Mackay Cenotaph

Details

Location Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Type memorial
Description

Originally located on the banks of the Pioneer River opposite the Customs House however due to river floods and erosion of the river bank the memorial was relocated to the Gordon Street end of Jubilee Park in 1945. The cenotaph was once again relocated to its present location in March 1973

Built A. S. Harris (Mackay, QLD)
Opened 24 April 1929
Inscription

THIS MEMORIAL
IS DEDICATED TO THE MEN OF
MACKAY AND DISTRICT
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN
THE GREAT WAR
Left Side Inscription
For God - King And Country

[ Names ]

Back Inscription
REX- GLORIA - PATRIAE

Greater Love Hath No Man

[ Names ]

1914 - 1919

Right Side Inscription
[ Names ]

Condition

Good

Names

Showing 8 people of interest from memorial

PIRIE, Daniel Devine

Service number 1712
Private
49th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1895

HOWARD, Walter

Service number 2445
Private
47th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

GRENDON, Thomas Percy

Service number 2180
Private
49th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 21 Sep 1892

WILKINSON, Sydney

Service number 461
Corporal
31st Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1890

FARRINGTON, Martin Henry

Service number 21298
Driver
110th Australian (Howitzer) Battery
AIF WW1
Born 28 Oct 1895

CLEMENTS, Edward James

Service number 999
Trooper
11th Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 14 Sep 1896

DOWNIE, Alexander Mark

Service number 846
Trooper
11th Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 16 Aug 1881

HUCKER, Albert James Arthur

Service number 5688
Private
26th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 3 Aug 1895

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