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Berri Oval "Diver" Derrick VC Memorial Grandstand - WW II and Subsequent Conflicts

BERRI 5343

MEMORIAL: Building

LOCATION: Wade Street

ORIENTATION: East

DESCRIPTION: A grandstand in the Berri oval sporting complex. A bronze plaque is affixed to the front between the stairways. At the rear facing Wade Street, an honour roll on a bronze plaque made up of eight panels is located between two sets of capped Greek columns. The columns are mounted on a three-tier dais. A bronze plaque is affixed to the wall to the right of the right columns; another is affixed to the left of the left columns. A white marble plaque is set into the wall to the left of the left columns. A small bronze plaque is affixed between the left two columns. A white marble foundation stone is at the lower left of the rear wall.

INSCRIPTIONS:
Front:
Face top:

Lt. T. C. DERRICK VC. DCM.

MEMORIAL GRANDSTAND

Plaque:
The following details are lettered over a copy of the Victoria Cross

This Grandstand Is Dedicated To The

Memory Of
Lt T. C. (Diver) Derrick, VC, DCM
2/48^th Infantry Battalion, 2^nd AIF
Killed In Action,
Tarakan North East Borneo
23^rd May 1945

Lest We Forget

Rear:
At the centre top of the columns is a large bronze rising sun badge and king's crown.
On a riband:

ROLL OF HONOUR
AIF badge
DEDICATED TO THOSE FROM THIS DISTRICT WHO SERVED
IN THE ARMED FORCES DURING WORLD WAR 11

Top of columns

Left: 1939 Right:1945

Bronze plaques, six columns of names:

 

ADAMS, J.

ADAMS, J.C.

ADAMS, R.J.

ADAMS, W.J.

…AITKEN,R.W.

…ALDENHOVEN, E.L.

ALDENHOVEN, L.M.

ALDENHOVEN, P.

ALDENHOVEN, R.

ALDRIDGE, A.

ANDARY, D.

ANDERSON, L.L.

ANDERSON, M.

ANDERSON, P.M. MM

ANDERSON, W.A.F.

ANDREW, G.

ANDREWS, L.A.

ARNOLD, F.P.

ARTHUR, W.E.

AWEGE, C.R.

AWEGE, E.R.

AWEGE, L.J.

AWEGE, M.A.

…BAHNISCH, C.A.

BAILEY, K.B.W.

 

BAILEY, L.

BAILEY, L.C.

BAKER, H.C.

BARFIELD, F.C.

BARFIELD, J.L.T. 

…BARFIELD, R.W.

BARRY, P.J.

BARRY, T.J.

BARTSCH, H.

BARTSCH, M.L.

BARTSCH, W.

BASSHAM, A.J.

BATTAMS, W.G.

BATTAMS, W.H.

BERIMAN, A.

BIGGS, D.R.

BLAND, A.G.

BLAND, C.O.

BLAND, J.R.

BOND, B.T.

BORCHERS, R.A.

BOWLER, J.

BOWLER, W.

BRAND, E.R.

BRAND, L.

 

MIGGA, G.H.

MIGGA, H.E.

MILDE, W.R.

MILLINGTON, G.

MINNIS, J.E.

…MINOCKS, J.W.

MITCHELL, J.A.M.

MITCHELL, L.

MOORE, H.

MORRELL, F.

MORRELL, J.B.

MORRIS, D.G.

MORTIMER, J.W.

MORTIMER, N.

MOSS, E.

MOYLE, D.C.

MORITZ, H.F.

MULES, J.V.

MULLER, A.D.

MUNRO, R.

MUTTON, R.K.

MYHILL, W.J.

MacRAE, G.B.

McAULIFFE, W.H. MM

McCONNACHY, A.A.

 

McCREANOR, E.

McCREANOR, L.E.

McDONALD, D.

McDONALD, E.A.

McGREGOR, K.

…McGREGOR, R.

McINERNEY, A.

…McINTOSH, D.H.

McLAREN, C.

McLAREN, N.V.

McLAREN, R.J.

McLAREN, V.

McNAMEE, J.

McNAMEE, V.

NEWTON, A.P.

NEWTON, E.R.

NEWTON, W.

NICHOL, C.

NICHOLAS, J.W.

NICHOLAS, P.W.

NICHOLSON, J.L.

NIELSEN, D.

NIELSEN, F.

NIXON, R.W.

NOLAN, J.C.

 

EVANS, R.

FENN, E.L.

FENNELL, W.J. MM

FEWSTER, D.

FISCHER, R.J.

FISHER, J.A.

FISHER, W.L.

FITZGERALD, J.F.

FLURIS, R.I.

FLURIS, R.

FLURIS, Q.I.

FLURIS, V.

FOLEY, J.W.

FORD, J.

FOREMAN, C.G.

