War Memorials in Australia

Peterborough Cenotaph

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Place: Peterborough, South Australia, 5422
District: Northern Agricultural
Orientation: 141 km N of Burra
Location: War Memorial Gardens, Main Street opposite Railway Street
Position:
32 58 42 S     138 50 20 E
Ref: 50010

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The memorial consists of three obelisks, two of sandstone and topped with a lamp and one of polished grey and black granite. The sandstone obelisks stand on either side of a rotunda which was unveiled in 1931 as an Australian Labor Party workers' monument. To the east of the obelisks is a Bofors gun and besides this is a flagpole.

The area between the Post Office and the subway in Main Street was upgraded in 1933 and became known as the War Memorial Gardens. Two obelisks were built there in 1934. In 1999 the District Council of Peterborough applied for and received a $10,000 grant from the Department of Veterans' Affairs for a War Memorial that listed everyone who had gone to war from Peterborough and surrounding districts.  The new memorial was built beside the Cenotaph and was unveiled in November 1999.1

Easternmost sandstone obelisk
North face
Red and green wreath

Below this
Brass cross

Below this a marble tablet 

KILLED IN W ACTION
ANDERSON F. CRITCHLEY W.
BADGER D. DANN F. J.
BIRMINGHAM C. R. DODMAN R. E.
BOWMAN H. P. EAGER E. E.
BRANNIGAN C. R. FORTH C. H.
BROWN C. GREEN L. F. C.
CALLARY A. P. CURRY J.
CALLARY I. HASS A. F. C.
CARROLL J. HASS W. J. H. T.
COLLINS T. P. JONES G. J. J.
VRITCHLY H. KEAYS A. C.
CLAPP E. THOMPSON I. G.

Below this a marble shelf and another marble tablet

       1939   -   1945

MUTTON M. J.
HATWELL H. E:  M.B.E. 
MILIKAN K. T.
THYER L. J.
HENNESSY L.
HARDING A. A. A.
DICKINSON G. H.
DREW R. A:  D. F.C.
THYER J. B.

 

East face

                     SERVED OVERSEAS

AHRNS A.B. BROOKS S.
ALFORD E.C. BROWN T.
ALFORD J.H. BROWN L.
ANGRAVE A. BROWN A.J.
ANGRAVE F.G. BROWN W.S.
APPLEBY R.R.C. BROWN V.
BADGER M. BULA J.
BAIN A.E. BUTT P.
BALDWIN T.E. BYRNES P.J.
BALDWIN C.H. BYRT M.
BALDWIN W.J. CARBOSSA A.J.
BALL H. CARMODY N.
BARKER J. CARRUTHERS W.E.W.
BARNARD P.D. CARTY A.
BARRINGER H. CASEY M.
BEESLEY H. CASEY J.S.
BENNETT A. CASEY E.J.
BENNETT D. CASEY M.
BENNETT C.E.D. CASHAN T.
BICKFORD F. CHADWICK B.
BILLS. W. M. CHADWICK W.
BIRMINGHAM W. CHADWICK T.
BLOMQUIST E.A. CHAMBERS E.J.
BOSCENCE M. CHAMBERLAYNE T.
BOTTOMLEY H.R. CHAPMAN F.
BRANDT L.M. CHENNEL G.
BREBNER F.H. CHINNER W.C.
BREEDING L.R. CHINNER E.H.
BREEDING C. CLAIR J.
BRENNAN P.M. CLAIR F.
BROOKS A.E. CLARKE H.
CLAPP A.J. CLAPP E.W.


Below this is a plaque 
Insignia of Australia Remembers 1945 - 1995
IN HONOUR OF
THE MEN & WOMEN WHO SERVED
AUSTRALIA IN TIME OF CONFLICT
DURING WORLD WAR II

LEST WE FORGET

 

 

