War Memorials in Australia
Canowindra Memorial Gates
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