Waterton Cemetery in Eiffelton, Canterbury

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Get directions Grahams Road
Eiffelton, Ashburton District, Canterbury 7774 New Zealand

Coordinates: -44.06400, 171.72600
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Waterton Cemetery is a rural cemetery situated on Grahams Road within sound of the sea. Heading south from Ashburton on SH1, cross the Ashburton River and turn left into Fords Road on southern outskirts of Tinwald. Follow this road for approximately 15 kilometres, then turn right into Grahams Road; follow this in the direction of the beach. The cemetery is about 3.5 km on the left hand side. The square cemetery is not visible from the road being bounded by trees and is accessed down a grassy path tree lined path via a picket fence and iron gate entrance. It contains the official war grave of one man who served in the New Zealand Forces during the First World War. This is Gunner John Nathaniel March who died of disease on 24 July 1915.

The cemetery has provided burial plots since 1881. A focal point for visitors is a tall monument with a wooden cross in a wooden circular frame. A small plaque reads "Dedicated to all those lost at seas". It is believed to be dedicated to two people killed when three small ships were wrecked at nearby Longbeach in the late 1800's. One of the ships is believed to be the schooner 'Wild Wave' which went ashore north of the Ashburton River mouth in 1875 in a south-east gale. It had a crew of four and was carrying ballast and timber. Timber from the wreck is believed to have been used for a farmer's yard.