Hamilton War Memorial

Details

Location Gregson Park, Tudor & Steel Streets, Hamilton, Newcastle - New South Wales, Australia
Type memorial
Description

A monument to the memory of the 627 soldiers who enlisted from the municipallty of Hamilton was unveiled in Gregson Park on Saturday afternoon, in the presence of a big crowd. Of imposlng design and size, the monument is surrounded by a kerb of Sydney freestone, concrete paths, and garden plots.

The base of the structure is of rock-faced trachyte, and the body of the monument is built up of freestone, setting out the marble panels, which bear the inscriptions of names of all who enlisted and those who were killed in the war.

An enriched entablature forms the cap of the monument, surmounted by three steps, on the top of which is erected a figure of an Australian soldier, bearing a standard. The statue was sculptured in Italy, and is considered to be one of the finest examples of the art imported to Australia. The monument was designed by Mr. W. L. Porter, architect, of Newcastle, and the work was carried out by Messrs. Maisey and Tonks.
Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW), 22 May 1922.

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Built W.L.Porter (architect) Maisey & Tonks (sculptors)
Opened Not yet discovered
Inscription

This Monument Was Erected
By
The Citizens Of Hamilton
In Honour Of Our Soldiers Who
Fought In The Great War Of
1914 - 1919
Our Fallen Heroes
In Memoriam

[ Names ]

Ald E. Wilson, J.P. President
H. Atkinson, Jas. A. Beckett, J.P. Joint Hon. Secretaries
W.L. Porter Hon. Architect
Maisey & Tonks. Sculptors

Left Side Inscription
[ Names ]
Back Inscription
[ Names ]
Right Side Inscription
[ Names ]

Condition

Good

Names

Showing 8 people of interest from memorial

KILPATRICK, Robert Haldane

Service number 588
Sergeant
18th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 19 Jan 1891

LYLE, Frederick Archibald Harold

Service number 2498
Private
30th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 11 Jun 1891

HORNBY, Thomas William

Service number 4196
Private
4th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 30 Nov 1890

VERDON, Ashleigh Robert

Service number 2171
Private
34th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 21 Feb 1891

DAVIES, Thomas Oswald

Service number 5759
Sergeant
Australian Army Postal Corps
AIF WW1
Born 10 Feb 1891

WINTERBOTTOM, Joseph Henry

Service number 575
Sergeant
2nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

COLLETT, Gerald Arthur

Service number 2363
Corporal
3 Battalion Imperial Camel Corps
AIF WW1
Born 29 Nov 1888

PARKES, William

Service number 3246
Second Lieutenant
Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
AIF WW1
Born 1893

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