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Quirindi and District Memorial

Quirindi and District Memorial
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Description / Background

A clock tower with a sandstone exterior, located on a grassed round-about with a nearby flagpole. Glazed marble tablets inset into the faces of the tower are inscribed with the names of those who fell in conflicts and peace keeping missions in which Australia has been involved. There are also several dedication tablets on the memorial, as well as a foundation stone laid on 26 September 1924.

Inscription

Tablet

Quirindi & District Memorial

To the memory of those who served & died in the Great War 1914-1919

Tablet

To the memory of those who served & died in World War II, Korea & Vietnam.

Tablet

Paid the Supreme Sacrifice

Boer War 1899-1902

[Name]

World War I 

[Names]

Lest We Forget

Tablet

Paid the Supreme Sacrifice

World War II 1939-45

[Names]

Vietnam 1962-73

[Name]

Malaya 1969

[Name]

Lebanon 1988

(P.K.F.)

[Name]

Lest We Forget

Foundation stone

This stone was laid by R.J.P. Simson Esq. 26th September 1924

Veterans listed on this memorial

Veterans listed on this memorial

Last held rank Given name Family name Conflict/s Service No. Service Campaign Read more
Pte L R JNR Smedley Malaya 29849 Army view
Stoker Leslie W Smedley World War 2 unknown RAN view
S T A Snape World War 2 view
Pte Joseph S Sowerby World War 1 7070 Army view
Pte John Stokeld World War 2 NX40535 Army view
Pte Thomas J Sullivan World War 1 462 Army view
W/O Leslie J Symonds World War 2 424572 RAAF view
Lt Richard R Tanner World War 2 NX1746 Army view
R Tanner World War 1 view
Sgt Roy M Taylor World War 2 403825 RAAF view

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Address
Cnr George, Station and Pryor Streets
Quirindi NSW 2343
Local Government Area
Liverpool Plains Shire
Setting
Roadside
Memorial type
Clock/clock tower/sundial
Recorded by
Matthew Beaton, Liverpool Plains Shire Council
Year of construction
26 September 1924
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18
Second World War, 1939–45
Korean War, 1950–53
Malayan Emergency, 1950–60
Vietnam War, 1962–75
Peacekeeping, 1947–present