When unveiled it included mounted on a plinth, a German Rheinmetall 17 cm mittlerer Minenwerfer and a Maxim MG 08 Heavy Machine gun which was mounted on a tripod. The Mortar was captured by the 12th Company ( Nelson ) 2nd Canterbury Infantry Battalion on 2 August 1918, and returned to New Zealand as a war trophy. The Maxim Gun was stolen some time during the 1970s and the mortar was relocated on 16 March 2003 when a new Memorial Plaque was placed outside the Council Building & Returned Services Association club-rooms. Town scenes from the 2004 film In My Father's Den were filmed in Roxburgh. Demographics Roxburgh is described by Statistics New Zealand as a rural settlement. It covers . It is part of the much larger Teviot Valley statistical area. Roxburgh had a population of 588 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 60 people (11.4%) since the 2013 census, and a decrease of 18 people (-3.0%) since the 2006 census. There were 279 households. There were 267 males and 324 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.82 males per female, with 84 people (14.3%) aged under 15 years, 60 (10.2%) aged 15 to 29, 255 (43.4%) aged 30 to 64, and 189 (32.1%) aged 65 or older. Ethnicities were 86.7% European/Pākehā, 14.8% Māori, 5.6% Pacific peoples, 4.6% Asian, and 1.5% other ethnicities (totals add to more than 100% since people could identify with multiple ethnicities). Although some people objected to giving their religion, 44.9% had no religion, 44.4% were Christian, 0.5% were Muslim, 0.5% were Buddhist and 1.5% had other religions. Of those at least 15 years old, 63 (12.5%) people had a bachelor or higher degree, and 150 (29.8%) people had no formal qualifications. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 222 (44.0%) people were employed full-time, 69 (13.7%) were part-time, and 3 (0.6%) were unemployed. Teviot Valley Teviot Valley statistical area covers and also includes Lake Roxburgh village, Millers Flat and Ettrick. It had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Teviot Valley had a population of 1,779 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 216 people (13.8%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 96 people (5.7%) since the 2006 census. There were 750 households. There were 930 males and 849 females, giving a sex ratio of 1.1 males