Ithaca War Memorial

Details

Location Ithaca War Memorial Park, Enoggera Terrace, Paddington, Brisbane - Queensland, Australia
Type memorial
Description

The memorial proper is a tall sandstone clocktower on a pedestal with recessed leaded marble plates bearing memorial inscriptions and the names of 130 local men who died on active service. The four faced clock was originally driven by a master clock in the nearby fire station. The clocktower is ornamented with crossed flags in relief and originally painted, and the pedestal is ornamented with laurel swags. The whole structure stands on a square concrete platform approached by steps at each face, so forming a cross. A circular path surrounds the platform.

The memorial was erected by a committee of local citizens at a cost of about 650 pounds. Fund raising was under way by September 1920. The memorial clocktower was designed and made by A H Thurlow, monumental mason of Brisbane, under the supervision of R Black, the Ithaca Town Engineer. The clock was manufactured by the Synchronome Electrical Company of Brisbane. The memorial was unveiled on 25 February 1922 by the then Governor of Queensland, Sir Matthew Nathan

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Built A. H. Thurlow (Brisbane, QLD)
Opened 25 February 1922 by His Excellency the Governor Sir Matthew Nathan P.C., G.C.M.G.
Inscription

Honour the brave

Ithaca

Ithaca War Memorial
1914 - 1919

Erected by the townspeople of Ithaca in honour of their soldiers who fell in the Great War

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Left Side Inscription
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Back Inscription
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This memorial was unveiled by His Excellency the Governor Sir Matthew Nathan P.C., G.C.M.G., on Saturday, February 25th 1922

J. F. Hayward (Ex Mayor) Hon. Chairman.
Ald J. Tait Mayor, Hon. Treasurer.
C. Campbell Hon. Secretary.

Right Side Inscription
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Condition

Good

Names

Showing 8 people of interest from memorial

CASSIDY, John

Service number 3038
Private
47th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1894

PATERSON, Alexander Sheves

Service number 6589
Private
9th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 18 Mar 1898

GIRLING, Norman Albert

Service number 3523
Private
25th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 21 Jun 1897

CROSSAN, Peter

Service number 6932
Private
26th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1899

LERGESSNER, Walter Henry

Service number 3355
Gunner
11th Field Artillery Brigade
AIF WW1
Born 25 Nov 1895

MCBURNIE, William

Service number 1156
Sergeant
11th Field Artillery Brigade
AIF WW1
Born 6 Jan 1875

MCCULLOUGH, William Charteris

Service number OFFICER
Lieutenant
25th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 14 Nov 1894

SPIERS, Victor Alexander

Service number 1956
Private
47th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1898

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