War Memorials in Australia
Tongala War Memorial
Place:
Tongala, Victoria, 3621
District:
Northern Country
Orientation: 28 km SE of
Echuca
Location: Outside RSL in centre of town
Position: 36 15 07 S 144 57 08 E
Ref: 30155
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The memorial is a brick wall with marble and bronze tablets.
North face
Tablets from east to west
1st marble tablet
HERE AM I; SEND ME.
ISH. 6C. 8V.
| NIHILL C. | ||
| NIHILL M. | ||
| OLDFIELD T. H. | ||
| PANKHURST H. | ||
| PURDEY J. E. | ||
| RODWELL R. J. | ||
| SCHMEDJE S. | ||
| SHEPARD A. J. | ||
| SPERLING P. | ||
| TAYLOR W. C. | ||
| TORNEY C. W. | ||
| TOOMEY V. | ||
| TUNBRIDGE L. | ||
| WILLIAMS E. C. E. | ||
| JOHNSON T. G. (S. AFRICA) | ||
| WARWICK J. D. | ||
| WARWICK W. J. |
THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE
FOR HIS FRIEND.
2nd marble tablet
WHOM SHALL I SEND,
ISH. 6C. 8V.
| ARMSTRONG P. | ||
| BALLAN N. P. | ||
| CRAPPER D. | ||
| CUSSINS R. J. | ||
| DAY R. | ||
| DAY W. | ||
| DICK Q. I. | ||
| FRAZER A. S. | ||
| GARDINER A. | ||
| GIBBS C. H. | ||
| GOODA T. C. P. | ||
| KAVANAGH T. P. | ||
| LOCKE W. R. | ||
| MALMGREN F. | ||
| MILLER R. | ||
| NICHOLS W. P. |
GREATER LOVE HATH
NO MAN THAN THIS _
Bronze wreath and torch with service insignia
LEST WE FORGET
3rd marble tablet
1939 - 1945
| HOBBY E. R. | ||
| JONES M. | ||
| McCORMACK L. | ||
| McGOWAN T. H. | ||
| McGREGOR J. D. | ||
| McLEOD C. L. | ||
| MAKIN J. | ||
| MARKHAM G. | ||
| NOONAN J. | ||
| PANKHURST E. T. | ||
| PAYNTER C. A. | ||
| PAYNTER D. S. | ||
| REIDELL I. G. | ||
| RITCHIE G. | ||
| SPREADBOROUGH G. (M.M.) | ||
| STEVENSON J. | ||
| TOMS H. | ||
| WATSON J. | ||
| WATT R. |
Bronze plaque
Insignia of Australia Remembers
1945 - 1995
TONGALA R&SL SUB-BRANCH
THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES
THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE END OF WORLD WAR II
AMD THE MEMORY OF THE
MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED
Lest We Forget
4th marble tablet
WORLD WAR II
| ADAMS A. H. | ||
| ARMSTRONG A. R. | ||
| AUGUSTINUS A. J. | ||
| CAMPBELL H. J. M. | ||
| CAMPBELL J. A. | ||
| CLAYTON L. S. | ||
| CONDICK J. W. | ||
| COOKE T. N. | ||
| COOPER R. A. | ||
| COX B. E. L. | ||
| DENYER A. T. J. | ||
| DOWELL R. W. B. | ||
| DUNNE F. (M.M.) | ||
| ESLER L. E. | ||
| GARDINER C. I. | ||
| GUINEY F. | ||
| HARRIS J. | ||
| HAWKINS W. | ||
| HICHOCH F. V. |
Metal plaque on concrete plinth at base of
wall
RED CROSS
CENTENARY
1859 - 1959
South face
Marble tablet
THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918|
Rising Sun insignia
THIS HOSPITAL WAS ERECTED
To The Memory Of
OUR GALLANT DEAD
OPENED BY
SENATOR BRIG-GEN. H. E. ELLIOTT CB. CMG. DSO. DCM. VD.
12TH SEPT. 1925
Information current to May 2002
Note: The last plaque refers to the Tongala and District Bush Nursing Memorial Hospital, now closed.