Meeniyan Cenotaph

Details

Location Median Strip, Whitelaw Street, Meeniyan, South Gippsland - Victoria, Australia
Type memorial
Description

Grey granite block with Broken column

Built Not yet discovered
Opened 1 May 1923
Inscription

In Memory Of
The Brave Men From This District
Who Fell During The Great War
1914 — 1919.
[Names]

Left Side Inscription
[ Names ]

Right Side Inscription
[ Names ]

THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF
THE GALLANT MEN FROM THIS DISTRICT
WHO FELL IN THE 1939-1945 WAR
(Names)
"THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD
AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD"

Inscription in Proximity
Plaque: (located at the base of the War Memorial Obelisk)
The Broken Column On This Cenotaph
Symbolises The Broken Lives Of The
Youth Of This District Who Fell In World War I.

This Cenotaph Area Has Been Adopted By
The Meeniyan Sub-Branch RSL
As A Place To Remember And Honour Those
Who Served In World War II,
Vietnam And Other War Zones.
" Lest We Forget"

Condition

Good

Names

Showing 5 people of interest from memorial

BIBBS, Leonard Benjamin Charles Denovan

Service number 3458
Private
57th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1 Feb 1884

CROLE, Vernon Jack

Service number 3035
Private
8th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 29 Sep 1895

EDWARDS, Orlando

Service number 5681
Private
5th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

LARKIN, Michael Edward

Service number 762
Trooper
8th Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 4 Apr 1888

COVERDALE, Robert William

Service number 893
Trooper
9th Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1

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