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A portable digital kiosk that allows people to research or add information to the Online Cenotaph, a national ‘living’ war memorial project, is coming to the Warkworth RSA club.
The He Pou Aroha Community Cenotaph unit will be installed the day after Anzac Day and stay in the club until June 2. Throughout that period, people will be able to visit the club and access the database of NZ service personnel war records from the 19th century to the present day.
Users can also add their own artefacts, such as photos, letters, diary entries and even medals, thanks to a digital scanning device in the unit.
Cenotaph community project manager Claire Lanyon says the Online Cenotaph is easy to use and constantly developing, with new records and information being added all the time by researchers and families.
It also allows users to lay a virtual poppy for service personnel who have passed away. More than 199,000 virtual poppies have been laid and more than 46,000 items contributed by the public since the project was launched by Auckland War Memorial Museum and the Ministry for Culture and Heritage in May last year.
There are seven portable kiosks available for loan to libraries, museums, RSA clubs or similar and Claire Lanyon says new sites are actively being sought.
Warkworth RSA secretary manager Robbie Blair says anyone can visit the club in Neville Street to use their kiosk during opening hours – from 12.30pm on Mondays and Tuesdays, from 11am Wednesday to Saturday, and from 3pm on Sundays.
