tauwharenīkau is a rural locality and a statistical area in the South Wairarapa District and Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. The locality is on SH 2 about 5 km east of Featherston and 7 km southwest of Greytown by road, and the statistical area covers the Tauwharenīkau River valley and plain north of SH 53.

Featherston

Town

Photo: Deano87, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Featherston is a town in the South Wairarapa District, in the Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is at the eastern foothills of Remutaka Range close to the northern shore of Lake Wairarapa, 63 km north-east of central Wellington and 37 km south-west of Masterton. Featherston is situated 2½ km west of Private Walter Pelvin Memorial.

Greytown

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Greytown, is a rural town in the South Wairarapa District in the lower North Island of New Zealand. It is 77 km by road north-east of Wellington and 24 km southwest of Masterton, travelling via State Highway 2. Greytown is situated 10 km northeast of Private Walter Pelvin Memorial.

Private Walter Pelvin Memorial

Type: Cross
Location: South Wairarapa District, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
View on OpenStreetMap

Latitude

-41.11914° or 41° 7′ 9″ south

Longitude

175.35499° or 175° 21′ 18″ east

Open location code

4VCQV9J3+8X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9022829790

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=cross

This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.

We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Private Walter Pelvin Memorial from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Messines Memorial Layby and Japanese Memorial Sakura Garden.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Featherston Military Camp Memorial and Japanese POW Memorial.

Greater Wellington: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Wellington, City, Lower Hutt, and Porirua.

Curious Crosses to Discover

Uncover intriguing crosses from every corner of the globe.