FOREMAN, R.C.

FREAKE, J.C.

FRICK, I.

FULLER, S.A.

GAGE, A.R.

GAINSBOROUGH, T.

GALLERY, H.J.

GARDNER, C.J.

GARRETT, F.N.

GILES, J.

 

 

…GILLESPIE, T.J.

GOBBETT, R.

GOLDIE-SCOT, D.L.

GOODING, S. DFC

GOODRICH, C.

GOODRICH, E.

GOODRICH, J.

GRAN, A.

GREENE, J.S. MBE

GREENWOOD, G.

GREENWOOD, L.

GRIFFEN, J.

HABEL, G.R.

HABY, W.O.

HALLAM, A.

HALLAM, V.

HAMMOND, K.L.

HAMPEL, J.D.

HARDING, H.O.

HARDING, S.

HARDWICK, D.

HARPER, F.H.

HARRINGTON, M.

HARRINGTON, M.W.

HARRIS, A.

 

SEARLE, J.

SEEKAMP, A.

…SEEKAMP, F.H.

…SHADDOCK,R.C.

SHARLEY, J.T.

SHARP, J.R.

SHARPE, B.

SHAW, J. DSO DFC

SHEEDY, R.

SHEPHERD, C.D.

SHORTT, A.

SIMPSON, J.

SLAUGHTER, P.J.

SMITH, A.H.

SMITH, G.E.

SMITH, K.H.

SMITH, V.

SNOPECK, S.

SOLLY, H.J.

SONNTAGG, R.

SPENCER, G.C. DCM

SPENDIFF, R.

SPRIGGS, E.T.

SPRIGGS, R.F.

STACEY, H.M.

 

STEVENS, F.W.

STRATMAN, L.W.

STRINGER, M.W.

SWINSTEAD, D.

TAYLOR, H.J.

TAYLOR, H.T.

TEASDALE, F.S.

 

BARFIELD, K.

BATTAMS, J.

BLAND, J.

BOLLENHAGEN, B.

BRAND, A.I.

BURZACOTT, M.

CLARK, L.

CURNOW, J.

CURNOW, E.D.

DISSEL, R.

EDWARDSEN, M.

EDWARDSEN, N.

FIEDLER, G.

FOX, S.V.

BRAND, M.H.

BRAND, R.A.O.

BRAND, I.A.

BRAND, V.

BRAND, V.W.

BRAUNACK, C.R.

BRAY, A.

BRIERS, G.J.

BRIERS, L.

BROADBENT, F.P.

BROADBENT, W.G.

BROWN, J.H.

BROWN, N.

BROWNE, D.J.H.

BROWNE, G.H.

BURFITT, E.O.

BURGESS, K.R.

BURGESS, S.L.

BURNETT, B.S.

BURZACOTT, G.

BURZACOTT, J.W.

BUTCHER, C.

CALDWELL, J.

CAMPBELL, A.E.

CAMPBELL, W.E.

 

CARPENTER, C.M.

CARROLL, W. DFC

CARTER, S.

CHAMBERLAIN, F.S.

CHANEY, R.

CHAPPLE, A.

CHARITY, N.C.

CHILTON, R.A.

CLARK, C.H.

CLARK, K.

…CLARK, R.M.

CLIFFORD, B.

COCK, J. DFC

COGAN, J.

COLES, H.

COLLINS, E.A.

COOK, R.

…COOMBE, K.A.

COOMBE, S.M.

CORCORAN, T.A.

CORNISH, B.C.

CORNISH, D.F.

CORNISH, D.M.

…CORNWALL, H.J.

CORNWALL, H.N.

 

NORMAN, E.A.

NORMAN, R.A.

NORMAN, S.V.

OATES, E.M.

OBST, D.B.

…OBST, R.E.

O'CALLAGHAN, J.

O'CALLAGHAN, W.T.

O'CONNOR, F.J.

O'MALLEY, C.V.

ORCHARD, E.A.

OSBORNE, A.

PADDICK, E.G.

…PADDICK, M.C.

PAGE, R.C.

PALMER, A.J.

PALMER, A.W.

PALMER, J.E.

PARBS, S.D.

PARKER, C.

PARKER, J.C.

PARSLOW, E.J.

PARSLOW, W.H.

PARSON, W.H.

…PATCHING, A.

 

PATTERSON, H.M.

PENFOLD, R.I.

PENNEY, S.

PENNEYFIELD, H.

PERHAM, P.

PFEIFFER, N.H.

PFEIFFER, P.A.

PLEW, B.K.

PLEW, E.G.

PLEW, L.R.

PLUSH, D.

POLKINGHORN, R.

PORTER, A.

PORTER, A.M.

PORTER, G.D.

POWELL, C.B.

PRIOR, V.T.

QUINTON, F.E.J.

QUINTON, R.A.

