John (Jack) Daniel Hinton V.C. 20th New Zealand Battalion
A plaque at John Hinton Memorial, standing in Bexley. The words below are the register’s own transcription, the casing, the spelling, the typos.
John (Jack) Daniel Hinton V.C. 20th New Zealand Battalion 1909 – 1997 / This reserve is dedicated to the memory of Jack Hinton V.C. of the 20th New Zealand Battalion. Jack Hinton was awarded the Victoria Cross for his fearless actions in Kalamata, Greece, 28-29 April 1941, in which he was taken prisoner of war. / In later years Jack and his wife Molly Hinton retired to Bexley and walked the banks of the Avon River next to this reserve. / The foundation stone above this plaque has been donated by the Mayor of Kalamata in reognition of the heroic contribution of Jack Hinton and the allied soldiers.
The register’s own frame
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.
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
73 council reports pinned within 250 m of the point, most often Rubbish & dumping and Graffiti & vandalism, 58 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Pest / Vermin
Dumped Rubbish
Animal - Deceased
Dumped Rubbish
Dumped Rubbish
Dumped Rubbish
Animal - Deceased
Dumped Rubbish
Pavement - Damaged
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structureQuestions, answered briefly
A plaque of Christchurch, standing at John Hinton Memorial in Bexley, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate.
The words above, verbatim, the surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as they were read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record.
The register marks it in service, commissioned 2009. 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/50766-john-hinton-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.