Wangaratta War Memorial

Details

Location Docker & Ovens Streets, Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia
Type memorial
Description

Large Grey granite Obelisk

WANGARATTA, Saturday -A soldiers memorial erected jointly at Wangaratta by the Shire of Wangaratta and the Borough of Wangaratta councils was unveiled today by Lieut Colonel Scott. There was a large attendance. The memorial cost £750. It is 31ft high and its stone base is 6ft 8in square. It has a polished granite column 11ft 6in high. Lieut Colonel Scott described the capture of Beersheba where the Turkish gun at the foot of the monument was taken. He said that young Australia should train in readiness for future wars. He offered the soldiers' sympathy to the relatives of the fallen. Other speakers included the mayor (Councillor L N Gunther), Dr. Harris, M. L. C., Mr Bowser, M. L. A ., Councillor M A Sheridan, president of the Wangaratta Shire, and Major T H Shannon. Wreaths were placed on the monument by the Friendly Union of Wives and Mothers, the Red Cross Society, A.C. F. women's and girls' branches, Presbyterian Church, Lieut Colonel Scott, and relatives of the fallen.
Argus (Melbourne), 23 April 1923.

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Built Artthur Rundle &James McLeod
Opened 21 April 1923 by Lieut Colonel Scott
Inscription

Front Inscription
Erected By
The BOROUGH and SHIRE
Of
WANGARATTA
Conjointly
To Perpetuate The Memory Of
Their Residents Who Died In The
GREAT WAR
1914-1918.

Left Side Inscription
Died On Service
[ Names ]

Back Inscription
Died On Service
1939 - 1945
[ Names ]
KOREA 1950 -1953
[ Name ]
VIETNAM 1962 - 1973
[ Names ]

(Plaque)

Presented to
Wangaratta Rural City Council
By the
Victorian Vietnam Veterans Community
in Commemoration of the
40th Anniversary of the
Battle of Long Tan - 18th August 2006

Right Side Inscription
Died On Service
[ Names ]

Condition

Good

Names

Showing 8 people of interest from memorial

DALLWITZ, Raymond Ernest

Service number 409669
Flight Sergeant
No. 467 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 8 Jul 1917

BINDER, Bernd George Fritz

Service number 134994
Private
Born 26 Jun 1948

TIPPET, Percy Albert

Service number 483
Private
6th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 29 Mar 1895

DUNNE, James Glen Lea

Service number 1175
Private
37th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Sep 1896

HARRIS, George Venus

Service number 2829
Corporal
4th Pioneer Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Oct 1894

COOPER, George

Service number 2136
Private
21st Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1887

RENSHAW, Terrence James

Service number 3788172
Sapper
1st Field Squadron
RAE
Australian Army (Post WW2)
Born 1 May 1945

FRANCIS, Edgar Davy

Service number 411137
Sergeant
6 Advanced Flying Unit (RAF)
Royal Air Force
Born 6 Oct 1917

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