War Memorials in Australia
Corey Memorial
Place:
Cooma, New South Wales, 2630
District:
Southern Tablelands
Orientation: 114 km S of
Canberra
Location: Vale Street and Massey Street
Position: 36 14 05 S 149 07 43 E
Ref: 20130
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The memorial is a diorama with metal figures on a formed
concrete and aggregate table placed on a concrete plinth. There is a lamp
post with two lights on north west side.
The diorama, created in 1979 by local sculptor Chris Graham and students,
depicts the life of Ernest Corey as a stretcher bearer in France.
Corporal Corey won, in effect, 4 Military Medals, an achievement
unmatched anywhere in the British Commonwealth at anytime.
The memorial was placed in its present position in 1996.
In front of memorial , on south
side
Bronze plaque on concrete aggregate plinth
Insignia of Australian Imperial Force
IN HONOUR OF
2143 CORPORAL
ERNEST ALBERT COREY
MILITARY MEDAL AND 3 BARS
55TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION
1ST A.I.F.
A MEMBER OF THE MEN FROM
SNOWY RIVER MARCH DELEGATE TO
GOULBURN
THE ONLY SOLDIER EVER TO HAVE
BEEN AWARDED A
MILITARY MEDAL AND 3 BARS
1891 - 1972
ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF MONARO 1979
Glass and metal case on south
east edge of diorama
Photograph of diorama and photograph of Corporal Corey
Wording under photo of Cpl Corey:
CORPORAL ERNEST ALBERT COREY M. M. & 3 BARS
PRESENTED TO COOMA R.S.L. BY KEITH CAMPBELL 11.11.1979
Bronze plaque on south west edge of diorama
Sculpture and Artwork
by
CHRIS GRAHAM
On section below
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE WARS OF KOREA,
VIETNAM AND OTHER CONFLICTS.
East face
White cross
Plaque on west corner of north
face
COREY MEMORIAL
West face
White cross
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Diorama
Information current to December 2001