Echuca War Memorial

Details

Location Civic Centre Gardens, Hare Street, Echuca, Campaspe - Victoria, Australia
Type memorial
Description

A marble statue of a World War One soldier, with arms reversed, standing on a tall column. The column rests on a rectangular pedestal on a six-sided columned plinth on a three-stepped base. At either side of the memorial are honour roll panels containing the names of those from the district who served in the conflicts.

** (WW2) F denotes female

Built Not yet discovered
Opened 16 November 1927 by Brig. General J.K. Forsyth CMG DSO
Inscription

MCMXIV

THE
GLORIOUS
DEAD

Left Side Inscription
THIS MEMORIAL
WAS UNVEILED ON 16TH NOV. 1927
BY
BRIG.-GENERAL J. K. FORSYTH C.M.G. D.S.O.

[Honour Roll Panel]
HONOR ROLL
1914 THE GREAT WAR 1918]
[Names]

1914 THE GREAT WAR 1918
THIS HONOR ROLL
WAS ERECTED BY THE RESIDENTS OF
ECHUCA AND DISTRICT
IN HONOR OF THOSE
WHO FOUGHT AND FELL FOR THE EMPIRE
HON. H. McKENZIE PRES.
HART HICKS HON. SECT.
ECHUCA SOLDIERS MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
[Names]

Back Inscription
MCMXIV

THE
GLORIOUS
DEAD

Right Side Inscription
The Great War.
1914 .1918

THE GREAT WAR. 1914 .1918
ERECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF
ECHUCA AND DISTRICT
IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR
KING AND EMPIRE.

Honour Roll Panel
1939 1972
THOSE WHO SERVED
[Names]

Condition

Good

Names

Showing 8 people of interest from memorial

CHANTER, John Courtenay

Service number 459
Major
4th Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 17 Feb 1881

DOWLING, Wilbur James

Service number 400788
Flying Officer
No. 461 Squadron (RAAF)
Royal Australian Air Force
Born 29 May 1909

MILGATE, Frederick Melancthon

Service number 934
Sergeant
7th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 12 Feb 1889

ALDER, Arthur Hatton

Service number 371
Lieutenant
Born 14 May 1889

EAST, Benjamin

Service number 1846
Private
60th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1886

FREEMAN, John Henry

Service number 1915A
Private
46th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 16 May 1878

NICHOLAS, James Joachim

Service number OFFICER
Lieutenant Colonel
5th Field Ambulance
AIF WW1
Born 17 Nov 1890

MILGATE, Sydney Valentine

Service number 2716
Private
57th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1897

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