Barraba War Memorial

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Location Queen & Maude Streets, Barraba, Tamworth Municipality - New South Wales, Australia
Type clock_tower
Description

Red Brick Clock Tower

Barraba, Tuesday afternoon. Barraba celebrated one of its biggest days today, when a flne memorial clock tower in the main street was unveiled by Col. Bruxner, leader of the Progressive Party. The memorial is a fine edifice of brick, standing some 30ft high, a splendid piece of work. At top of the tower is a large face clock. At the base is a table containing the names of 50 or 60 of Barraba and district soldiers who served in the Great War.
Manilla Express (NSW), 11 November 1924.

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Built Mr. Myers & Mr. York (builders)
Opened 11 November 1924
Inscription

TO
PERPETUATE THE MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF
BARRABA & DISTRICT
Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice
1914 THE GREAT WAR 1919
(Names)

Left Side Inscription
WORLD WAR II
(Names)

Condition

Good

Names

Showing 8 people of interest from memorial

READING, Thomas Archibald

Service number NX40332
Private
2nd/18th Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 1 Jun 1912

BLOXHAM, William Thomas

Service number 4595
Private
18th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Sep 1885

RICHARDSON, Lancelot Lytton

Service number 66
Captain
Royal Flying Corps
British Forces (All Conflicts)
Born 18 Oct 1895

HYDE, Thomas Evan

Service number 253
Private
33rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Jan 1893

ECKERT, Martin

Service number 1112
Private
33rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 5 Jan 1882

GOLDTHORPE, Wilford

Service number 1129
Lance Corporal
33rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 12 Sep 1897

CHEADLE, Cecil Alwyn

Service number 3612
Private
56th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1894

SIMSHAUSER, Wilfred James

Service number 1306
Private
33rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 3 Nov 1885

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