South face

                     SERVED OVERSEAS

CLARKE DR. C.L. DONAGLEY A.
CLARKE W.G. DONALDSON S.
CLARKIN T. DOWD B.
COFFEY G.S. DRAYSON R.D.C.
COCHLAN C. DRAYSON R.
COLEMAN P.G. DREW H.R.R.
COLLINS W.J. DREW A.
CONLIN E. DREW W.L.
CORCORAN N. DUNCHUE B.A.
COTTON C.S.R. DUNN J.E.
CRACK A.H. DURICK S.
CRACK W.H. DURICK W.
CRACK T.A.J. EAGER A.
CRITCHLEY N. EAGER H.E.H.
CRITCHLEY J.O. EAGER M.
CUNNINGHAM A.E. EDWARDS P.P.
CUNNINGHAM T.W. EDWARDS W.F.
CUSACK T. ENGLISH J.
CUSACK P. FARRELL L.R.
DANN F. FAULKINER P.H.
DANN J. FAULKINER J.B.
DANN G. FAULKINER G.M.
DARLEY R.C.F. FINLAY JAS.
DATSON H. FINLAY JOHN.
DAVEY A.. DAVEY H. FISHER E.
DAY W. FISHER C.T.
DEAKIN R. FITZGERALD F.
DERRICK E. FITZGERALD P.
DICKSON C. FITZPATRICK F.
DODMAN F.G. FOGARTY T.
DODMAN A.J. CHAMBERS S.H.
CROWLEY J.J.

 

 

West face

                    SERVED OVERSEAS

FORTH C.H. HEMSLEY G.
FORTH H.A. HENDERSON D.J.
FOX D.T. HILL H.
FRITH E.L. HOFFMAN J.
FRITH F.W. HOILE C.V.
GAY E.H. HOILE H.
GAY S.V. HOILE E.(NURSE)
GIBBS C. HOLE A.E.
GIBBS H. HOLLAND J.
GOLDING S. HOLLAND T.
GOODE D.A. HOLLAND D.
GRAEFE H.B. HOWELL E.F.
GRANT K. HOWELL W.
GRAVES J.J. HUNT S.C.
GRAY E.J. INGLIS O.
GRIBBLE J. INGLIS J.
GRIBBLE W.J. INGLIS C.C.
GROSSER C.S.D. JAMIESON J.C.
HAGGERTY M.J. JAMIESON J.E.
HANSEN V. JEFFCOTT R.F.
HANKELL T.P. JEFFCOTT E.R.
HARNETT D. JOHANSEN A.
HARRIS A.K. JOHNSON A.E.
HARTFORD G. JOHNSON E.L.
HARTWIG H. JOHNSON J.T.
HARTWIG W.E. JOHNSON C.E.
HARTWIG T.J. JOHNSTONE E.R.
HASS E.L.H. JONES H.D.S.
HATCHARD A.E. KEALLEY C.
HAYMAN C.P. KENDALL L.A.E.
HEDLEY H.O. KIRTLAND R.R.
KING A.E.

 

 

Westernmost sandstone obelisk
North face
Red and green wreath

Below this
Brass cross

Below this a marble tablet 

KILLED IN W ACTION
LITSTER T. OLIFENT W.E.
MEADOWS A.P. OSWALD G.A.
McKENNA B.F. QUINTRELL C.H.
McKENZIE B.S. SLEEP O.M.L.
McNEILL A.B. SMITH N.R.
McNEILL T.B. TAYLOR W.A.
McNEILL N.A. TRIPNEY G.H.
McNAMARA D.A. WALL E.J.
McNAMARA L.E. WHITEFORD C.C.
NOBLE G. WRIGHT S.E.J.
O'BRIEN P. SMITH H.E.
McNEILL A.J.

 

Below this a marble shelf and plaque
Insignia of R.S.L.
IN MEMORY
OF THOSE WHO SERVED AND DIED

KOREA     MALAYA     BORNEO     VIETNAM
1950-1952    1948-1960    1962-1966     1962-1972    
LEST WE FORGET

 