QUINTON, W.G.

RAINES, C.R.

RAINES, E.J.

RALPH, A.W.

…RALPH, J.H.

RALPH, M.F.

 

HARRIS, F.C.

HARRIS, E.E.

HARRIS, V.

HARRISON, D.H.

HARTLAND, C.E.

HARWOOD, H.

HAWBY, R.

HAYNES, M.

HENWOOD, W.R.

…HEPWORTH, E.

HEUZENROEDER, M.

HIGGINS, T.

HIGGS, R.H.

HILL, F.J.

…HOBBS, J.R.

HODGES, G.S. DFC

HODGES, R.D.

HODGSON, J.G.A.

HODSON, J.B.

HONAN, A.

…HOOD, J.C.

HORTON, J.

HORVAT, L.

HORVAT, V.

HOSKIN, W.M.

 

HOWELL, W.

HUBBARD, E.L.

HUBBARD, G.L.

HUBBARD, K.R.

HUGHES, C.A.

HUGHES, G.H.

HUGHES, J.L.

ILLMAN, J.L.

INGERSON, D.

IRELAND, D.

JACKSON, C.W.

JACKSON, G.

JAENSCH, M.D.

JENKINSON, H.R.

JENNINGS, F.

JOHNS, H.B.

JOHNS, J.H.

JOHNS, T.L.

JOHNSON, B.

JOHNSON, M.

JOLLY, A.

JONES, E.K.

JURY, J.S.

JURY, L.

…KEALLEY, L.R.

 

TEASDALE, R.S.

TELFER, C.W.

THIELE, A.

THIELE, L.

THIELE, L.A.

THOMAS, E.D.

THOMAS, J.W.

THOMAS, W.J.

THOMPSON, T.

TILLER, S.

…TIPPER, G.M.

TIPPER, R.A.

…TODD A.T. TODD. F.A.

TODD, M.A.

TOPPERWEIN, B.E.R.

TROBE, J.H. DSO DFC

TUCKER, H.R.

TUCKER, L.C.

TUCKER, T.

TUCKER, W.L.

UYLAKI, J.

VASEY, G.N.

VASEY, W.N.

VOIGT, P.R.

WADE, G.H.

 

WADE, H.

…WADE, J.

WADE, P.

WADE, S.

WADE, W.J. MM

WARNER, F.L.

WASLEY, H.J.


WOMENS SERVICES

GRAY, R.

HALLAM, C.

HARRIP, M.E.

HARVEY, A.

ILLMAN, J.

KING, E.

MADDERN, M.F.

MARTIN, E.E.

MARTIN, O.E.

MINOCKS, H.

MORITZ, M.

McNAMEE, M.

NICHOLSON, E.N.

NIELSEN, M.

CORRY, D.

CORRY, J.F.

CORRY, T.

COTTON, M.C. DFC

COXALL, L.J.

CRESP, J.P.

CRESP, M.T.

CROOK, H.

CROSSING, E.R.W.

CURNOW, W.C.

CURREN, A.R.

CURREN, P.H.   

…CURREN, W.B. MM

CURTIS, J.

CURYER, D.K.

DALZIEL, D.R.

DANIEL, L.W.

DAVIDSON, L.P.

DAVIS, H.H.

DAVIS, T.

DAVIS, W.

DAVIS, W.C.

DAVIS, W.E.

DAY,A.T.

DeLAINE, C.R.

 

DeLAINE, M.B.

DERMODY, E.J.

DERMODY, J.

…DERRICK, T.C. VC/DCM

DOECKE, G.R.

DOECKE, P.L.

DOECKE, R.G.

DORRINGTON, R.

DOWNER, R.

DRAGE, W.H.

DRAPER, A.

DUKE, S.A.

DURDIN, M.A.

DUTHIE, A.V.

EBERT, C.

EBERT, R.

EDWARDS, R.S.

EDWARDS, W.N.

EDWARDSEN, C.

EDWARDSEN, E.

EDWARDSEN, R.

EITZEN, S.

ESCHNER, C.

EVANS, C.

EVANS, D.

 

RANDELL, E.R.

REBBECK, J.A.

REBBECK, W.S.

REECE, L.

REED, C.E.

REID, H.N.

RICE, R.W.

RIDINGS, R.J.

RIX, A.R.

ROBERTS, A.L.

ROBERTS, J.P.

ROBERTS, K.G.

ROBERTS, K.M.

…ROBERTS, K.S.

ROBERTS, T.A.

ROBERTSON, R.

ROBJOHNS, A.J.

RODGER, G.V.

ROFE, K.

ROFE, R.

ROGASCH, P.

ROWAN, M.C.

ROYAL, M.S.

RUDD, K.V.

RUDLAND, K.L.

 

RUMBALL, B.

RUSSELL, H.A.

