Carlo BERGAMINI - an unassuming grave for a sculptor
Often as I'm walking around a cemetery, I come across graves that I think may hold a story solely due to the persons name... Carlo's grave was one of those and what a story I found! Carlo's headstone belied what an amazing talent he had in his trade as a stonemason and the designer of 5 major South African War memorials in New Zealand. Those at Dunedin, Waimate, P almerston, Riverton and Oamaru. His unassuming headstone in Bromley Cemetery at Block 23 Plot 135 , Christchurch states: Carlo BERGAMINI 1870 - 1934 R - I - P He had resided in New Zealand 47 years at the time of his death and he lived at 50 Buckleys Road, Linwood. This in itself was a fascinating thing to find out, because for many years being a citizen in Avondale, Christchurch, I often passed this run down house situated beside East gate Mall on the way to my grandparents house and wondered what its history may have been! ...