East face

                     SERVED OVERSEAS

KLAEBE O. MAXWELL J.
KLOSS T. MEADOWS F.A.
LABEY S. MEADOWS F.J.
LACEY C.T. MELVILLE C.
LAMBERT R. MELVILLE J.H.
LAMBERT T. MELVILLE J.G.
LAMBERT E.E. MILLER J.
LAWN R.N. MILLER G.R.
LAWRIE L.R. MILLER H.H.
LEICESTER H. MILLER REV W.H.
LEWIS G.W.C. MILLINGTON R.H.
LEWIS H.L. MILLS H.
LIDDY K. (NURSE) MITCHELL W.G.
LILLIE H.T. MITCHELL H.J.
LITSTER J. MITCHELL N.
LITSTER R.R. MOLONEY F.
LITTLE I. MOORE A.L.
LOCK B. MOORE C.H.
LONGBOTTOM H. MOORE G.A.
LONGBOTTOM W. MORROS P.
LUCAS H. MORTON R.
LUCK M. MOY P.B.
LYNCH J. MURPHY G.
MACKIE S.J. MYERS F.
MADDIGAN J. McCANN W.F.J.
MANSELL H.H. McCANN C.
MARAUN G. McCANN J.
MARAUN O.A. McCARTHY J.M.
MARAUN F. McDONALD H.
MARTIN F.J. McGAIR H.J.
MARTIN W. McGUIRE S.
MARTIN D. McGUIRE R.
MATERLICH C. McGUIRE J.
MATTHEWS H. McGUIRE E.

 

 South face

                     SERVED OVERSEAS

McKENZIE F.L.J. POLLARD W.C.E.
McKENZIE A. PORTER M.
McMAHON P. POTTER C.E.
McMILLAN A. PRICE C.W.L.
McPHERSON H. PRISK H.T.
NENKE W.J.M. PURSER B.J.
NINNES W. PRYZIBILLA C.
NOBLET E. QUINTRELL L.R.
NOURSE F.B. RANDALL W.H.
NOURSE L.P. REES C.
O'BRIEN J.C. REYNOLDS J.J.
O'CALLAGHAN P. RICHARD E.
O'CONNOR T. RICHARDSON J.C.C.
O'DEA C. RICE T.
O'HARE REV. P. RICE J.
O'LEARY H. RIDGE E.R.
OLIVER K. RIDGE T.
OLMAN J. ROBERTS E.P.
O'NEILL T. ROCHE T.
OSBORNE J.W. ROHDE W.
PARKINSON C.R. RUSK F.W.
PARSONS A.G. RYAN T.
PARTRIDGE L. RYAN A.
PASCOE W.E.H. SAMBELL A.G.
PATTERSON L. SEARSON G.
PEARSE C. SHAKES D.L.
PENNINGTON F. SHANKS R.
PHELAN T.E. SHARLEY F.E.
PHELAN W. SHARLEY J.W.
PHELAN E. SHARP V.
PLATTEN S. SHEHAN C.
PLATTEN R. SINCLAIR J.G.
POLGLASE H. SLOCOMBE W.G.

 

 

West face

                    SERVED OVERSEAS

SLOPER T. WALKER H.
SMITH S.J. WALL W.
SMITH E.J. WALLACE A.W.
SMITH W. WARD H.C.
SMITH A. WARMAN E.W.
SNIDER H.L. WATSON H.
SNODDEN J. WELLS H.
SOLOMON S.G. WELLS  A.J.
STEDMAN J.A. WENSLEY H.N.
STONE A.J. WHITE C.L.
STOREN J. WHITE W.
STRAHAN E.R. WHITE I.J.
STRUTHERS A.E. WHITTLE H.F.
SULLIVAN T. WHITTLE W.
SUMMERS J. WILCOX F.A.E.
TAYLOR H.G. WILMETT S.W.
TAYLOR S.A. WILSDEN G.
TAYLOR O.C.R. WILSDEN W.
TAYLOR E.J. WILSON G.
TAYLOR H. WILSON W.
THOMAS L. WILSON C.E. (NURSE)
THOMAS O. WILTSHIRE C.
TIVER E.C. WINTER W.W.
TOWNSEND G.F. WISEMAN G.
TOWNSEND F.M. WOOD T.H.
TRAVERS T.J. WOOD G.
TRIMMER L. WOOD R.R.
TRIPNEY E.M. WOODWARD L.
VAWSER P.J. WOODS W.E.
VICTORY P.J. WRIGHT A.J.
VIRGIN G.A. YARD R.A.
VON BERTOUCH E.O. ZENKER L.
VON BERTOUCH M.A. ZENKER F.

