War Memorials in Australia

Bungendore War Memorial

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Place: Bungendore,  New South Wales, 2621
District: Southern Tablelands
Orientation: 40 km E of Canberra
Location: Gibraltar Street between Majara Street and Butmaroo Street
Position: 35 15 27 S     149 26 69 E
Ref: 20003

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The memorial is an arch made of finished grey granite blocks on a brick paver base. There are 8 granite posts behind and on either side of the arch and garden beds on the north and south sides. Two flagpoles stand in front on the south-west and south-east sides. There is a grey granite box on the south-west side which is used as a field of remembrance. It contains artificial turf in which are placed white and blue or white and red crosses bearing names. The arch stands on an oval and, when built, was intended for eventual use as an entrance gate.

The memorial committee forwarded a design to the Public Memorials Advisory Board in November 1921 and the PMAB recommended approval after revision by the Government Architect.
                   

South face

above arch
PRO PATRIA

on west pillar
TO THE HONOUR AND GLORY
OF THOSE RESIDENTS OF
BUNGENDORE
AND
DISTRICT
WHO SERVED,
AND TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY
OF THOSE
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE GREAT WORLD WAR
1914 - 1919
____
NURSES

DONNELLY C. GALLAGHER E.
GALLAGHER J. F. GALLAGHER F.

______

                   KILLED IN ACTION.

BLUSKIE F.
BRIMBLE T.
CHAMPION C.H.D.
CHAMPION C.S.
CHINNERY T.P.J.B.
DOUGLAS P.
FINCH L.
HOPKINS G.
HATCH S.
JACOMBS D.
LEACH H.
LEE W.D.
LEE E.J.
LUNDIE L.
MCKAY J.L.
MCKAY W.J.
MASLIN J.
MASTERS A.H.
MATHEWS A.J.
RICKETTS S.
RUTLEDGE H.F.
ROACH J.
SPARROW J.W.
SMITH C.T.
TAYLOR T.G.

 

. 1914 .

 

on east pillar

ENLISTED          AND         RETURNED

ATKIN W. LEAHEY R.
BARNETT E. A. LEAHEY S. C.
BLIGHT C. LEE S. W.
BOOTES W.G. LOCK H.
BRADLEY H. MCGRATH J.
BURTON R. MCJANNETT C. B.
BUSH C. T. MCKIE J. J.
CALLAGHAN G. MCDONALD J.
CANNING J. L. MCFADZEAN W. S.
CARNELL A. MARSHALL R. W.
CARNELL W. MURPHY T.
CHAMPION A. H. MORTLOCK A. J.
COMMINS M. J. NORTH F.
CORNFIELD A. OVEREND J.
CRONIN B. OVEREND T.
COLLS E. J. OVEREND D.
CAVANOUGH C.R. OSBORNE H.
DONNELLY J. F. POWELL A. C. A.
DONNELLY A. A. PARISH M. S.
DONNELLY P. J. PRATT J.
DONNELLY C. E. R. PRATT C. H.
DAY A. J. S. REMFREY S.
DAY J. RUTLEDGE T. L. F.
DANIEL P. REID C. W.
DAVIS W. J. SHERWIN C. R.
DORAN F. SHERWIN H. A.
EDMUNDS H. SMITH N. H.
FERRIS L. SMITH R. C.
FLYNN E. R. SMITH W.
FLYNN J. T. SMITH C. J. E.
FLYNN J. T. SPARROW F.
FORD J. A. STEEPER W.
FENTON R. STINSON L.
GAINEY W. J. SWEENEY C.
GRIFFITHS E. SWEENEY E.
GRIFFITHS W. J. SAUNDERSON F.
GUY J. SAUNDERSON W.
GUY D. SILLICK C. H.
GUY R. SHEPHERD R. F.
GALLAGHER W. J. TAYLOR A. C.
GALLAGHER M. TAYLOR O. A.
GALLAGHER J. W. TAYLOR H. S. L.
GAINEY F. TAYLOR V. C.
HARRISON H. TAYLOR I.
HAYDON J. W. TAYLOR W.
HAYDON T. TEMPLE W.
HEATH W. TRUSSELL W.
HEATH J. TULLY H.
HEATH J. H. TULLY D.
HOPKINS S. C. TULLY J. B. S.
HYLES R. WARK W. J.
HYLES W. WILLIAMS D. J.
HARRIOTT J. WINTER L. J.
JACO J. WATLING R.
LANGDON H. J. WOODFIELD R.
LAWLESS S. J. WHELAN T.
HAYES F.

 

. 1919 .

