Final cross for the Unknown Soldier
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Save TURN OUT: Tim Rodier, 7, left, Maddison Potter, Violet Patterson, 9, Emma Hyman, 10, and Bruce Bargh, 10, Carterton School.
Carterton's Field of Remembrance Service yesterday had an extra touch - a final cross placed for the Unknown Soldier.
Carterton RSA president Rex Kenny and Mayor John Booth placed the cross, bringing the number of crosses in Memorial Park to 106.
Following a minute's silence, bugler Brian Castle played The
Last Post.
Carterton School pupils attended, including Rebecca Atkinson, 7, who wore a nurse's red top with lieutenant pips and her great-grandmother's medals.
