Glen Innes & District Soldiers Memorial

Details

Location Anzac Park, Bourke Street & West Avenue, Glen Innes, Glen Innes Severn - New South Wales, Australia
Type memorial_gates
Description

4 sandstone pillars with wrought iron gates and overhead signage

This consists of a set of cast-iron gates, with freestone pillars, which have been erected at the entrance to the small but well-kept Anzac Park, almost adjoining the main street of Glen Innes. On two sides of each of the four pillars are insetted slabs of emerald green marble, on which the names of 810 men are engraved.

Built Not yet discovered
Opened 1 November 1922 by Mr. M. F. Bruxner, M.L.A.
Inscription

GLEN INNES & DIST SOLDIERS MEMORIAL

ANZAC Park

Left Side Inscription
Outer Pillar :

1914
Honour Roll

[ Names ]

Inner Pillar :

Honour Roll

[ Names ]

This Foundation Stone Was Laid
By Lieut-Col. M. F. Bruxner D.S.O.
On 1st Nov. 1922
In Everlasting Memory Of
The Glorious Dead And Brave Living
Who Enlisted From The Glen Innes District

Right Side Inscription
Outer Pillar :

1918
Honour Roll

[ Names ]

Inner Pillar :

Honour Roll

[ Names ]

This Memorial Was Erected By
The Citizens Of Glen Innes And District
Through The Efforts Of The Girls Patriotic League
Joyse Bloxsome Pres.
Beth Legge Hon. Sec.
Alma Dufty Hon. Treas.
W. C. Blessing Mayor

Condition

Good

Names

Showing 8 people of interest from memorial

LONSDALE, Everard Claude

Service number 137
Trooper
1st Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 23 Jun 1891

PERKINS, Reginald Trevor

Service number N390293
Private
1st (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 22 Nov 1894

MCGREGOR, John Harold

Service number 183
Sergeant
1st Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 23 Oct 1891

ROBSON, Llewelyn

Service number 246
Private
7th Machine Gun Company
AIF WW1
Born 10 Aug 1891

LOCKYER, Edmund Alfred

Service number 4023
Private
2nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

CORNALL, Charles John

Service number 1731
Lance Corporal
4th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1888

KEBBY, James Charles

Service number 583
Driver
1st Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 6 Oct 1892

ST CLAIR, Charles Matthew Duncan

Service number 29160
Gunner
Born 2 Mar 1886

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