War Memorials in Australia
Gunning District Soldiers Memorial
Place:
Gunning, New South Wales, 2581
District: Southern
Tablelands
Orientation: 68 km N of Canberra
Location: Yass Street and Warrataw Street, outside Post Office
Position: 34 46 94 S 149 15 97 E
Ref: 20007
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The memorial is a polished grey trachyte obelisk on a stepped base. The foundation stone was laid on 29 September 1922 by Mrs Wm Fisher, the mother of a dead soldier.
Some of the names also appear on the War Memorials in Gundaroo and Collector, sometimes with inconsistent spelling.
North face
Crossed British and Australian flags
below which is a wreath of gum leaves enclosing a rising sun badge of
the Australian Commonwealth Military Forces
KILLED IN ACTION |
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| F. ADAMS | A.L. NOBLE | ||
| A.M. ALCHIN | J.O.E. NOBLE | ||
| W.E. ALCHIN | A.D.OLD | ||
| L. BARTLEY | W.H. PLUMB | ||
| C. BRETT | P.J. POIDEVIN | ||
| J. BROGAN | S.B. RUSE | ||
| G.W.H. BUSH | A. RUSSELL | ||
| C.J. BYRNES | H.H. SHERIDAN | ||
| E.M. DOWLING | S.H. SHERIDAN | ||
| O.E. ELLIOTT | W.H. SHERIDAN | ||
| R.J. FISHER | C.H. WHEATLEY | ||
| E.D. GRANGER | R. WEARNE | ||
| R.GRINDLEY | (B.J. THOMPSON) | ||
| P. INGS | (VIETNAM) | ||
| N.M. JOHNSON | |||
| W.G. McLAUGHLIN | |||
| W.A. MELDRUM | |||
| L. MURRAY | |||
| A.A. NEWMAN | |||
On section below
GUNNING DISTRICT SOLDIERS MEMORIAL
1914 GREAT WAR 1918
On section below
ANDREWS BROS
SYDNEY
West face
SERVED ABROAD |
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| W.J. AFFLECK | C. CORNER | ||
| C.J. ALCHIN | H.G. CLANCY | ||
| E. ALCHIN | R.R. DAIVE | ||
| A.G. BAILEY | H.J. DENNY | ||
| P.F. BARTLEY | H.T. DENNY | ||
| A.L. BAXTER | P.J. DONNELLY | ||
| T.W. BELL | E. DREW | ||
| E.S. BEVEN | M. DREW | ||
| F. BODEL | J. ERNSHAW | ||
| L. BODEL | T. ERNSHAW | ||
| A.G. BREWER | W.P. FILAND | ||
| A.T. BROWN | A.J. FROST | ||
| L.R. BROWN | F.J. GOODWIN | ||
| M.R. BUSH | F.T. GOODWIN | ||
| R.E. BUSH | H.S. GRANGER | ||
| W.A.C. BUSH | K. McD. GROVENOR | ||
| A.J. BYRNES | L.J. HANNON | ||
| L. CATO | R.C. HEASLETT | ||
| J.W. CHEESMAN | H. HILLIER | ||
South face
SERVED ABROAD |
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| R.J. HOWARD | E.A. MELDRUM | ||
| C. INGS | T.A. MELDRUM | ||
| F. JAMES | W.G. MELDRUM | ||
| G. JOHNSON | J. MEUFING | ||
| T.P. JOHNSON | F. MORGAN | ||
| A. JOHNSTON | R.T. MORGAN | ||
| G.F. JONES | A.I.G. McLAUGHLIN | ||
| J.C. JONES | H.H. McLAUGHLIN | ||
| G. KEIR | C.M. NEWMAN | ||
| C.P. KENNY | R.J. NEWMAN | ||
| W.J. KERSHAW | E.J. O'NEILL | ||
| J. LANHAM | D. OSMOND | ||
| H.P. LAWTON | H.L. POIDEVIN | ||
| G. LAWTON | E.H.Y. RAVAILLIAN | ||
| J.A. LAWTON | C.W. REID | ||
| W.E. LAWTON | P.L. REID | ||
| C.A. MEEHAN | C. REYNOLDS | ||
| E.L. MEEHAN | J.A. REYNOLDS | ||
| H.J. MEEHAN | F. RUDD | ||
East face
SERVED ABROAD |
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| D.A. RUSSELL | T. WHITTAER | ||
| E. RYAN | M.J.WILL | ||
| MARTIN RYAN | E.H.J. WILSON | ||
| MATTHEW RYAN | W.J. WILSON | ||
| A.J. SHELDRICK | H.E. WITTS | ||
| E.E. SHERIDAN | W.H. WOODS | ||
| F.P. SHERIDAN | |||
| J.R. SHERIDAN | |||
| P.S.R. SMITH | |||
| W.S.J. SMITH | |||
| P.J. SULLIVAN | |||
| T.J. SULLIVAN | |||
| J. STYLES | |||
| E.L. SUTTON | |||
| R.W. SWALLOW | |||
| F. TOOHEY | |||
| J.R. TURNER | |||
| A. WEBSTER | |||
| F.O. WHEATLEY | |||
On section below
The columns are separated by a cross signifying those listed were killed
1939. - 1945. |
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| A. ALCHIN | W.A. MOORE | ||
| A. ANDREWS | C. MURPHY | ||
| J.E. BATEUP | K.B. McCALL | ||
| S. CHAPPLE | A.F. POWER | ||
| E. DAVIS | B.W. PRIOR | ||
| G.J. JEWELL | W. SHERIDAN | ||
| E.G. MOORE | E. WALMSLEY | ||
Information current to March 2000
Sources: The Inglis Collection
in Australian War Memorial, AWM PR 00944
Goulburn Evening Penny Post, 23 September 1922