Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

ROSEWATER 5013

MEMORIAL: Monument

LOCATION: Southwest Corner of Eric Sutton Reserve, corner of Canning Street and Chad Street

ORIENTATION: Southwest

DESCRIPTION: A grey granite rough-cut monument comprising a Cross of Sacrifice mounted on a pedestal, a sur-base and a concrete slab. Bronze plaques are affixed to the base of the cross and to the sur-base. The pedestal face is polished; all details are in black

INSCRIPTIONS:
Plaques on cross:
Upper:

IN
MEMORY
TO ALL SERVICES
WORLD WAR 11 1939-1945
KOREA 1950-1953
VIETNAM 1962-1973
ROSEWATER R.S.L.

Insignia of RSL

LEST WE FORGET

Centre:

AIF Badge
IN MEMORY OF
DOUGLAS CAMERON
2/10^TH BATTALION A.I.F. SX10353
24. 4. 1910-15. 9. 2002

LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY
WIFE NELLIE
AND CHILDREN BRIAN, JOAN AND JUDITH

Lower:

RAN Badge
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
JOHN R. WHEELER
27. 10. 1925-13. 1. 2002
PA 4359 R.A.N.R.

WHOSE ASHES WERE SCATTERED UPON THIS SITE
FOLLOWING THE DAWN SERVICE ANZAC DAY 2002
ALWAYS LOVED BY HIS DAUGHTER DIANE

Pedestal:

GOD KEEP THEIR MEMORY GREEN

ANDERSON A. GARDNER W.H. RIX A.

BEER W.L.C. GROVES G.H. ROWE A.G.E.

BODHOLDT A.L. HENDRY J.N. RYLE W.H.

BOTTOMLEY A.E. HENDRY C. SAVAGE W.J.

BRADY G. HEWISH H.J. SCRIVEN L.R.

BROWN F. KERR S.H. SHIELS W.

BROWN J. LAKIE K.G. SHORT C.H.

CARTER G.F.W. LAMB J.L. SIMON V.G.

CHEYNE M.G. LEGGETT C.R. SMELT C.H.

COLES L. MACGILLIVRAY I.E. STEPHENS L.R.

COPPIN J. MARBLEY J. STONE F.A.

DODSON W.F.L. McASKILL A. STONE H.N.

EDE C.F. McDONNELL P. TAYLOR J.S.

ELLIS F.B. McNEIL J.R. TAYLOR J.

ELLIS H.J. McNEIL S.P. TUBAL S.

ELLIS H.P. MORITZ C. WEAVER A.C.

EMERY H.W. PETERSEN G. WEAVER C.J.

FALK C.J. PUDNEY C.C. WEAVER F.H.

FARRANT H.G. READ F. WEAVER W.A.

FOHRMAN J.A. REES R.W. WORTLEY H.J.

FOX R.S. REID L.C.F.C. YOUNG C.E.

FRANCIS W. RICHARDS W. YOUNG W.

Plaque base:

UNVEILED BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, SIR ARCHIBALD WEIGALL
K.C.M.G. ON APRIL 15^TH, 1922 AND ERECTED AS A TRIBUTE OF PRIDE
BY THE WOMEN OF ROSEWATER IN HONOR OF THE MEN WHO DIED FOR
KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919

"HE DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH A MAN CAN DIE

FIGHTING FOR GOD TRUTH AND LOYALTY
AND SUCH A DEATH IS IMMORTALITY"

WHEN BUILT/ERECTED: Unveiled 15^th April 1922

MAINTAINED BY: Rosewater Council

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Nil

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/DATE: 28 May 02, 01 June 2005