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St Marys War Memorial Pavilion

St Marys War Memorial Pavilion
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Description / Background

The memorial is a large, white-stone rotunda, with First World War roll of honour tablets inset into the base. It is located in Victoria Park in St Marys, NSW and is surrounded by a fence. The foundation stone for the rotunda was laid on 25 February 1922 and the memorial was unveiled on 28 October the same year. A small plaque has also been attached to honour Second World War, Korea and Vietnam veterans.

Notes on veterans' names:

  • No record of deceased veterans with the following names can be found from this area: W J Dolan, W Fenning, J Gardener, C Hale, L Phillips. The status of these veterans has been given as killed in action (KIA), as that is what is indicated on the memorial.
  • All other status codes are taken from information in the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour and the National Archives of Australia.
  • On the memorial, C Mallard may be given as G Mallard and Tingcombe may be given as Tinccombe.
Inscription

First World War rolls

Roll of Honour

[Names]

Plaque

Dedicated

to the memory of those

who paid the supreme sacrifice

in

World War II

Korea

Malaysia

Vietnam

We will remember them

This plaque was unveiled 20th April 1986

by Ald. Brian King, Mayor of Penrith

 

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
B Cook World War 1 view
C Cook World War 1 view
S Craig World War 1 view
F Crump World War 1 view
A Cunningham World War 1 view
A Desborough World War 1 view
F Desborough World War 1 view
C Dickson World War 1 view
W J Dolan World War 1 view
N Dollin World War 1 view

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Address
Victoria Park
450 Great Western Highway
St Marys NSW 2760
Local Government Area
Penrith, City of
Setting
Garden/park
Memorial type
Rotunda/bandstand
Recorded by
James Erskine Public School and Peter Levarre-Waters
Year of construction
1922
Dedication date
28 October 1922
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18
Second World War, 1939–45
Korean War, 1950–53
Malayan Emergency, 1950–60
Vietnam War, 1962–75