Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

 MacclesfieldM

MACCLESFIELD 5153

MEMORIAL: Monument

LOCATION: Venables Street

ORIENTATION: East

DESCRIPTION: A white marble memorial comprising an obelisk surmounted on a pedestal and a grey granite sur-base and a tapered concrete block and slab. At the base of the obelisk is a marble wreath. All details are in black. On the face of the granite sur-base is a bronze plaque.

INSCRIPTIONS:
Face:
Pedestal:

LEST WE FORGET
THIS STONE WAS ERECTED BY THE RESIDENTS
OF MACCLESFIELD, IN MEMORY OF THE BOYS
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR.
1914-1919.
PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

Plaque:

A TRIBUTE TO ALL SERVICE PERSONNEL
WHO SERVED IN THESE COUNTRIES.
MALAYA 1948 TO 1960 AND 1964 TO 1965
KOREA 1950 TO 1954
BORNEO 1962 TO 1966
VIETNAM 1962 TO 1973

MACCLESFIELD COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
MEMBERS OF MACCLESFIELD R.S.L.

Left:

ENLISTED

Back:

LEST WE FORGET.
THE BOYS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN WORLD WAR –11.
1939-1945.

Right:

ENLISTED

MAINTAINED BY: Local community

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Nil

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/DATE: 30 Sep 02