Edithburgh War Memorial

Details

Location Corner of Edith Street and Anstey Street, Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula - South Australia, Australia
Type memorial
Description

A granite memorial comprising an obelisk surmounted on a pedestal and four-tier granite sur-base that in turn is mounted on a concrete slab. A bronze wreath is at the base of the obelisk and bronze plaques are affixed to all faces of the pedestal.

Built Not yet discovered
Opened 3 October 1926 by Major McCann (State President of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' Imperial League).
Inscription

Face:

THE GREAT WAR1914 crossed flags of Britain and Australia 1919IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN

 

Left:

IN HONOR

 

Back:

IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN1939-1945

 

Right:

IN HONOUR

Condition

MAINTAINED BY: Edithburgh Council, RSL

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Nil

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Names

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PASCOE, Wilfred Blight

Service number 3861
Private
32nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 13 Jul 1889

RATTLEY, George Albert Barton

Service number 1437
Driver
9th Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born Apr 1885

MARR, John Thomas Henry

Service number 5029
Private
27th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 22 Jun 1890

GOLDNER, Charles Leonard

Service number S74052
Private
7th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 4 Sep 1887

GEORGE, Theodore Alfred

Service number 2178
Saddler
5th Divisional Train
AIF WW1
Born 16 Apr 1897

OHLSTROM, Patrick Andreas

Service number 416
Lieutenant
32nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 16 Dec 1890

SAMPSON, Gerard Alfred

Service number 175
Lance Corporal
3rd Machine Gun Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Feb 1894

JUERS, Laurence

Service number S56025
Private
10th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 18 Nov 1894

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