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Dunedoo District Honour Roll and Memorial Avenue

Dunedoo District Honour Roll and Memorial Avenue
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Description / Background

The memorial is a brick monument, consisting of three walls covered with a roof, creating a shelter-like structure. On the front face of each wall is an honour roll covered with perspex. The memorial faces south to protect the names from the sun. It is also flood lit. 

Behind the monument is an avenue of trees in memory of those from Dunedoo and district who fell in all wars. A bushrock bears a plaque for this memorial, which was dedicated on 15 August 1995. 

Towards the end of 1947, the Dunedoo Chamber of Commerce sponsored a public meeting to consider a war memorial for Dunedoo. Consequently a Dunedoo Honour Committee was formed. At the meeting of the Cobbora Shire Council held in May 1948, permission was granted to the committee to erect an honour roll (Wellington Times, 24 May 1948).

The Mudgee Guardian, 23 September 1948 reported that various plans had been considered for the proposed honour roll and a recent meeting of the committee, it was decided to place an order based on a blue print from Wunderlich Ltd., Sydney. The roll was estimated to cost 300 pounds plus sale tax and was expected to be ready towards the end of the year. The site selected was the northern side of Bolaro Street and directly opposite Walleroo Street. 

The secretary was instructed to secure the names of eligible Sandy Creek service men and women and to send the names to Birriwa and Leadville so that names could be checked with lists prepared for rolls at those centres. All residents of Dunedoo and District were also asked to check the list of names. 

Inscription

Monument

Lest we forget

Avenue of Trees plaque

This Avenue of Trees was planted in memory of those who enlisted from Dunedoo and District & were killed in action in all wars
[Names]
15th August 1995

Commemorative plaque 

This plaque commemorates the recruiting march from Tooraweenah to Bathurst which passed through Dunedoo 18-19th January 1916

Erected for the 80th anniversary re-enactment

Unveiled by Sir William Keys, AC, OBE, MC

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
Cecil L O'Brien World War 2 view
M O'Grady World War 1 view
James C Ordish World War 2 view
J Organ World War 1 view
S Organ World War 1 view
C Page World War 2 view
A Parker World War 1 view
Jock Parsonage World War 2 view
George Parsons World War 2 view
Jack Parsons World War 2 view

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Address
Cnr Bolaro and Wallaroo Streets
Dunedoo NSW 2844
Local Government Area
Warrumbungle Shire
Setting
Roadside
Location status
Original location
Memorial type
Memorial avenue/Memorial tree/Memorial trees
Monument
Recorded by
Dunedoo Leadville RSL sub-Branch. Graham Wilson.
Year of construction
1988
Dedication date
16 October 1988
Conflict/s
South African War (Boer War), 1899–1902
First World War, 1914–18
Second World War, 1939–45
Malayan Emergency, 1950–60
Vietnam War, 1962–75
All conflicts