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Service number 574
Private
18th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 10 Jun 1893
Service number 6083
Private
4th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1897
Location | Moore Park, ANZAC Parade & Cleveland Streets, Moore Park, Sydney - New South Wales, Australia |
Type | other |
Description | Stone fountain with a semicircular metal plaque erected by the cricket association members to commemorate their fallen comrades. The plaque contains two classical female figures, encircled with wreaths, labelled Courage and Peace. A monument erected by the Moore Park Cricket Association to the memory of fallen players of the Association was unveiled yesterday by Ald. W. J. Walker, at the corner of Cleveland and Dowling streets, Moore Park. The monument is a drinking fountain is sandstone on a trachyte foundation, with a bronze panel which contains the names of the 32 players who were killed. Altogether 375 enlisted from the Association.
The memorial was restored in 2004 repairing years of damage from the effects of weather and pollution. |
Built | Not yet discovered |
Opened | 10 September 1921 |
Inscription | THIS FOUNTAIN WAS ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS OF
(Names) COURAGE PEACE FOR GOD KING AND COUNTRY |
Condition | Good |
Showing 2 people of interest from memorial
Service number 574
Private
18th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 10 Jun 1893
Service number 6083
Private
4th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1897