Yorketown War Memorial

Details

Location Corner of Stansbury Road and Memorial Drive, Yorketown, Yorke Peninsula - South Australia, Australia
Type memorial
Description

A memorial comprising an arch and a wall of remembrance. The arch is constructed of two blocks of grey granite on two risers, behind the arch is a grey paved area with a white cross of sacrifice in the tiles and a bronze plaque set on an angled block of concrete. Behind this is a white block wall, six plaques are affixed to the wall, five are black with gold details, the sixth is a shield in grey metal set on grey pavers at the base of the wall.

Built Not yet discovered
Opened Not yet discovered
Inscription

Arch: Top level:

Insignia of the AIF LEST WE FORGET

Second level:

Wreath     SECOND WORLD WAR     Wreath1939-1945

Bronze plaque:

1914-1918

 

1939-1945

 

THEIR NAMES LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

Wall:Black plaques:

WORLD WAR 11914-1918

MALAYAN EMERGENCY


KOREAN WAR

1948-1965


1950-1953


VIETNAM WAR


PEACE KEEPING

1962-1973


FORCES

Grey plaque:

IN MEMORY OF PRIVATE JAMES WILLIS PLUMMER10 BATT. AIF WHO FELL AT THE LANDING ON GALLIPOLI APRIL 25 1915 AGED 20 YEARS

Condition

MAINTAINED BY: Yorketown Council, RSL

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Nil

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Names

Showing 8 people of interest from memorial

BURTON, Robert Venn

Service number 619A
Lance Corporal
43rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 13 Dec 1897

BUTTFIELD, Blinman Vincent

Service number 2038
Private
37th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 31 Jul 1898

SAMPSON, Gerard Alfred

Service number 175
Lance Corporal
3rd Machine Gun Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Feb 1894

MOODY, Harold Eric

Service number OFFICER
Lieutenant
3rd Field Artillery Brigade
AIF WW1
Born 23 Mar 1893

BAKER, Dene Edward

Service number 5657
Private
43rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 25 May 1891

WYLY, Edward John

Service number 36090
Gunner
Born 25 Aug 1883

FARMER, Donald Craig

Service number 416251
Flight Sergeant
No. 1 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 3 Sep 1922

JOLLY, Denzil Cyril

Service number 3177
Private
32nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 15 Apr 1896

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