Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

 

 

 

 

 

 

MOUNT BARKER 5251

MEMORIAL: Monument

LOCATION: Mann Street

ORIENTATION: West

DESCRIPTION: A white marble memorial, comprising a statue of a soldier standing at ease supported behind the right leg with a tree trunk surmounted on a capped pedestal and sur-base that in turn is mounted on a three-tier rough-cut granite base and concrete slab. A white marble plaque is affixed to the sur-base and a flagpole is behind the monument. The memorial is sited within a paved area and rose garden

INSCRIPTIONS:
Face:
Pedestal:

O VALIANT DEAD

BRADFORD C.E. HOLLAMBY D.E. BULBECK F.T. JENKINSON C. BURRETT J.R. JORDAN J.A. CADDY F.B. LAWSON A. CAMERON H.H. LLOYD A.F. CARLSON A.V. MILES F.T. CHOAT J.H. MOONEY E.A.J. CLARK H.E. OBORN E.H. COLLEY M.W. PARKER W.D. DANIEL J.H. PATERSON H. DAVIS P.T.L. POPE R. EDWARDS C.R. POLLARD O.S. FIDLER B.H. ROUSE G.R. FRY W.A. SKIPPER T. GOLLIN A.J. SLOCOMBE R.M. GOWER J.L.D. THOMSON J.L. GRAY F. WALTERS A.L. GRAY M. WATTS N.R. GRIFFIN B.S. WESTLEY R. HEINRICH R. WOODLAND R.K.

 

WE SALUTE YOU.

Sur-base plaque:

WORLD WAR 11 1939-45

ANDERSON A.S. HENDER K. PAECH B. CARROLL N.L. HUNT J. REIMANN T.H. COWAN C.R. LEHMANN H. SCHWAB W. DOWNING J.A. MONKS J.P. WHIBLEY G. DUFFIELD N.V. MOSSOP J. WITHERS R.B. FISCHER R.G. NICKER B.E. VIETNAM     DE VRIES VAN LEEUWEN T.

Left:

WAR A.I.F. SERVICE
ANZAC
BELGIUM FRANCE
X EGYPT PALESTINE X
MESOPOTAMIA
NORTH SEA
SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE THAT THEY GO FORWARD

Back:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD

THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE
PEOPLE OF MOUNT BARKER AS A

MEMORIAL

TO THOSE FROM THIS PLACE WHO
WILLINGLY LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR FOR FREEDOM TO
THE EMPIRE AND FOR AUSTRALIA

1914-18 A.D.

Right:

AS UNKNOWN AND YET WELL KNOWN

X Marble King's Crown X

AS DYING AND BEHOLD THEY LIVE

MAINTAINED BY: Adelaide Hills Council

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Letters damaged

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/DATE: 12 Dec 02