Windorah Rock of Remembrance

Details

Location Caravan Park, Diamantina Development Road, Windorah, Barcoo - Queensland, Australia
Type memorial
Description

Large boulder with 4 brass plaque and rising sun

Built Not yet discovered
Opened 15 October 1967
Inscription

IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE MEN & WOMEN
OF
WINDORAH AND DISTRICT
WHO SERVED THE BRITISH EMPIRE
ON ACTIVE SERVICE

BOER WAR 1899 - 1902
(Unit & Name)

WORLD WAR I 1914-1918
(Units & Names)

WORLD WAR II 1939 - 1945
(Units & Names)

MALAYA
(Unit & Name)

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ROCK OF REMEMBRANCE
IS A
FOUNDATION MEMBER
OF THE
AUSTRALIAN STOCKMAN'S
HALL OF FAME
AND OUTBACK HERITAGE CENTRE

20/6/81 87 HUGH SAWRE
CHAIRMAN OF DIRECTORS

WINDORAH SUB-BRANCH R.S.L.A.

M.J. COSTELLO MID H.G. RABIG L/MEMBER
PRESIDENT SECRETARY

SPONSORS

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ROCK OF REMEMBRANCE
WAS DEDICATED TO
THE MEN & WOMEN OF WINDORAH & DISTRICT
WHO SERVED THE BRITISH EMPIRE
BY THE
WINDORAH SUB-BRANCH OF THE R.S.L.A.
AT A MEETING HELD ON THE 15TH OCTOBER 1967
MEMBERS PRESENT

PRESIDENT TREASURER SECRETARY
M.J. COSTELLO J. COSTELLO H.G. RABIG
N. PALMER H. SCHLOSS B.H. GORRINGE

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IN MEMORY OF PIONEERS OF THE SEVENTIES
THOMAS JOSEPH COSTELLO & CATEHRINE HACKETT
MARRIED AT SPRINGFIELD STATION KYABRA CREEK, QLD.
OFFICATED BY FATHER DUNHAM 1881
THEIR FAMILY
(Names)

Condition

Good

Names

Showing 2 people of interest from memorial

HASSED, John Michael Benjamin

Service number 3831
Private
31st Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Feb 1891

CONLAN, Percy

Service number 4284
Corporal
48th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 7 Jun 1897

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