Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

 Port Wakefield Memorial Arch

PORT WAKEFIELD 5550

MEMORIAL: Arch

LOCATION: Drake Crescent

ORIENTATION: West

DESCRIPTION: An arch forming an entrance to the Port Wakefield sporting oval. Four white cement columns supporting an arch. Between the two outer columns are wrought iron gates. On top of the arch at each end are WW1 machine guns. At the top of each centre column is a bronze plaque, below these are white marble plaques listing WW1 servicemen, all details in black.

INSCRIPTIONS:
Arch face:

MEMORIAL ARCH

Arch rear:

1914-1919

Left column:
Bronze plaque:

Insignia of R.A.N.     Insignia of A.I.F.     Insignia of R.A.A.F.
IN MEMORY OF THE
SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN
WHO SERVED
1939-1945
LEST WE FORGET

Marble plaque:

PORT WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT
ROLL OF HONOR.
1914-1919.

ANGEL S.R. FORREST J.C. ASHTON G.H. FORREST W.T. *BAKER E.M. *FRASER G.A. BAKER T.A. FRISBY H.H. BAMPTON T.R. *GIBBS W.G. BARCLAY W.A. GRIFFITHS E.R. BEARE E.M. *GRIGG A.A. *BLACK H.A. GRIGG S.J. BOARD A. GROSSER E.F.W. BOTT C.J. HAMS L.R. BOWERS T.W. *HANCKEL A.E. BRADBROOK W.B. HARRISON C. BRENTON J. HAWKINS W. *BRIGGS O. HAYMAN C. BURDETT H.W.E. HEWETT A.T. BUTTERY G.A.T. *HIGGS G.E. CHAPPELL B.C. *HILL M.P. CHITTY E.L. *HILL T. CLARK J.K. HILL W. *COE A.E. HUMPHREYS J. COE A.S. INNIS JAS. R. *COE J.W. ISAACSON A.E. *COE W. JOHNSON A.R. COLWELL C.J. JOHNSON J.J. *COOMBE H.H. JOHNSON ROY. *CORNISH G. JOHNSON W.L. *COWLEY R.W.M. *JONES F.W. CROWE F.K. *JONES H.O. DAVIES W.L. KENNEDY W. DOHSE R.R. KERRISH F. DOIG M.N. LIDDELL J. DRAKE F.H. LOVELL H. DUNSHIRE B.A. LUCAS A.E. DURDIN C.A. *LUCAS B.O. *DURDIN W.J. LUCAS M.C. EYRE P. LUND JAS. NICHOLLS W. NICHOLS REG.F.

Right column:
Bronze plaque:

Insignia of R.A.N.     Insignia of A.I.F.     Insignia of R.A.A.F.
IN MEMORY OF THE
SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN
WHO SERVED IN KOREA,
MALAYA, VIETNAM AND GULF WAR
LEST WE FORGET

Marble plaque:

PORT WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT
ROLL OF HONOR.
1914-1919.

MADDERN H.H. SMITH W.H. MANHIRE C.H. *SMITH W.S.

*MANHIRE H.R. SPELLS J.B. MANHIRE L.P. SPELLS J.H.W. MARCH C. SPURLING E.T. MASON A.E. *SPURLING J.W. McDONALD F.J. STEPHENS V. McDONALD ROY J. STOPP E.J.C. McDONALD T.W. STRATTON W.A. *MEPSTEAD P. STRAWHAN C. MILLER S. STRAWHAN H.R. *MOORE A.E. STRAWHAN L.J. MORRELL H.C. STRAWHAN J. NATION R.C. STRONGMAN E.J. NICHOLLS C.G. SWANSON C.H. NELSON F. TAPLEY C.S. *NELSON L.G. TAPLEY M.J. NUGENT J. THOMAS BERT. PICKFORD W.F. *THOMAS H.E. *POTTICARY T.A. THOMAS R.G. PRIME P.A. THOMAS W.A.W. RAPKO G.A. TIPPETT J. RICHARDS R.H. TOZER C.G. ROBERTS A.F. UNDERWOOD H.C. ROBERTS F.J. UNDERWOOD L.C.B. ROBERTS H.W. UNDERWOOD W. ROBERTS W.D. *WARNER H.H. ROUENFELDT E. WARNER L.L. RUSK F.W. WEDDING G.A. RUSK H.E. WEEDON J.T. SELLEN W.J. *WHITTLE H.F. SHAKES D. WILLS M.S. SHARPE E.Y.S. WINTER D. SHEARER A. WINTER H.E. SMITH P.H. WITCOMB O.G. *SMITH N.R. *WITCOMB S.T. NICHOLLS E. YARD A.R. HERBERT G.A.  

MAINTAINED BY: Port Wakefield council

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Nil

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/DATE: 26 Mar 02