Shire of Mortlake War Memorial, Mortlake, Victoria, Australia

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Location	Jamieson Avenue & Officer Street, Mortlake, Moyne - Victoria, Australia
Type	memorial
Description	Grey Granite & Sandstone with white marble soldier This memorial was built in 1922 by the Mortlake Shire Memorial Committee (Chairman Cr W. T. Allen) in memory of the forty two district men who died from injuries received during WW1. Financed by public subscriptions, it was designed and built by Messrs Wooles & Carpenter of Warrnambool at a cost of four hundred and fifty pounds sterling and unveiled in the same year by the Shire President Cr G. L. Dennis who presided at the ceremony and invited the Premier of Victoria the Honourable H. S. Lawson to unveil the memorial in the presence of a very large crowd which consisted of the Mortlake Brass Band and local schoolchildren. Read more...
Built	Messrs Wooles & Carpenter of Warrnambool
Opened	by Premier of Victoria the Honourable H. S. Lawson
Inscription	In Memoriam Fallen [ Names ] Shire of Mortlake To our brave soldiers 1914 - 1919. Lest We Forget Erected by the Shire of Mortlake In honour of the men and women of Mortlake and District who served in World War II 1939 - 1945. Korea 1950-53. Vietnam 1962-73. Erected by the citizens of Mortlake Shire in memory of the fallen 1939 - 45. [ Names ] Lest We Forget
Condition	Good