Wilberforce District War Memorial and Gates

Wilberforce Park contains a white stone obelisk with the impression of two crossed Lee-Enfield rifles at the top. The memorial is surrounded by a circular, black-iron picket fence. The names of veterans from the district who served in the First World War are imprinted in black on white marble tablets. The memorial was dedicated on 12 October 1918, and relocated to Wilberforce Park in 1966. The memorial was originally the Ebenezer War Memorial but with council area boundaries changing it became the Wilberforce War Memorial. 

Next to the obelisk is a white flagpole. At the entrance to the park on the corner of Duke and George Roads are a set of gates dedicated to those who served in the Second World War.

The obelisk unveiling took place on 12 October 1918 at a ceremony chaired by Councillor E T Bowd, Chairman of the Wilberforce and District Patriotic League, with the unveiling performed by Mr Walker MLA. Speakers included Mr Kingsley of Messrs E L Kingsley and Co, Lidcombe, the contractors for the memorial. A detailed account of the event was published in the Windsor and Richmond Gazette, 18 October 1918, including the names of those who had served from the villages of Wilberforce, Freeman's Reach and Ebenezer. 

After the Second World War the Shire Council proposed a tree planting on Arbor Day by the local children combined with an unveiling ceremony for a memorial plaque at the park gates. The Shire President, Councillor H C Matheson, suggested the plaque be a general commemorative tablet and that the park gates be dedicated as Memorial Gates to honour the men and women of the district who served in the Second World War (Windsor and Richmond Gazette, 6 August 1947). The dedication of the gates and unveiling of the memorial plaque by Councillor Matheson took place in Wilberforce Park on 19 August 1947.