SAMPSON,V.B.

SANDEMAN, R.

…SANDERCOCK, W.J.

SANDFORD, C.

SANDFORD, F.

…SAWTELL, A.

SCADDEN, R.

SCHULZ, D.

SCHULZ, M. DFM

SCHUTZ, A.

SCHUTZ, T.B.

SCHUTZ, W.

SCOTT, A.G.

SCOTT, B.D.

SCOTT, C.B.

SCOTT, D.G.

SCOTT, J.E.

SCOTT, R.

SCOTT, R.E.

SCOTT, V.D.

SCROOP, J.A.

SCROOP, L.F.L.

SEAMAN, M.

 

KELLY, A.W.

KENNEDY, J.

KING, A.L.

KING, K.K.

KING, M.D.R.

KNAPPSTEIN, P.

KNIGHT, A.K.

KNIGHT, F.

KNIGHT, H.H.

KNIGHT, R.G.

KNIGHT, S.C.C.

KRUGER, C.

LACEY, W.J.

LAWS, C.

LAWSON, A.

LEACH, S.

LEE, A.J. MC-BAR

LEITCH, W.

LEONARD, A.J.A.

…LEONARD, R.

LEVER, C.H.

LEWIS, J.

LINDNER, R.

LITTLE, C.J.J.

LLEWELYN, J.L.

 

LLOYD, N.R.

LOHMEYER, E.B.

LORD, R.N.

LORD, W.C.

LUKSA, V.

LUM, A.

LUM, C.A. AFC

LUM, L.W.

LUM, V.R.

MADDERN, G.H.

MADDERN, L.H.

MAHONEY, C.J.

…MAHONEY, K.

MAHONEY, L.J.

MAITLAND, A.

MARKS, R.

MARKS, W.

MARR, D.

MARSH, H.

MARTIN, A.D.

MARTIN, F.A.

MARTIN, R.K.

MAYFIELD, T.H.

…MERRITT, N.L. DFC-BAR

MEYER, L.

 

 

…WAYE, H.

WEAR, H.R.

WEBBER, B.

WEBER, L.

WESTLEY, G.

WESTLEY, J. MBE

WESTLEY, W.C.

WHITFIELD, I.J.

WHITTLE, R.

WILKINSON, J.J.

…WILKINSON, R.

WILKINSON, R.

…WILLIAMS, R.P.

WILSON, A.J.

WILSON, B.

WILSON, E.C.

WILSON, K.

WILSON, T.A.

WISHART, A.C. DFC

WISHART, J.

…WISHART, J.M.

WOODHOUSE, E.V.

WOODHOUSE, H.T.

WOODHOUSE, M.

WOODS, G.

 

WOODS, H.T.

WOOLSTON, A.E.

…WORMAN, H.V.

WORRALL, A.G.

WRIGHT, W.E.

WUTTKE, H.

ZWAR, E.C.

 

NORMAN, B.

OBST, V.M.

SCHAEFER, G.

SEARLE, J.M.

SMYTHE, G.

SODERBERG, B.

SODERBERG, E.

STACEY, J.

STERRATT, M.

STEVENS, J.

WACK, D.

WADE, M.

WISHART, P.

WOODHOUSE, R.

 

Bronze plaque to the right:

 

 

 

BAKER, M.R.

BURGESS, B.J.

CHILTON, C.J.

CONNON, J.C.

HARRIS, R.J.

HUGHES, J.W.

KNIGHT, G.R.

VIETNAM 1962-1973

KROLLIG, P.

LIEVEN, R.J.

MARTIN, R.I.

NETTLE, R.N.

PAGE, I.L.

PRIOR, B.

PRIOR, M.

 

PRIOR,R.

SCHRAPEL,B.L.

SCHULTZ, G.W.

SCHULZE, P.G.

SMITH, G.R.J.

SMITH, I.P.

WILSON, T.J.

 

Bronze plaque to the left:

KOREA 1950-54
McNAMEE, L.M.

Bronze plaque between columns:

UNVEILED BY
HIS EXCELLENCY
LIEUTENANT GENERAL
SIR WILLOUGHBY NORRIE
K.C.M.G. C.B. D.S.O. M.C.
GOVERNOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
22. 4. 1951.

White marble plaque:

THIS HONOUR ROLL AND MEMORIAL STAND
WAS ERECTED BY
BERRI WAR MEMORIAL COMMUNITY CENTRE INC.
1950-1951.

Foundation stone:

THIS STONE WAS LAID BY
L.S. TRENAMAN, ESQ., J.P.
4^THNOVEMBER 1950
CHAIRMAN BERRI DISTRICT COUNCIL
1937, 1938, 1940 TO 1950.

WHEN BUILT: 1951

MAINTAINED BY: Berri Council, RSL

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Nil

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/DATE: 29 Apr 02