Port Fairy War Memorial

Details

Location Bank Street & Princes Highway, Port Fairy, Moyne - Victoria, Australia
Type memorial
Description

Grey Granite with red Granite nameplates.
Soldier Aloft

Built Monument Manufacturer: R. E Carpenter (Warrnambool, VIC)
Opened 20 January 1929 by Sir Wm. Glasgow, (Minister of Defence) accompanied by Lady Glasgow
Inscription

"Post Cineres Gloria Venit"
"Glory Comes After Death"

Names of Port Fairy And District Heroes
Who Died For The King And Native Land
[Names]
In The Great War Of
1914 - 18
The Following Offered Their Lives
In The Glorious Cause Of Freedom
[Names]

A Memorial
To Port Fairy And Districts Sailors & Soldiers
Who Enlisted For The War.
Erected
By Their Grateful Compatriots.

Left Side Inscription
[Names]

Back Inscription
1939 - 45
In Honour Of The Men
Of Port Fairy & District
Who Paid The Supreme
Sacrifice In World War II

[Names]

Right Side Inscription
[Names]

Condition

Good

Names

Showing 8 people of interest from memorial

HINDHAUGH, Victor William

Service number 6756
Private
5th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1 Sep 1897

FABIAN, William Albert

Service number 324
Private
3rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1882

GOLDIE, Robert Williamson

Service number PM/V158
Able Seaman
HMAS Lonsdale (Depot / Base)
Royal Australian Navy
Born 8 Aug 1894

RIDDELL, Harold Wilson William

Service number 2371
Private
6th Light Trench Mortar Battery
AIF WW1
Born 23 Jul 1890

FINN, Laurence Gerald

Service number 212
Trooper
8th Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 1891

ARNEL, Arthur Bertram

Service number 1547
Sergeant
24th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1892

FABIAN, Percy

Service number 6506
Private
14th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 8 Jun 1898

GOLDIE, Maxwell James

Service number QX11016
Private
2nd/25th Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 1 Sep 1913

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