Yesterday's presentation involved a small ceremony held at the club attended by four of the old soldier's children Charmaine, Tony, David and Jennifer.
Three of their siblings John, Josephine and Jerome are deceased. He said it was a "very nice idea" by the soldier's grandson to buy and donate the miniature, an exact replica of the original, to Masterton. Joseph Roseingrave, he said, had left New Zealand with the 13th reinforcements after training in May 1916, arriving in England in July of that year and joining the 13th battery in Belgium.
Later he was attached to an Australian field battery.
"He started off as a gunner and a private, became a bombardier and then finished the war as a private again," Mr Hill said.
Past president of Masterton RSA Bevan Hefferen, who is also the history room's curator, thanked the family for the donation.
"It's a real pleasure to get such a fine statue recognising what Mr Roseingrave did overseas.
'Those soldiers went through hell," he said.
Mr Hefferen said the miniature would be given "pride of place" in the history room.
