Port Macquarie Cenotaph

Details

Location Town Square, Horton & Clarence Street, Port Macquarie, Port Macquarie-Hastings - New South Wales, Australia
Type memorial
Description

Plaques have been added to the monument to commemorate other conflicts, and a number of black marble cairns have been erected around the front of the monument listing the names of those who served. The cenotaph was rededicated in 2000.

Built Not yet discovered
Opened 30 March 1921
Inscription

In memory of those who served Australia on the Armed Forces

Monument Relocated July 1969

[ Names ]

Erected to commemorate the Great World War 1914 - 1919 and the victory of the Allies

(Top Plaque)
WORLD WAR II 1939 -1945
Egypt, Libya, Greece, Crete, Syria, Papua New Guinea,
Bougainville, Borneo, Malaya, Singapore,
On All The Oceans And In The Air

[ Names ]

(Top Plaque)
KOREAN WAR 1950 - 1953
"Kapyong 25th April 1951"
"Sarawon" "Chongju" "Pakchon" "Chaum-ni"
"Malaya" Anti Terrorist Operations 1950-1957.

[ Names ]

Unveiled On Port Macquarie Centenary
30/3/21
J. H. Hill Mayor

(Top Plaque)
VIETNAM WAR 1962 - 1973
"Long Tan" "Saigon" "Nui Dat" "Vung Tau"

[ Names ]

Condition

Good

Names

Showing 8 people of interest from memorial

CUTTRISS, Frederick William

Service number 1143
Private
18th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 8 Feb 1891

MARCHMENT, Stanley Hastings

Service number 3296
Private
14th Machine Gun Company
AIF WW1
Born 5 Oct 1895

HERRING, Eric

Service number N78440
Staff Sergeant
Volunteer Defence Corps (SA)
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 23 Aug 1897

ROWSELL, William Henry

Service number 595
Private
Born 1889

GAMACK, Wilton Campbell

Service number 3806
Private
19th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 15 Apr 1895

JOHNSON, John Oscar

Service number 7018
Private
13th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

MARCHMENT, Henry John

Service number N388625
Private
Born 3 Sep 1899

WILSON, Samuel Charles

Service number 3534
Private
53rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born May 1885

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