Yankalilla War Memorial Wall

Details

Location Main Street , Yankalilla, South Australia, Australia
Type memorial
Description

In the Yankalilla Memorial ParkA crescent shaped wall in three sections constructed of stone and cement. On the left section are two bronze plaques, on the centre section are four white marble plaques with a white marble Cross of Sacrifice in the centre, a bronze plaque is above the third plaque. On the right section are two bronze plaques. To the left of the wall is a flagpole

Built Not yet discovered
Opened 23 September 2001 by John P Bailey, OAM, JP RSL State President
Inscription

INSCRIPTIONS: Left wall:Left plaque:

HONOUR ROLL 1914-1918

 plaque:

HONOUR ROLL BOER WAR

all:Plaque 1:

IN MEMORY OF SISTER A. DORRINGTON.LATE A.I.F. & D.T.N.S.ACCIDENTLY KILLED AT TUNKALILLA21ST DECEMBER 1934,WHILST ON A MISSION OF MERCY.ERECTED BY RETURNED SOLDIERS.

Plaque2.


Cross:

 

LEST WE FORGET

 

Bronze plaque:

THIS WAR MEMORIAL WASDEDICATED BYMR JOHN BAILEY O.A.M. JPSTATE PRESIDENTRETURNED AND SERVICES LEAGUE ON23RD SEPTEMBER 2001LEST WE FORGET

Plaque 3:

Plaque 4:

Right wall:Left plaque:

 

HONOUR ROLL VIETNAM

Right plaque:

HONOUR ROLL 1939-1945

… KILLED IN ACTION

Condition

MAINTAINED BY: Yankalilla Council, RSL

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Nil

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Names

Showing 8 people of interest from memorial

HAMLYN, Arthur James

Service number 6492
Private
4th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 18 Feb 1894

LOWCOCK, Alfred

Service number 703
Sergeant
12th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 29 May 1892

HAMLYN, Joseph Royce

Service number 4295
Private
32nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 12 Apr 1895

BURTON, John William

Service number 2886
Private
50th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

CORNISH, Leslie Ashton

Service number 2286
Gunner
Born 14 Jul 1893

SCOTT, Andrew

Service number 808
Bombardier
Born 29 May 1895

CLARKE, Francis Andrew

Service number 884
Private
15th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 29 Aug 1886

NEWBOLD, John Bert

Service number 2813
Private
1st Divisional Salvage Company
AIF WW1
Born 23 Dec 1896

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