Glencoe Soldiers Memorial

Details

Location Glencoe Road, Glencoe, Wattle Range - South Australia, Australia
Type memorial
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.

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Inscription

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.

 

First tier:

KILLED IN ACTION

1939-1945

 

Back:

DIED SINCE WAR

Condition

MAINTAINED BY: Local community, Wattle Range Council
PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Nil

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Names

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MATTHEWS, Percival Roy

Service number 560
Private
32nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 2 Feb 1896

MEDHURST, Edward

Service number 6297A
Private
27th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

RYAN, Edward Michael

Service number 5447
Private
27th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 17 Sep 1885

BROOKS, Gordon Raymond

Service number 5829
Private
43rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 25 Aug 1897

BATTYE, Eric Arthur Roger

Service number SX2591
Sergeant
2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 10 May 1918

BLACKMORE, John Henry

Service number 1626
Lance Corporal
43rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Feb 1893

BROOKS, Oswald Victor

Service number 1622
Private
41st Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

DELANTY, Garnet, Meghar

Service number 1535
Lance Corporal
9th Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 3 Aug 1893

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