Tambar Springs War Memorial

Details

Location Tamba Street, Tambar Springs, Gunnedah - New South Wales, Australia
Type memorial
Description

An Obelisk of Italian marble surmounted by a marble sculpture of a soldier.

Built Not yet discovered
Opened 31 January 1919 by Mr. G. H. Higgins (president of Liverpool Plains Repatriation Committee)
Inscription

Front Inscription
Tambar Springs
Roll of Honour

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Left Side Inscription
War Declared
4th Aug 1914.

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Back Inscription
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Right Side Inscription
Peace Signed
28th June 1919

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Inscription in Proximity
1914 1918

The Tambar Springs Cenotaph Is
Claimed To Be The Oldest In Australia,
For Service Men From WW1.
It Has Been Restored By The Efforts Of
Dedicated Local People, And Will Be
Rededicated On Remembrance Day
November The 11th 2003

Condition

Good

Names

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MATHIAS, Louis John

Service number 967
Lieutenant
33rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 9 Feb 1886

WATT, Frederick John

Service number 3686
Private
18th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 9 Oct 1880

BEST, William James

Service number 958
Sergeant
33rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 22 Oct 1894

GRACE, Harold James

Service number 3644
Private
18th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 4 Nov 1892

WATT, Walter Thomas

Service number 395
Trooper
7th Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 14 Mar 1889

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