Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

Port Germein M1 

PORT GERMEIN 5495

MEMORIAL: Monument

LOCATION: High Street

ORIENTATION: Northwest

DESCRIPTION: A white marble statue of a soldier standing at attention supported behind the left leg with a tree stump; is surmounted on a capped pillar that in turn is mounted on a three-tier pedestal and granite base. The monument is enclosed within a wrought iron fence inside a reserve containing rose beds; the red roses were imported from France.

INSCRIPTIONS:
Pedestal:

IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO GAVE ALL (LIFE ITSELF)
FOR GOD FOR KING, COUNTRY
AND FREEDOM

LLOYD.J ERICKSON.E.R NEVIN.W HOLMAN.F.W. ROTTRALL.J SHILLABEER.W.L BAKER.W.N. HACKET.A PILLION.P.J. JESSER.T.L HILLAM.G.P HUTCHINSON.S.J NESS.W.P.L JACKA.C.B DEGENHARDT.S.E HOOPER.A.H DAVIS.J MARSHALL.A

White marble facing at base of pedestal:

THEY WATCHED THE TALL SHIPS COME AND GO THEY WALKED THE HILLS AND THE GULLYS THEY WORKED THE FARMLANDS AND THE GARDENS THEY LAUGHED AND THEY PLAYED IN THESE STREETS IN THIS THE PLACE OF THEIR CHILDHOOD.

"WE WILL REMEMBER THEM"

Left:

IN HONOR OF
THOSE WHO ENLISTED IN
THE GREAT WAR FOR FREEDOM IN
1914-1918

TYNDALL.S.H CLARKE.L.R WAREING.C MILLER.H.M KING.W.J HENDERSON.A LANDERS.T.E BARRY.W.H RAGLESS.N.A ERICKSON.A.B WILLIAMS.A.J COEN.A LANDERS.J.F CUNNINGHAM.R KEMP.S.F HILLAM.W.T BESSEN.E.R CARTER.J OTTOWAY.W.E HACKET.J.G THOMSON.W.D KING.T.A McDOUGALL.P.G

Back:

IN HONOR OF
THOSE WHO ENLISTED IN
THE GREAT WAR FOR FREEDOM IN
1914-1918

SIMPERJ.T FULLER.H.R McDOUGALL.F.A GIFFORD.E.W KENIHAN.G.R KENIHAN.H.G THOMPSON.P.M

Right:

IN HONOR OF
THOSE WHO ENLISTED IN
THE GREAT WAR FOR FREEDOM IN
1914-1918

KRIEG.E.F SHAW.M CEIHLIGH.P.H.C WHITFIELD.F HILLAM.A.P TURNER.C MULLIGHAN.A.H CLIFF.A.B GEORGE.H.E KREIG.P.H EVANS.R BAKER.S.J TOSTEVIN.A.C FERME.G STEWART.J MILLER.G NEAGLE.G HOPGOOD.D.T BRINE.V.L HARVEY.W.W.N HOLMAN.W.J.S HALL.I.C

MAINTAINED BY: Port Germein Council

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Nil

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/DATE: Ted Beare 14 Dec 01