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Coutts Island War Memorial plaque, no. 10262

A plaque at Coutts Island War Memorial, standing in Coutts Island. The surveyor filed a note, not words: “Image shows crossed rifles – no inscription”.

The ground
Coutts Island War Memorial
The suburb
Coutts Island
The year
2008, the register’s commission
The register says
in service

The register’s own frame

the register’s photograph of the plaque at Coutts Island War Memorial

The council’s image, opened at its own host, the frame is the record’s, the reading is yours.

Where it stands

The record’s own pin; the strong outline is the suburb around it, the rest are its neighbours.

The ground’s other names

In the archive

A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts.

The ground under it

The plans and surveys kept here, asked once of the pin. The whole stack answers live: what stood on this ground →

Around it

The reports nearby

49 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Rubbish & dumping and Trees & parks, 37 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

Road Signage Coutts Island War Memorial Reserve 101 Dickeys Road, Coutts Island · 17 September 2026
Traffic Signals Coutts Island War Memorial Reserve 101 Dickeys Road, Coutts Island · 15 September 2026
Traffic Signals Coutts Island War Memorial Reserve 101 Dickeys Road, Coutts Island · 21 July 2026
Trees - General 101 Dickeys Rd · 12 March 2026
Fallen Tree Coutts Island War Memorial Reserve 101 Dickeys Road, Coutts Island · 22 January 2026
Abandoned Vehicle 159 Dickeys Rd · 4 October 2025
Dumped Rubbish 101 Dickeys Rd · 26 August 2025
Dumped Rubbish Coutts Island War Memorial Reserve 101 Dickeys Road, Coutts Island · 25 August 2025

Questions, answered briefly

What is this?

A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Coutts Island War Memorial in Coutts Island, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.

What does it say?

The surveyor filed a note, not the words themselves, “Image shows crossed rifles – no inscription”. The plaque still earns its page: it stands, the ground is named, and the record’s pin is real.

Are there others at Coutts Island War Memorial?

5 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above.

Is the plaque still standing?

The register marks it in service, commissioned 2008. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position.

The record behind this

Christchurch City Council’s open data, the Furniture service’s Plaque layer. The inscription is the surveyor’s transcription; "In Service" is the books, not a promise the plaque still reads clean today. The pin is the record’s position on the layer.

This page as markdown: /plaque/10262-coutts-island-war-memorial.md · the roll: /plaques · the record as data: /plaques.json · on the big map: /map?layer=plaques · the monuments the crowd mapped: /memorial · what stood on this ground before: /before.