War Memorials in Australia

Bimbi War Memorial

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Place: Bimbi, New South Wales, 2810
District: Central West Slopes and Plains
Orientation: 97 km S of Forbes
Location: Parkland, Young Street and Caldwell Street
Position: 34 02 29 S     147 55 76 E
Ref: 20113

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The memorial is a granite obelisk.  The top shaft is rusticated granite, below this a white unpolished cap, beneath this again is a polished grey granite column bearing the names and at the bottom is a white unpolished block on a two-stepped base. It is surrounded by a steel pipe and mesh fence.

East face
Metal sculpture of crossed flags, wreath and
insignia of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces


Section below

 

KILLED
--------

 
  A. BARKER  
  C. J. BATEMAN  
  A. CALDWELL  
  J. CARTER  
  E. CONNORS  
  H. DOUGLAS  
  A. DOWNEY  
  E. DOWNEY  
  H. A. GAULT  
  P. W. GERATY  
  H. HUGHES  
  H. J. McALISTER  
  W. McDONALD  
  R. MILES  
  T. J. NORTON  
  R. SINCLAIR  
  H. SMITH  


Section below
THIS MONUMENT
WAS ERECTED BY THE RESIDENTS
OF THE DISTRICT
TO THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND FELL
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1919.

 

 

South face

  H. ADDIS  
  R. ANDERSON  
  A. W. ASTON  
  C. BAIN  
  C. BOYD  
  G. E. BUSH  
  G. W. CALDWELL  
  N. CARR  
  B. CAUSER  
  F. CAUSER  
  L. CAUSER  
  T. CAUSER  
  E. V. CHESHER  
  H. J. CHESHER  
  F. DAVEY  
  A. DICK  
  S. DICK  
  A. EDWARDS  
  J. ELDRIDGE  
  J. ELLIS  
  O. GAULT  
  B. D. GRIFFIN  
  R. GRIMM  
  N. KING  
  C. KIRK  

 

 

West face
Blank

 

 

North face

  A. KNIGHT  
  M. KNIGHT    M. LARKIN  
  H. J. McALISTER  
  T. McCAULEY  
  S. McDONALD  
  J. McEWAN  
  C. V. MADDEN  
  H. MORAN  
  H. MORROW  
  G. H. NAPIER  
  J. NAPIER  
  H. PENFOLD  
  E. POWDERLY  
  H. G. RADNEDGE  
  J. M. RADNEDGE  
  G. REDMAN  
  K. REYNOLDS  
  E. R. ROBINSON  
  R. G. ROBINSON  
  P. SINCLAIR  
  J. SMITH  
  A. SWEENEY  
  F. R. SWEENEY  
  J. TAYLOR  
  T. WEBB  


 

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 Bribbaree 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


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