War Memorials in Australia
Cooma Cenotaph
Place:
Cooma, New South Wales, 2630
District:
Southern Tablelands
Orientation: 114 km S of
Canberra
Location: Vale Street and Massey Street
Position: 36 14 06 S 149 07 44 E
Ref: 20129
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The memorial is a grey granite obelisk on a 3 stepped base. The lower part of the base is an octagonal shape. The monument, with another memorial, sits in a grassed area in the centre of Vale Street. The area is surrounded by a wrought iron fence and there are two metal flagpoles on the south east side near the entrance to the area.
At a public meeting held during May 1917 a committee was formed which decided to erect a memorial in Cooma to honour soldiers of the town and district who served in the 1914-1918 conflict and the names of those soldiers killed in action, died of wounds or missing, would be inscribed on the monument. On 25 April 1924 the Foundation Stone was laid by Mrs George Rolfe. The War Memorial was finally unveiled, without the names of the soldiers, on 25 April 1926 by Mr J A Perkins. By then the the cost of the memorial had risen to 1050 pounds. It was not until 1987 that the names of the 53 soldiers from World War I and 30 from World War II were inscribed. In 1996 the Ernest Corey Memorial was included in the area. The diorama, created by local sculptor Chris Graham and students, depicts the life of Ernest Corey as a stretcher bearer in France.1
South east face
| BRAY J. S. | HAYES M. R. | PEGRAM E. A. | ||
| BOTTOM L. F. | HATES G. E. | PEGRAM A. J. | ||
| BOTTOM J. C. | HOWELL J. J. | RODDAN A. R. | ||
| BUTLER W. | HIGGINS M. W. | RYRIE H. S. | ||
| BRAYSHAW C A | JOHNSON J. D. | ROLLASON J. | ||
| BURKE A. | McLENNAN S. | SPENCER W. | ||
| BAILEY C. R. | MONTAGUE A. | SHEILS V. B. | ||
| COLLINS W. | MAWSON E. A. | SMITH F. | ||
| CALLAGHAN H. B. | MARTIN J. C. J. R | SCULLIN M. H. | ||
| CLIFFORD C. | MURRAY J. J. | SCULLIN T. E. | ||
| ECCLESTON N. S. | NICHOLS H. | SLATTERY P. | ||
| FLAKELAR P. J. | OATLEY F. D. W. | SUMMERS W. J | ||
| GINNS A. E. | POWER T. W. | WARD J. | ||
| GOODWIN R. B. | PALIN A. | WELCH F. C. | ||
| GOODWIN V. L. | PARKER A. W. | WELCH S. | ||
| GOODWIN N. C. | PARKER H. A. D | WHITEMAN V. J. | ||
| GOGGIN J. C. | RYALL A. L. | CLIFFORD D. L. | ||
| COLLETT A, | SMITH R. E. J. |
Carved in section below
Three flowers
On section below
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914-18
North east face
Carved in lower section
Three flowers
On section below
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE WARS OF KOREA,
VIETNAM AND OTHER CONFLICTS.
North west face
Carved in lower section
Three flowers
South west face
| ADAMS J. D. | GRAHAM A. | NEUSS D. M. | ||
| BRADFORD H. | JEFFERY C. B. | O'BRIEN W. J. | ||
| BRADLEY J. | MACKAY R. G. D. | PHILLIPS E. W. | ||
| BOLTON L. H. | MAHER N. | ROBERSON I. A. | ||
| BUCHAN J. D. E. | McDONALD L. N. | RUSSELL F. | ||
| CHURCH A. | McGUFFICKE D. | SMITH J. A. | ||
| CRAWFORD E. C. | McTAVISH E. G. | SNOWDEN N. P. | ||
| CULEY B. | MOSELEY J. | TURNER J. C. | ||
| COSGROVE A. C. | MOULD E. W. | VENABLES W. A. | ||
| EVANS R. E. | MULACH G. | WALLACE C. H. |
Carved in lower section
Three flowers
On section below
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939 - 45
Two seats in the grassed memorial area have plaques attached
First seat
THIS SEAT DONATED BY
THE COOMA HOTEL TO THE
COOMA R.S.L. SUB-BRANCH
ANZAC DAY WEEK 1999.
Second seat
THIS SEAT DONATED BY
MITRE 10 COOMA TO THE
COOMA R.S.L. SUB-BRANCH
ANZAC DAY WEEK 1999.
Information current to December 2001
Sources: 1Information board in Vale Street sponsored by Cooma-Monaro Shire Council & Cooma Monaro Historical Society