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

CAIN, Valentine Scott Aloysius

Service number 7459
Private
4th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 6 Jan 1898

NICHOLLS, Charles Harry

Service number 2854
Private
2nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 6 Feb 1897

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

ROWSELL, William Henry

Service number 595
Private
Born 1889

GRAHAM, William James

Service number 2428
Trooper
1st Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 1892

WILSON, Samuel Charles

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

MARCHMENT, Stanley Hastings

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

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