Maheno School pupils Jack Jones (left) and Ben Hamilton (both 12) at the Maheno cenotaph where a plaque dedicated to the hospital ship HMHS Maheno will be officially unveiled on Sunday. Maheno School principal Ryan Fraser said the idea of a replica plaque being installed at the cenotaph came about during the school's 2017 trip to Fraser Island to mark Anzac Day, which followed a previous trip in 2015. Maheno School pupil Ben Hamilton said the plaque strengthened the links between the township and Fraser Island. "It was actually quite cool to see the ship and the plaque in person, not through videos or pictures. The rock on which to mount the plaque was sourced from the same North Otago quarry the stone for the Fraser Island memorial was, and the plaque itself contains the same images and information about the ship's history and wartime role.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 08, 2018 15:33 UTC