War Memorials in Australia

Canowindra Memorial Gates

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Place: Canowindra, New South Wales, 2804
District: Central Tablelands
Orientation: 32 km N of Cowra
Location: Canowindra Memorial Park, Gaskill Street and Mill Street
Position: 33 33 82 S   148 39 60 E
Ref: 20178

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The gates consist of four concrete pillars and metal gates. There is a metal arch above the two inner pillars.

Metal letters in arch
LEST WE   Insignia of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces   FORGET


Bronze plaque on western face of outer western pillar
Insignia of Royal Australian Navy          Insignia of Australian Imperial Force
TO HONOUR THE VETERANS
WHO SERVED AUSTRALIA
IN
KOREA      1950 - 1953
MALAYA    1948 - 1960
BORNEO   1962 - 1966

Insignia of Royal Australian Air Force          Insignia of Merchant Navy Australia


Marble plaque on southern face of outer western pillar
ERECETED [SIC]
BY THE CITIZENS
& RATEPAYERS
OF THE
BOREE SHIRE 1947
C. McCARRON
PRESIDENT
G. R. BEATTIE
SHIRE CLERK
R. J. MATHEWS
ENGINEER


Small metal plaque on southern face of inner western pillar
THIS ARCH WAS MADE
AND DONATED BY
RAY J. CAMPBELL


Marble plaque below
IN MEMORY OF
Leaves
THE PIONEERS
OF CANOWINDRA
DISTRICT
AND THEIR SONS
WHO FOUGHT
TO PRESERVE OUR
FREEDOM
IN WORLD WAR II
1939  . . . . 1945
ADAMS. K.
COLE. ROY. A.
TOWNSEND. WALTER. H.
CROWTHER. GEORGE. G.


Marble plaque on southern face of inner eastern pillar
THEY PAID THE
Leaves
SUPREME SACRIFICE
AYRTON. HENRY R.
BOATSWAIN. JAMES A.
COUSINS. ANTHONY Y.
EDGERTON. ALBERT H.
GRANT. PETER M.
GRANT. ELDRICH S.
HARVEY. CHARLES A.
HARWOOD. RODGER
KERR. NORMAN C.
LLOYD. R. J.
MARTIN. WILLIAM H.
PITT. JOHN
ROBINSON. BRYAN A.
RITCHIE. JOCK
SLAVEN. BERNARD
STUBBS. JOHN D. D.F.C.
TRELFORD CLIVE C. W.
WALTERS. RENDOLPH
WHALAN. STANLEY C.


Marble plaque on southern face of outer eastern pillar
CANOWINDRA
MEMORIAL PARK
OPENED BY
LIEUT.-COL.
C. W. G. ANDERSON V.C.
11 NOV. 1947

 

 


Information current to August 2002


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