Wilcannia War Memorial

Details

Location Baker Park, Cleaton & Reid Streets, Wilcannia, Central Darling - New South Wales, Australia
Type memorial
Description

A fenced grey granite obelisk standing approximately four meters tall. Veterans' names and inscriptions are engraved and gilded. The names of veterans from World War 2 and a plaque for Korea have subsequently been added to the memorial.

Built Monument Designer: W. Larcombe & Sons (Sydney & Dubbo, NSW) Monument Manufacturer: Vernan Larcombe
Opened 3 August 1924 by Major General Cox
Inscription

THIS MEMORIAL
Was Erected By
The People Of Wilcannia
And District In Honour Of
The Men Who Fought And Fell
In The Great War
1914 - 1919.

Left Side Inscription
These Gave Their All

[ Names ]

Back Inscription
These Gave Their All
1939 - 1945

[ Names ]

Right Side Inscription
These Gave Their All

[ Names ]

Plaque :

In Memory Of
KOREA

1950 - 1956

Condition

Good

Names

Showing 6 people of interest from memorial

PARKER, William

Service number 5436
Second Lieutenant
27th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1879

MCPHERSON, Edward

Service number 3177
Trooper
3rd Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 29 Jul 1890

STANFORD, Lawrence William

Service number SX1668
Private
2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 25 May 1905

TAYLOR, James Balfour

Service number 606
Second Lieutenant
52nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

SHADWICK, Alfred Joseph

Service number 6522
Private
9th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Dec 1885

WRIGHT, Frederick

Service number 2127
Private
36th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 6 Apr 1887

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