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Wallendbeen War Memorial and First World War Field Mortar

Wallendbeen War Memorial and First World War Field Mortar
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Description / Background

Obelisk of grey Harcourt granite, 30 feet high on a foundation of 40 tons of concrete. An honour roll for the First World War is inscribed on the sides. Dedication plaques and honour rolls for the Second World War and subsequent conflicts have been added at later dates. Two lamp standards, each 15 feet high, flank the memorial. 

A First World War field mortar, captured in France as a war trophy is positioned nearby. 

Inscription

Obelisk base

ERECTED

BY

DONALD MACKAY

Wallendbeen Station

WALLENDBEEN

Plaque 

World War II 1939 - 1945

Wallendbeen and District enlistments

[Names]

Korea

[Names]

Vietnam

[Names]

This plaque is to honour all who served their country

and to pay tribute to those who died giving service.✝

LEST WE FORGET

Related links
PATRIOTIC WALLENDBEEN. (16 Oct 1920)
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. W M Moriarty World War 2 ARMY view
Sgt. T Morrow World War 1 view
Pte. G Morton World War 1 view
J Norris World War 2 view
Leo O'Brien World War 2 view
Major H O'Brien World War 1 4925 War Service Western Front view
T O'Dwyer World War 2 view
Pte. W Parkinson World War 1 view
Pte. A Parkinson World War 1 view
L Payne World War 2 view

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Address
Cnr King and Hoskins Streets
Wallendbeen NSW 2588
Local Government Area
Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council
Setting
Roadside
Memorial type
Obelisk
War trophy
Recorded by
Gordon Wood, Wallandbeen Public School. Updated Photographs by Peter Levarre-Waters.
Year of construction
1920
Dedication date
13 October 1920
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18
Second World War, 1939–45
Korean War, 1950–53
Vietnam War, 1962–75