Croydon War Memorial

Details

Location Corner of Rowell Crescent and Meill Street, Croydon, South Australia, Australia
Type memorial
Description

A white concrete broken column is surmounted on a tapered concrete pedestal and a three-tier base. A bronze wreath is affixed to each face with a white marble plaque underneath, all details are in black.

Built Not yet discovered
Opened 27 April 1924 by COUNCILLOR F. JESSUP ESQ. J.P.
Inscription

Face:

THIS MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILEDBYCOUNCILLOR F. JESSUP ESQ. J.P.ON APRIL 27TH 1924.ERECTED TO THE MEMORYOF OUR FALLEN COMRADES.

Base:

ERECTED BY GELLAND SOLDIERS CLUB.

Left:

HEROES OF THE GREAT WAR

 

LEST WE FORGET

Back:

HEROE'S OF WORLD WAR 11.IN MEMORYOF THOSE WHO FELL1939-1945.LEST WE FORGET.MALAY PENINSULAR1948-1960 1964-1965KOREA 1950-1954BORNEO 1962-1966VIETNAM 1962-1973

Right:

HEROES OF THE GREAT WAR

 

LEST WE FORGET

Condition

MAINTAINED BY: Croydon Council

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Marble plaque on left face staining badly.

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Names

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BIRCH, Arthur Henry

Service number 6491
Driver
3rd Field Ambulance
AIF WW1
Born 14 Mar 1891

ELLEWAY, Edgar John

Service number 2635B
Private
27th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 14 Mar 1896

PRETTY, Walter Hainsworth

Service number 1556
Private
32nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 27 Dec 1896

BOWYER, Stanley Ernest

Service number 113
Sergeant
3rd Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 3 Dec 1894

MATTINSON, Edward Victor

Service number 6133
Private
10th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 24 May 1886

HAVEY, Vincent

Service number 1108
Private
60th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 21 Mar 1896

SMYTH, Ralph Ratueveln Raymond Ekin

Service number OFFICER
Captain
52nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1 May 1875

RAE, Albert Norman

Service number COMMI...
Second Lieutenant
10th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 7 Mar 1896

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