Bathurst Boer War Memorial

Details

Location Russell & William Streets, Bathurst, Bathurst Regional - New South Wales, Australia
Type memorial
Description

A cupola, with four supporting sandstone lions, surmounts an arched sandstone structure with an enclosed bronze figure of an Australian soldier with rifle at the ready.
Four columns at the extremities complete the classical centre section, with the whole resting upon a base of grey granite blocks. A number of plaques are affixed to the base structure.

Note: Additional names were added to the Memorial in the 1960's, including that of Lieut Peter Handcock, executed by order of a British Court Martial. Along with Harry 'Breaker' Morant he was convicted of shooting Boer Prisoners. The whole unfortunate saga was popularised in the 1979 film 'Breaker Morant', largely inspired by the release of Kit Denton's 1973 book, The Breaker.

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Built Monument Designer: Gilbert Doble (Sculpture), John Copeman (Monument)
Opened 10 January 1910 by Lord Kitchener
Inscription

Unveiled by Lord Kitchener
January 10th 1910

Plaque :

To the honour of the Bathurst men who served in the
1899 South African War 1902
[ Names ]

In memory of those who gave their lives for the Empire
[ Names ]

This stone was laid by Ald F. B. Kenny Mayor 1909.

Condition

Good

Names

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PIDDINGTON, George Busby

Service number 6662
Private
17th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 3 Nov 1870

BENNETT, Arthur Thomas

Service number 18
Private
A Squadron
New South Wales Mounted Infantry
Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents
Born 1877

MCGLINN, John Patrick

Service number OFFICER
Lieutenant Colonel
4th Infantry Brigade Headquarters
AIF WW1
Born 11 Apr 1869

FOGARTY, William James Dominic

Service number 509
Trooper
New South Wales Citizen Bushmen
Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents
Born 15 Mar 1879

HANDCOCK, Peter Joseph

Service number 488
Shoeing-Smith
1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents
Born 17 Feb 1868

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