Southern Cross War Memorial

Details

Location Memorial Park Hill, Antares Street, Southern Cross, Yilgarn - Western Australia, Australia
Type memorial
Description

Concrete obelisk on a stone plinth on a stone base
Built Not yet discovered
Opened 10 February 1924 by Major General Sir Talbot Hobbs and the Bishop of Kalgoorlie
Inscription

GALLIPOLI
FOR KING AND COUNTRY
1914 1918
(Names)

Erected by THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN CROSS AND DISTRICTS IN REVERENT MEMORY OF LATE RESIDENTS OF YILGARN WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE GREAT WAR.
"Lest we forget."

Back Inscription
BELGIUM FRANCE PALESTINE
FOR KING AND COUNTRY
1939 1945
(Names)
Condition

Good

Names

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WILLIAMS, Henry Hubert

Service number 2280
Sergeant
48th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 7 Aug 1892

BLACK, Percy Charles Herbert

Service number 170
Major
16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
AIF WW1
Born 12 Dec 1877

SULLIVAN, Thomas Bernard

Service number 1867
Corporal
51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
AIF WW1
Born 1890

WALKER, Cecil Gloucester

Service number 406336
Flight Lieutenant
No. 276
277
278
279
280 (RAF) Air Sea Rescue Squadrons
Royal Air Force
Born 12 Jan 1909

URBAN, George

Service number 6500
Private
11th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1876

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