War Memorials in Australia

 Candelo War Memorial

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Place:Candelo, New South Wales, 2550
District: South Coast & Illawarra
Orientation: 49 km NW of Eden
Location: John Gordon Recreation Area, William Street between Queen Street and Panbula Street
Position: 36 46 10 S     149 41 69 E
Ref: 20143

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The memorial is a polished grey granite obelisk on a concrete base.  It is surrounded by concrete post and steel rail fence.  There is a flagpole on the south side.

East face

    ABRAHAMS CPL.S.
  † BROTHERTON J.
    BROTHERTON W.
  † BLOMFIELD CPL. N.
    BLOMFIELD G.
    BUTLER W. E.
  - BUTLER S.
    BEST L. A.
    BEST O.
    BOFINGER J. S.
    BOFINGER J. E. J.
    BARRINGTON SGT. H. E.
    BAKER H. A.
    BROWN MAJOR M.
  † CROUCH N. R.
    COLLINS W. E. [M.M]
    COLLINS J. A.
    COUTER A. C. [C. DE G]
  — DAY D.
  - DAY E.
    DOWLING J.
    DAWES LIEUT. E. [M.M]
    DAVIS CPL. C. H. W.
    EVANS MAJOR W. [M.C]
  — ELLIS CPL. R.
  † ELLIS CPL. C.
            ________

  † KILLED IN ACTION
  — DIED OF WOUNDS
  - DIED ON SERVICE
 

On section below
THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED
BY THE RESIDENTS OF CANDELO
IN HONOUR OF THE MEN OF THE
DISTRICT WHO SERVED IN
THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919


Bronze plaque on section below
Tri-service insignia
IN PROUD MEMORY OF THOSE MEN AND WOMEN
WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II
KOREA AND VIETNAM
AND OF THOSE WHO PASSED
FROM THE SIGHT OF MAN

"LEST WE FORGET"

 

 

North face

    FAIRMAN J.
    GODFREY LIEUT. W. C. [M.C]
    GODFREY SGT. C. S.
    GODREY CPL. W. E. [M.M]
    GODFREY SISTER E. V.
  - GRANT W. J.
    GRANT SGT. A. T.
  - GEOGHAN B.
    GORDON W.
    GORDON J.
  † HUNT MAJOR G. M. [M.C]
    HEFFERNAN J. J.
    HEFFERNAN P. A.
    HAMMOND SGT W.
    HENWOOD SGT. W. J.
    HACKETT W.
    HUNT H.
    HAZELGROVE J.
  — HYDE W. J.
    HART J.
    KINGSTON E. J. T.
    KINGSTON W.
    LAING H.
    LOWE LIEUT. W.
    LOWE G.
    LOWE F.
  † MORROW G.
    MORROW S.
    MORROW J.
    MOFFITT SGT. A. C.


Bronze plaque on section below
WORLD WAR 2   1939 - 1945

  ADAMS, S COLLINS, K J GLENN, A  
  AHEARN, C COLLINS, L H GLENN, N  
  AHEARN, E COLLINS, L P GLENN, S R  
  AHEARN, K COLLINS, M L GLENN, W  
  AHEARN, N COLLINS, N GRANT, J  
  ALCOCK, M. COLLINS, R GRANT, R  
  ALCOCK, M A T ì COLLINS, W E HANLON, E  
  ALCOCK, S J COLLINS, W D HANLON, T E  
  ALCOCK, W R COLLINS, W P HARRIS, V H  
  ARNOTT, W COLLINS, W R HART, A T  
  BALDWIN, F COMAN, R F HART, N  
  BALDWIN, G F J DeCOSTA, G HARWOOD, F  ì  
  BALDWIN, L C A DeCOSTA, I HAZELGROVE, B  
  BOLLER, H E DeCOSTA, M HEALEY, J  
  BOON, N DeCOSTA, N HEFFERNAN, E B  
  BOTTOMLEY, F A DEMPSTER, C  ì HEFFERNAN, H M T  
  BOWER, R A DENNY, R HEFFERNAN, K E  
  BRANCH, S DOYLE, N HEFFERNAN, N T  
  BROWNLIE, V R ELDRIDGE, T HEHIR, JOHN  
  BUTLER, S FILMER, H N HEHIR, JOSEPH  
  CAMPBELL, R C FLANAGAN, J HENWOOD, J  
  COCHRANE, H GALLI, E I HENWOOD, P  
  COCHRANE, K  ì GATES, W HOOD, ALEX  
  COCHRANE, T GILL, C T HOOD, A E  
  COLLINS, A J GILL, S HOOD, C S F  