 

 

North face

above arch
THEIR SERVICE - OUR HERITAGE

on east pillar
Wreath
IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN
& OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN
WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945

AHEARN W. J. FLYNN S. J.
AHERN F. FOLLETT A.
ALLEN E. C. FOLLETT F.
ALLEN K. FOLEY M. J.
ANDREWS R. GALLAGHER E. J.
AULD B. GALLAGHER G. E.
AULD C. GALLAGHER H. J.
BINGLEY E. G. GALLAGHER R. C.
BINGLEY E. S. GARDNER A.
BLOOMFIELD R. GARDNER C.
BOOTES B. J. GORDON D. F.
BOOTES C. GORDON D. R.
BOWMAN W. F. GORDON J. F.
BOYD R. A. GORDON J. H.
BROADBENT J. R. GRIFFITH D.
BYRNE J. F. HADLOW J. E.
BYRNE J. M. HADLOW N. W.
CARR B. HARRIOTT K.
CARTWRIGHT R. HARRIOTT V.
CARTWRIGHT T. R. HARRIOTT W.
CHINNERY H. HARRISON M.
COOPER E. J. HARRISON W. H.
CROKER E. M. HATCH F.
CROKER R. R. HATCH J.
CUMBERLAND J. A. HOPKINS S. J.  †
CUMBERLAND V. S. HOURIGAN P.
DANIEL B. J. HOURIGAN T.
DANIEL C. C. HOURIGAN W. P.
DANIEL C. L. HOWARD V.
DANIEL E. M. HUSH H.
DANIEL F. L. HYLES C. C.
DANIEL J.J.  † HYLES M.
DANIEL L. C. HYLES R. A.
DANIEL R. D. JOBBINS E. C.
DARMODY J. JOBBINS K. S.
DARMODY W. P. JOBBINS S.
DAVIDSON S. JOHNSON V.
DONOGHUE T. KEIR C. F.
DOYLE B. KEIR L. K.
DOYLE C. P. KERSHAW C. M.
DOYLE H. M. KERSHAW L.
DOYLE J. J. KERSHAW N. W.
DOYLE J. C.  † KITCHER D.
DOYLE J. T. KITCHER F.
DRANSFIELD R. V. LAWLESS A.
EDMONDS M. LEACH E.
EDMONDS W. H. LEE E. C.
EMMETT B. F. LEE E. R.
EVANS J. T. LEE J. C.
EVANS W. LEE M. R.
FINLEY F. S. LEE S. W.
FLANAGAN H. MARTIN D.
FLYNN E. M. MARTIN L.

 

on west pillar
Wreath
IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN
& OF THOSE WHO SERVED IN
MALAYA    1950-1960
KOREA       1950-1953
BORNEO    1963-1966
VIETNAM    1962-1973
THE GULF     1990-1991
____________

MARTIN R. SIMPSON R. J.
MATHEWS P. K. SIMPSON P. K.
McCURLEY S. SIMPSON V. J.  †
McFADZEN C. F. SMITH K. M.
McFADZEN O. B.  † SMITH L.
McKIE C. F. SMITH S. E.
McKIE D. TAYLOR A. C.
McKIE H. B. TAYLOR K.
McKIE J. C. TAYLOR R. E.
McKIE W. THOMPSON L. A.
McQUIRK R. THOMPSON L. E.
MOHAMAD A. THOMPSON V.
NASH L. THOMPSON J. B.
OLDFIELD J. E. WALSH F. J.
O'REILLY T. B.  † WARK D.
OSBORNE P. J. WARK W.
PAINE V. R. WATSON P. H.
PICKBURN P. deM. WATT D.  †
READ C. WEIR W. W.
REARDON J. B. WILSON R.
REARDON P. C. WOODFIELD R. V.
REID E. C. CAMERON N. A.
REID F. BREWER M. S.
REID F. C.  †
REID L. J.
ROUFIEL C. A.
ROWLEY A. C.
RUTLEDGE T. L.

VIETNAM

RYAN A. W. BRADLEY R. A.
RYAN C. S. KEIR G. C.
SCHOFIELD  C. V. MUNDAY R. P.
SCHOFIELD V. L.
SCHOFIELD W. J.
SCOTT W. E.
SHARPLESS C.

THE GULF

SHEEHAN J. A. RYAN M. R.
SHERD G.
SHERD M. F.
SILLIS C. F.
SILLIS J. R.
SIMPSON S.
SIMPSON F. W.
†  KILLED IN ACTION.

 

In a garden bed on south-west side of monument is a rock.

Plaque
IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN
AND THE
UNKNOWN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER
75TH ANNIVERSARY OF
REMEMBRANCE DAY
11. 11. 1993

 

In a garden bed on north-west side of monument is a rock.

Plaque on west face
PEACE GARDEN

DONATED TO THE PEOPLE

OF BUNGENDORE BY THE

LIONS CLUB

WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO

MILTON                                                                                          NEVILLE

SIMMS                                                                                              SANDS

ANZAC DAY 1991

 

Plaque on east face
In appreciation of
assistance with the paving of the
Bungendore War Memorial 1991

Barry Lee
Allan Brook
Garry Perkins
Alan Boyd

Pavers donated by : Boral Bricks


Information current to August 2000

Sources:  The Inglis Collection in Australian War Memorial, AWM PR 00944 


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