War Memorials in Australia
Balranald War Memorial
Place:
Balranald, New South Wales, 2715
District: Riverina
Orientation: 132 km W of Hay
Location: McCabe Street (Sturt Highway) and Court Street
Position: 34 38 66 S 143 34 01 E
Ref: 20105
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The memorial is a white marble World War I soldier, arms reversed, on a granite obelisk which sits on a large block of rusticated granite. The whole sits on a 3-stepped granite base.
There is a flagpole in the middle of the park in which the memorial is located and also an anti-aircraft gun.
North
face
BALRANALD AND DISTRICT
IN
HONOR AND IN LASTING MEMORY
OF THEIR SOLDIERS
WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1919.
| ANDREWS A. | LOUTITT R. E. | ||
| ANDERSON K. | MOZAR A. W. | ||
| BALSHAW N. | McINTYRE J. A. | ||
| BALSHAW R. | McGLADE T. H. | ||
| BARTLETT D. | McNAMARA T. J. | ||
| BRYANT H. W. | NIELD W. J. | ||
| BUTLER J. | NEILL E. | ||
| CAMERON A. N. | PARKER W. | ||
| COATES J. J. | PEACOCK R. H. | ||
| FIREBRACE W. | POWELL M. | ||
| GREENHAM S. L. | RICHARDSON R. | ||
| GRIMISON N. R. | ROWE L. W. L. | ||
| HOBSON Y. | ROWLING W. L. | ||
| HUGHES G. T. | SIMPSON A. | ||
| JOHNSTON E. | SIMPSON C. H. | ||
| JOHNSON C. | TURNER W. E. | ||
| JONES D. S. | TURNBULL C. | ||
| JONES T. C. | VILE J. W. | ||
| JONES J. W. | WHITE F. I. | ||
| LOUTITT A. V. | WILKINSON R. R. | ||
| LOUTITT H. A. | SMITH J. H. |
West face
ERECTED BY THE RESIDENTS
OF BALRANALD AND DISTRICT IN
HONOUR AND IN LASTING MEMORY
OF THEIR SOLDIERS WHO MADE THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE IN THE SECOND
WORLD WAR.
1939 - 1945
| J. E. ALLEN. | R. M. JERROM. | ||
| R. R. ALLEN. | D. L. MURPHY. | ||
| N. L. BERRY. | R. A. NEILD JUNR. | ||
| G. V. BOYNTON. | J. P. OLIVER. | ||
| L. J. CARTER. | K. H. PRATT. | ||
| D. A. CHALMERS. | C. R. RUMBERG. | ||
| V. T. CONNELLAN. | R. SMITH. | ||
| R. DALE. | W. J. TAYLOR. | ||
| W. FINLAYTER. | A. E. TINKLER. | ||
| G. J. GRAY. | J. WILLIAMS. |
The other 2 faces are blank
Information current to October 2002
Sources: Some of the information and the photograph on this page have been kindly provided by Brett Prentice