            Australian flag              LEST WE FORGET        Australian flag

 

 

West face

    McDONALD L.
  † NUTLAND C.
  † O REILLY D.
    PLUMB G. H.
    PLUMB W. H.
    PIKE T.
    QUINN H.
  † RYAN R.
  † RYAN CPL. C.
  - ROBERTS B.
    ROBERTS F.
  — ROBINSON E. E. G.
    ROBINSON T. S.
    ROGERS W. J.
    ROOTSEY S.
    RAMSEY J. E.
  † RILEY F.
    SMITH SGT. J. R.
  † SMITH Q. M. SGT. W. R.
    SULLIVAN LIEUT. R.
    SPENCE CPL. A.
    SCHAFER R.
  † SCHAFER F.
    SCHAFER H.
    SNOWDEN N. V.
    SCANES A.
    SHARPE A.
    SHARPE W.
  † SHARPE O.
    SMITH R.


 

Bronze plaque on section below
WORLD WAR 2   1939 - 1945

  HOOD, D R  ì PLUMB, R SNOWDEN, N B  
  HOOD, R  ì PLUMB, W J SOLOMON, G  
  HUNTER, P  ì POWER, A B SOLOMON, S  
  KERMODE, A POWER, ALEC TAPPER, A  
  LANE, J E POWER, A U R  ì TAPPER, F  
  LANE, R POWER, O C TAPPER, J  
  LANE, W H PRESTON, C TAPPER, M  
  LUCAS, C PRESTON, HAROLD TAPPER, N  
  LUCAS, J PRESTON, HORACE TARGETT, A D  
  LUCAS, M PYE, S C TARGETT, G M A  
  McCARTHY, B S QUINN, H  ì TAYLOR, W  
  MEGAHEY, G RAMSEY, M THOMAS, C  
  MEGAHEY, R RIGBY, F B THURSTON, J  
  MEGAHEY, W RIGBY, F W TINDALL, C C  
  MILLER, G J R ROBINSON, R R TINDALL, G W  
  MOFFITT, H SCHUBACK, G C TINDALL, R  
  MOFFITT, R C SCHUBACK, O R WALKER, R  
  MOFFITT, S G SHEILS, E C R WATSON, V E  
  MOFFITT, W T SHEILS, O WENT, W  
  MORROW, D A SHOOKS, E WHEELER, A T  
  MURPHY, H P SHOOKS, J WHITBY, G E  
  NOONAN, J SIMPKIN, B W WILES, A W  
  O'REILLY, L SINGH, D T WILES, H  
  O'REILLY, N SMITH, C WILES, R  
  PECK, H SMITH, E A WILLIAMS, L  
  PERRY, A C SMITH, K G WITTON, L N  
  PERRY, L A M SMITH, W T  ì WITTON, R W  
  Australian ìVETERAN KILLED ON SERVICE W. G. WALKER Australian
       flag

LEST WE FORGET

 V. J. WATSON      flag

 

 

South face

    SMITH O. J.
    SPINDLER N.  [M.M]
    SHEAFFE R.
    TARGETT A.
  † THORNTON A.
    THURBON SGT. A. E.
    THURBON R. L.
    VEIGEL C.
    VEIGEL H.
    WILLIAMS LT. COL. J. [C.B.E.]
    WILLIAMS Q. M. SGT. E. C.
    WILLIAMS CPL. R. J.
  - WILLIAMS A. H.
    WILLIAMS J. L. P.
    WILLIAMS F.
    WATERSON T.
    WHITE W. A.
    WENT H. H.
  † WENT A.
    WEPPLER E.
    WEPPLER A. G.
  † WEPPLER H. R.
    WEPPLER B. H.
  † WILSON JAS.
    WILSON JNO.
    WILSON E.
  † WALTERS C.
  - WILKINSON REV J.


 

Bronze plaque on section below
B. C. O. F. 1945 - 1952

  ALCOCK, A V GLENN, H A GLENN, N H  
  COLLINS, W D      
  .      
  KOREA   1959 - 1953  
    GRIFFIN, W E    
  .      
  VIETNAM  1965 - 1973  
    BUTLER W    
  .      
  Australian flag LEST WE FORGET   Australian flag

 

Information current to February 2002

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