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GLENCOE 5291

MEMORIAL:Monument                                                         

LOCATION: Glencoe Road

ORIENTATION: South West

DESCRIPTION: A polished grey granite memorial comprising an obelisk mounted on a capped three-tier pedestal and a rough-cut granite sur-base block and concrete base. All details are in gold leaf, except for two flags in white and rifles as silhouettes against a white background. A large bronze logo of the RSL set on a polished granite plaque leans against the base of the monument. Update: restoration carried out 2006 all details now in black base, two further names added to 1939-1945 section; J.L. Cameron and C.F Finnis.

 

INSCRIPTIONS:

 

Base of obelisk:

 

                                                              Crossed flags of Australia and Great Britain

 

Pedestal cap:

 

                                                                              Crossed slung rifles

 

Third-tier:

 

                                                                            GLENCOE SOLDIERS

 

                                                                                   MEMORIAL

 

                                                                     IN MEMORY OF OUR HEROES

 

                                                                    WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR

 

                                                                                  1914-1918.

 

AGNEW S.W.

 

BROOKS O.V.

 

BROOKS G.R.

 

BLACKMORE J.H.

 

CAMERON E.A.

 

CORCORAN J.

 

DELANTY G.

 

GRATWICK R.W.

 

GORDON G.

 

HUTCHESSON R.L.

 

KENNEDY R.M.

 

MARTINI E.F.

 

Second Tier:

 

MATTHEWS P.R.   RYAN E.M.

 

MEDHURST E.        SHEPPARD S.

 

MEDHURST P.W.   SMITH J.

 

MURRAY A.           SMITH W.G.

 

First tier:

 

                                                                         KILLED IN ACTION

 

                                                                                 1939-1945

 

E. BATTYE

 

P.C. MILLOWICK

 

O.G. PRELAN M.M.

 

                                                                     J.L. CAMERON   C.F. FINNIS

 

Back:

 

                                                                             DIED SINCE WAR

 

AGNEW J.

 

UMPHERSTON W.T.

 

MILLOWICK S.B.

 

CHILDS H.

 

MENZIES A.

 

MAINTAINED BY: Local community, Wattle Range Council

 

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE:Nil

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/DATE:16 Jan 02, 12 Feb 07 update photographs courtesy Janice Weedon, Wattle Range Council.