Gilgandra War Memorial

Details

Location Oxley Highway & Castlereagh Street, Gilgandra, New South Wales, Australia
Type memorial
Description

Brick wall with brass plaques

Built Not yet discovered
Opened 12 April 1997
Inscription

LEST WE FORGET

IN PERPETUUM OMNIBUS TALIBUS HONOS SII
[ Names ]

Plaque :

GILGANDRA WAR MEMORIAL

This Memorial Has Been Constructed To Honour Those Men Who Enlisted From Gilgandra Shire And Gave Their Lives In The service Of Our Country In The Two World Wars, The Korean And Vietnam Wars And All Other Conflicts.

Funding For This Memorial Was Received From the Federal And State Governments And Donations From Gilgandra Shire Council, Gilgandra Services Club, Gilgandra Rotary Club, Lyndhurst RSL, And Gilgandra RSL.

Unveiled By Cr. Carol Stockham, Mayor Of Gilgandra On 12 April, 1997.

Plaque :

Vietnam
[ Name ]

Plaque :

In memory of Korea
1950 - 1956

Plaque :

In memory of the fallen and the Unknown Australian Soldier

75th anniversary of Remembrance Day
11. 11. 1993

Condition

Good

Names

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MAIN, Charles Hay

Service number 5134
Private
13th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1 Jan 1870

FINN, Charles Arthur

Service number 6289
Sapper
13th Field Company Engineers
AIF WW1
Born 1888

HOBBS, Charles

Service number 1664
Private
54th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1880

DALMAIN, Herbert Clarence

Service number 854
Private
18th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1893

MCGOWAN, William Joseph

Service number NX19999
Private
2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 1 Mar 1907

KROHN, Henry John

Service number 34017
Flight Sergeant
No. 35 Squadron (RAF - No. 8 Group PFF)
Royal Air Force
Born 30 Sep 1921

SMIRTHWAITE, George Howatt

Service number 134
Corporal
15th Field Company Engineers
AIF WW1
Born 15 Apr 1888

ROACH, Allen Evans

Service number NX30592
Bombardier
2nd/15th Field Regiment
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 28 Mar 1916

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