War Memorials in Australia
Clunes War Memorial
Place:
Clunes, Victoria, 3370
District:
North Central
Orientation: 34 km N of
Ballarat
Location: Fraser Street and Service Street
Position: 37 17 63 S 143 47 24 E
Ref: 30142
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The memorial is a white marble statue of a World War I soldier standing easy and holding a rifle by the barrel. The statue is supported by the representation of a tree trunk and stands on a grey granite column. The memorial is enclosed by an ornate wrought iron fence with wooden posts. There is a metal flagpole in the north west corner of the enclosure.
West face
LEST WE FORGET
Bronze insignia of Australian
Commonwealth Military Forces
ERECTED IN HONOUR
OF ALL WHO ENLISTED
FROM
THIS TOWN AND DISTRICT
FOR THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 18
ALSO
IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN
PASS NOT THIS STONE IN SORROW
BUT WITH PRIDE
AND MAY YOU LIVE AS NOBLY AS
THEY DIED
WE LIVE IN DEEDS NOT YEARS
North face
| ANDREWS EDWARD | |
| BRUNSTON HENRY | |
| BARRETT ALLAN | |
| BREEN JOHN | |
| COWAN ROBERT | |
| CONNELLY FRANCIS | |
| CAMPBELL JAMES | |
| CAMPBELL CLARENCE | |
| DWYER JOHN | |
| FRITH HECTOR | |
| FOLEY JOE | |
| GRENFELL JAMES | |
| GRENFELL RICHARD | |
| JONES DAN | |
| JONES CHARLES | |
| JONES FRANCIS | |
| SMITHSON GUS |
East face
Bronze plaque
Names of men killed in WW2
| Carkeet, J. | ||
| Dowie, W. | Gunner | |
| Fawcett, W. | Flt/Sgt | |
| Lucy, H. K. | Flt/Sgt | |
| Richardson, P. W.W. | F/O | |
| Robbins. L. | Pte | |
| Tolliday, W. J. | F/O |
Bronze plaque below
THIS PLAQUE HONOURS OUR MEN AND WOMEN
WHO SERVED IN THE WARS OF
1914 - 1918, 1939 - 1945
AND IN BORNEO MALAYA
KOREA AND VIETNAM CAMPAIGNS.
"ONLY THOSE WHO DESERVE FREEDOM WHO ARE
PREPARED TO DEFEND IT."
South face
| KING MALCOLM | |
| KING ALBERT | |
| LEE HUGH | |
| LANEGHAN NICHOLAS | |
| MOORE JOHN | |
| OGIER ARTHUR | |
| OLIVER ROBERT | |
| PICKFORD HORACE | |
| PAYNE ROY | |
| PURCELL JOHN | |
| ROBERTSON COLIN | |
| ROBERTS JOHN | |
| SKELLET KEMPSON | |
| THOMAS ALBERT | |
| THOMAS CLARENCE | |
| WILLIAMSON STANLEY | |
| McDONALD PETER |
Information current to May 2002