War Memorials in Australia

Casterton War Memorial

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Place: Casterton, Victoria, 3311
District: Western

Orientation: 66 km NW of Hamilton
Location: Bryan Park, Henty Road (Highway) and Russell Street
Position: 37 35 40 S     141 23 64 E
Ref: 30002

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The memorial is a grey granite obelisk in the same park as the Boer War Memorial. It is located in an area bounded by a steel and wire mesh fence with entrance gates between concrete pillars.  There are three flagpoles to the south of the two monuments.

West face
Bronze wreath

                                                               GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
                                               THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS

 


South face

BAUCH. E GIBSON. W. F
BARROW. F GREENHAM. C.C
BAILEY. C GRIFFITHS. H
BEDDELL. G GRINHAM. C. O
BLACK. G.A HAYES. H. S
BOYD. J.C HAYWARD. H
BRIDGELAND. F HEATH. S.V
BULL. W.C HENEHAN. REV. J
BURNIP. A HOLMES. E
BUCKLE.F. R HOLMES. A.L
BUCKLE. R. C HURLEY. D
BUSH. W. J HURLEY. T
CASSIDY. A. M HURLEY. J.P
CAMPBELL. D JEWELL. J
CAMPBELL. A KELLY. J
CASS. J KING. H. H
CLARKE. J KING. B. H
CLAYTON. N. H KING. V
CURRIE. C. C. KIRWAN. A
DANCOCKS. G. C KOHN. S
DAVIS. F LAING. G
DEVERAUX. A. W LARKIN. E
DERAVIN. DR. F.A LEWIS. G
DEWAR. W LEHANE. J
FERRIER. S. H LOGGIN. H.L
FOSTER. J.G MALLETT. A

 

On section below

BOND C A CAMPBELL B GALPIN J HOBBES R F
BLACK A CARKEEK J GARRETT A J HOWLETT W L
BURCHELL R CARTER A G GILL J HUNTER I
BROWN C H COATES G GILL T G JOHNSTON J
BUCHANAN R DALE A HEANEY J V JEFFREYS R E
BLAIR H DEUTSCHER C J HEENAN J J KERR R D


East face
Insignia of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces
ERECTED
BY
THE CITIZENS OF THE SHIRE OF GLENELG
To the Memory
OF
THE SOLDIERS OF THE DISTRICT
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914-19

 

On section below
AND IN THE
WORLD WAR
1939-45

 

 

North face

MUNRO. D RANSOM. T. T
MUNRO. N. C (MM) REED. F. W
MURPHY. J. P REID. A.B.
McALPINE. J RICHARDS. J
McCABE. R RICHARDS. G
McCONACHY. S ROBERTSON. G
McCOLL A.J ROSSIE. E
McDONALD. J RYAN. T
McDONALD. R SCHULZE. E. A. L
McDONALD R. T SEALEY. C. H
McFARLANE. D SHEARSMITH. F. L
McGINTY. S. P SIMKIN. J. W
McINTYRE. A. J SMITH. W
McINTYRE. J SPRING. W. A
McKINNON. J. D SPURRELL. F
McPHERSON. A. L STEWART. D
McRAE. C STANFORD. A. J
NEAVE. R TIEMAN. G
NEWTON. C. H TUFFNELL. J
OSWALD. T TYTHERLEIGH. A
PAINTER. C VICKERY. W. E
PEACHEY. J. E WALL. A
PEARCE. J WALSH. J
PICKEN. J. M WELLNER. C
PORTER. W. E. W (MM) WHITE. T
PREECE. H JEFFREYS. E
PREECE. T SPENCER. E. G
PILVEN. H McLAUGHLIN. J


On section below

LEY. T A MURPHY T R PARSONS J M TUFFNELL F
MUNRO D NORTHCOTT G B ROOKE A UPTON J
MACGUIGAN I PRETLOVE A STUART H J WHITFELD D C
MCGRATH E PAXTON R SHERLOCK J WHITE G W
MCCALMAN I PATTERSON W SHEPHERD E J
MADDERN J PATTERSON R S SYMES N K

 

 


Information current to November 2000


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