Column
In
memory of
those who fell
in the Great War
1914 - 1919.
Erected by the people
of
Cootamundra and District.
Wall of Remembrance - plaque 1
Cootamundra RSL Sub-Branch 1990
This wall of remembrance is to honour all who served this country and commemorate the 75th anniversary of the ANZAC's landing at Gallipoli on the 25th April 1915 and to pay tribute to all who have paid the supreme sacrifice
Lest We Forget
Wall of Remembrance - plaque 2
This Commemorates No 1 Air Observers School Royal Australian Airforce at Cootamundra during World War Two 1939 -1945
We remember the debt we owe to those who risked and gave their lives so that we, in Australia, and others could live in freedom and peace.
Wall of Remembrance - plaque 3
Accidentally Killed
11.11.1940 P.O. - J. F. Hearne L. A. C.'s. Montgomery Stanley Cameron Head and Piercy 11.2.1942 Flt. Sgt. - R. C. W. Smith L. A. C.'s A. D. Kendall, H. H. Fisher, J. A. Spencer and A. C. I. R. E. Farnsworth
Lest We Forget
Cootamundra R & S. L Sub Branch
Wall of Remembrance - plaque 4
Since the opening of this memorial a number of additions and alterations have been advised.
These names are listed below.
Addition World War I
McClintock J.K
Additions World War II
Armstrong D Armstrong J.J Haisell P.J McKeon J.J Walker E.C
Deletions World War II
McClintock J.K Taber I.M
Addition Vietnam McKenzie E.P
Addition Korea Matheson K.D
Additions Permanent Forces Buttriss N.W Loiteron R.L Taber I.M
Deletions National Service Buttriss N.W Loiteron R.L Matheson K.D
December 2008
Wall of Remembrance - Plaque 5
In Remembrance of the Men and Women who Served Our Country We Honour and Respect Your Sacrifice
Lest We Forget
Australian legion of ex-servicemen and women Cootamundra Sub-Branch
Unveiled by Mrs June Jorgenson State President, Mr Warwick Adams State Councillor, Mr Norm Sargent Sub-Branch President
Wall of Remembrance Plaque - 6
1944 - 2019
In remembrance "FOR ALL WHO SERVED"
We honour and respect your sacrifice
LEST WE FORGET
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the formation of the Australian Legion of Ex-serviceman and Women
June 12th 2019
Wall of Remembrance Plaque - 7
Since the opening of this Memorial a number of additions and alterations have been advised. These names are listed below: Amendment No: 2.
Additions World War I
Adams, J; Ayscough, G; Callan, EL; Hoare A; Howarth, D; Meadows, LM
Additions Vietnam
Douglas, PG; Francis, P; Kennedy, GW; McCormack, J; Taylor, RF
Additions World War II
Crowe, DJ; Sutcliffe, DH
Additional permanent forces
Collingridge, J
Allepo Pine Monument
Allepo Pine from the Original Lone Pine on Gallipoli. Grown in the Jubilee Year 1965. Planted in the memory of Departed comrades. Lest We Forget.
Mr and Mrs Robert Dear were asked to plant this tree to commemorate their sacrifice to the cause of freedom by the loss of their sons Robert and Ken and their daughter Mona during and as a result of World War II.
RWF Richards, Mayor
J Samuels DFC, Shire Clerk
11 November 1968
Vietnam War Monument
1962 - 1972
In memory of all servicemen and servicewomen who served in South Vietnam.
LEST WE FORGET
Korea War Monument
1950 - 1956
LEST WE FORGET
Our comrades who remain on the battlefield of North Korea.
Missing in action their souls finding their way home.
Plaque was generously donated by Ron and Margaret Robinson Cootamundra Trinity Funerals as a community service project.