War Memorials in Australia
Bribbaree War Memorial
Place:
Bribbaree, New South Wales, 2594
District:
South West Slopes
Orientation: 101 km SW of
Cowra
Location: Anzac Park, Railway Street opposite Railway Hotel
Position: 34 07 15 S 147 52 81 E
Ref: 20111
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The memorial is a white-painted concrete pillar on a one-stepped base. Two metal stirrups, used to support wreaths, are set into the base on the north side. A steel pipe and wire mesh fence borders the memorial on three sides. There is a metal flag pole on the north east side.
North face
ERECTED
BY THE RESIDENTS OF
BRIBBAREE AND DISTRICT
TO THE MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN
HEROES, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
FOR THEIR COUNTRY'S SAKE IN THE
1914
GREAT WAR 1919
Names
CHARLES ERNEST DOWNEY
ALFRED DOWNEY
ANTHONY STEEL CALDWELL
HUGH WALLACE McALISTER
PERCY WILLIAM GERATY
Bronze plaque below
IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN
AND THE
UNKNOWN AUSTRALIAN SOLDIER
75TH ANNIVERSARY OF
REMEMBRANCE DAY
11. 11. 1993
West face
Bronze plaque
Insignia of Returned Services League
THIS
PLAQUE COMMEMORATES
THOSE FROM THIS DISTRICT
WHO SERVED IN
WORLD WAR II, 1939 - 1945
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KOREA, MALAYSIA
AND VIETNAM
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LEST WE FORGET
Note on Percy William Geraty:
He was killed in France on 23 December 1916. A
memorial service was held for him at Bimbi on Sunday 11 February 19171
He is also named on the Bimbi War Memorial
Information current to September 2001
Sources: 1People's Voice website http://www.peoplesvoice.gov.au/stories/nsw/young/young_m_eurabba.htm at 6 March 2003