Terang War Memorial

Details

Location High Street, Terang, Corangamite - Victoria, Australia
Type memorial
Description

The memorial consists of an obelisk of grey granite 66 feet in height, approached by a flight of granite steps. Each face of the plinth carries a heavy bronze slab. One of these contains a battle scene, and the inscription "In honor of all Australians who fought in the Great War, 1914-18, and to perpetuate the memory of those from Terang and district." A second tablet contains the names of those who fell, and the other two the names of all other district men who enlisted.

Bronzework by C DOUGLAS RICHARSON and was presented by S.C. BLACK, W K MACKINNON AND J G MACKINNON

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Built Not yet discovered
Opened 15 April 1923 by Lieut-Gen. Sir Harry Chauvel G.C.M.G., K.C.B.
Inscription

PALESTINE

In Honour Of
All
AUSTRALIANS
Who Fought
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918
And To Perpetuate The Memory Of
Those From
TERANG AND DISTRICT

Plaque:
This Monument Was Unveiled By
Lieut-Gen. Sir Harry Chauvel G.C.M.G., K.C.B.,
on the 15th April, 1923.

Plaque:
KOREA
1950-1953
For All who Served
in Korea,
Especially Those Who
did not Return Home.

Plaque:
VIETNAM
1962-1973
For those who Served
Suffered & Died.
Together Then,
Together Again.

Left Side Inscription
BELGIUM

Those Who Served
[ Names ]

Back Inscription
FRANCE

In Memory
Of Those Who Fell
[ Names ]

Plaque:
In Memory Of Those From
Terang And District
Who Fell
In The 1939 - 1945 War
[ Names ]

Right Side Inscription
GALLIPOLI

Those Who Served
[ Names ]

Condition

Good

Names

Showing 8 people of interest from memorial

HARRISON, Charles Joseph

Service number 3123
Private
58th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

CORKISH, Oliver Andrew

Service number V84143
Private
Born 12 Oct 1892

MCDONALD, William Angus

Service number VX11656
Private
2nd/31st Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 31 Aug 1908

GRAHAM, John

Service number 1136
Private
9th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1 Feb 1892

TEHAN, Gerald

Service number 2979
Private
23rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

BANNON, Charles

Service number 3456
Private
60th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 30 Jan 1892

BAKER, Percy

Service number 3453
Private
59th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1893

STARLING, Walter David

Service number 3004
Private
29th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Oct 1890

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