Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

Wolseley War Memorial

WOLSELEY 5269

MEMORIAL: Monument

LOCATION: Corner of Tatiara Highway and Tatiara Parade.

ORIENTATION: South

DESCRIPTION: A white marble memorial comprising a statue of a soldier standing at "Rest on Arms Reversed", left hand over right, rifle muzzle on left boot, surmounted on a capped three-tier red granite pedestal and granite block and a three-tier concrete base and slab.

INSCRIPTIONS:
Face:
Pedestal
Cap:

THE GREAT WAR
1914- 1918

Upper tier:

IN MEMORIUM
DAENKE A.L.
GILLIES HUGH
HARRISON C.
JONES G.R.
LANGLEY F.A.
OBORN H.
PREECE A.
THOMAS W.H.
THOMAS J.

Lower tier:

"LEST WE FORGET"

Left:
Pedestal upper tier:

HEALEY F.B.      PREECE G.
HARRIS V.     PORTER F.
LANGLEY A.L.     PLEW W.R.
MANN C.L.     QUIRE N.M.
MATTINSON W.     RICHES F.S.
MARSDEN W.J.B.     RANKINE J.A.
MUDIE D.B.     ROBERTS E.G.
PRESCOTT DUG     THOMAS C.W.
PRESCOTT R.E.     WARMAN E.W.T.
PREECE J.     WENNERBOM W.C.
WALTERS M.

Lower tier:

ERECTED BY THE RESIDENTS OF
WOLSELEY AND DISTRICTS
IN HONOR OF THE BRAVE WHO TOOK PART
IN THE GREAT WAR.

Right:
Pedestal upper tier:

BALLINGER C.J.     EASTHER P.M.
BAKER C.J.     EASTHER F.S.
BARRATT E.N.     EASTHER W.H.
BUTLER G.D.     ELLIOT J.
BUTLER H.W.     FOWLER H.V.
BUTLER LESLIE     FOWLER W.E.
BUTLER G.R.     FOSTER A.E.
CONNELL J.     FOSTER W.H.
DAENKE H.     HARRISON V.G.
DYER C.L.     HUNT CLARENCE.
HAYWOOD E.R.

MAINTAINED BY: Local community

PECULIARITIES/DAMAGE: Rifle missing, broken immediately from beneath the hands
and above the rifle muzzle. Statue requires cleaning.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/DATE: 14 Jan 02