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Australian Engineer presentation prayer desk, the NZ Railway Engineers commemorative window, a number of other related Rolls of Honor and memorial plaques to deceased RNZE personnel mounted on the ends of the pews. Plus the original organ (circa 1897) which has returned to the chapel and was rededicated in 2020. The Rolls of Honour from the First and Second World Wars for the Linton community have also been installed in the chapel and were rededicated in mid-2020.
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the RNZE CT) might be interested in assisting with the removal and relocation/re-erection of the church in Linton Camp. It was then envisioned that the church would become the place of enshrinement of the Rolls of Honour of the Corps of RNZE and would also form part of the
Engineer Corps Memorial Centre or ECMC.
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Funding for the construction materials used for a new building was raised by the Corps and ECMA, with labour and supervision being provided by construction trade apprentices under training and trade training instructors from the School of
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Zealand Engineers Memorial and Garrison Chapel of St Martin’s" is a fully functioning (non-denominational) church, managed by the local chaplaincy in conjunction with the RTNZE CT/ECMC and houses the NZE/RNZE Rolls of Honor, the Royal Engineers (UK) stained
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