Wollongong Boer War Memorial

Details

Location McCabe Park, Church Street, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Type memorial
Description

Sandstone memorial to South African Campaign Trooper Frank Andrews, complete with drinking fountain and dedicatory plaque. Crossed rifles with laurel sprays decorate the top of the memorial. The once present shell casings adorning the top of the have all disappeared.

The memorial was originally located at the corner of Crown and Kembla Streets, Wollongong, near to the Wollongong Town Hall. It was unveiled on 2 June 1902 at a cost of forty pounds, and is made from local sandstone. The stone mason was Frederick William Rose of Wollongong.

The unveiling of the memorial erected in the Town Hall grounds to the memory of the late Trooper Frank Andrews is to take place at noon on Tuesday next. The ceremony will be performed by the Rev. J. A. Reynolds (late chaplain of the Imperial Bushmen), assisted by the Mayor of Wollongong, Arch. Campbell, M.P., Rev. G. D` Arcy Irvine, Mr. W. J. Wiseman, J.P. and others. The Town Band will play a selection of music and the volunteers will form a guard of honor.
Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW), 31 May 1902.

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Built F W Rose (Wollongong, NSW)
Opened 2 June 1902 by Rev. J. A. Reynolds (late chaplain of the Imperial Bushmen)
Inscription

Erected by the citizens
to commemorate the death of
Trooper Frank Andrews
who was killed in action at
Ottoshoop, S. Africa,
27th August 1900
aged 20 years
A volunteer with the
1st Imperial Bushmen

Condition

Good

Names

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ANDREWS, Frank

Service number 1405
Private
Born 1880

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