 

Granite obelisk
North face

MEMORIAL ERECTED BY
DISTRICT COUNCIL OF PETERBOROUGH
AS A TRIBUTE TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF PETERBOROUGH
AND DISTRICT WHO SERVED IN THE ARMED SERVICES
DURING WORLD WAR II, KOREAN AND VIETNAM WARS

1939 - 1945

MEN AND WOMEN FROM PETERBOROUGH
WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II
ALCHIN M.C. BUZZA E.K. CRABB P.A.
ALEXANDER K. BUZZA R. CRAIG D.M.
ALLINGAME G.J.W. BYRNE R.T. CRAIG L.
ANDREWS H.W. CRAMP E.L.
ANTUAR R.N. CROCKER K.F.
APPLEBY C.J. CROCKER W.R.
APPLEBY L.J. CASE F.G. CURTIS J.A.
ARSCOTT R. CASEY I.J.L. CULVERSTON A.J.
ARSCOTT W. CASEY J.W. CUMMINGS C.
ATHERTON R. CASEY P.J. CUMMINGS I.
AYLIFFE J.C. CASEY P. CUMMINGS W.H.
AYLIFFE S.H. CASEY T.M. CUNNINGHAM A.E.
CASEY W.E.
CAVE L.G.
CHADWICK S.H.
BACKHOUSE L.E. CHERRY C.W. DAVIDSON J.
BACKHOUSE M.R. CHERRY G.W.C. DAVIS D.
BAIN E.A. CHOAT D.S. DAVIS J.S.
BAIRD G.A. CHOAT M. DAVIS S.
BALLANTYNE S. CLANCY J. DAWSON W.H.G.
BARCLAY B. CLEMENTS R. DENNIS W.H.
BARCLAY C. CLARK K. DERMODY L.
BARCLAY K.M. CLUNE F. DICKSON C.W.
BARCLAY W.E. COCK G.R. DICKSON M.
BATTERSBY C. COCK G.L. DICKINSON G.H.
BATTERSBY R.T. COCK J.L.V. DING E.J.
BILLS D.F. COCK L. DING G.
BILLS I.M. COCK V. DONNELLAN L.
BILLS K.M. COCK W.K. DONNELLAN M.
BOSCENCE J. COLES W.H. DOWDY V.E.
BOSCENCE K.E. COLLIN S.V. DOWDY W.E.
BOSCENCE R. COMAN N.J. DREW R.A.
BOSLEY C.J. COON J.S. DIXON R.W.
BOWDEN R.C. COPP M.P.
BOWEN W.T. COWARD I.F.
BRADY G. COX E.
BROWN J.E. COX N.C. EAST R.P.M.
BRIGGS L.W. COX R.L. ECKERT D.B.
BURTON L.F. CRACK H.L. EDMONDS K.

 


West face

EHRKE L. HILL M. LOUTT A.R.
EVANS F.O. HOILE D.C. LOVERING C.
HOILE E.M. LUCAS R.M.
HOGG C.R. LUCK M.H.
FAULKNER W.G. HOLMES R.A.E.
FEWSTER T. HOLMES B.S.
FERGUSON M.G. HOSIE A.D. MAHER M.W.
FERGUSON J.A. HOUSTON M. MALYCHA J.M.
FIELD I.H. HORE T.M. MALYCHA K.
FIELDING L.G. HUDDLESTON G.R. MARKEY R.
FITZGERALD R.J. HUDDLSETON L.R. MAXWELL J.
FLAHERTY DR. F.I. HUDDLSESTON M.R. MEADOWS H.E.
FOOTE R.E. MEADOWS K.W.
FORTH A.A. MELLETT W.T.
FULLER V.J. IND A.R. MILLER D.J.
IND K.C. MILLER R.G.
INGLIS D. MILLIKAN K.T.
GAY C.S. INGLIS J. MILNE A.K.
GAY F.A. MOLONEY J.D.
GAY T.A. MOSEWELL F.J.
GARNER E.P. JAMES C.K. MOSEWELL J.P.
GERKE I.L. JONES C. MYERS DR. A.M.
GERKE N.F. JONES F. MCAULEY J.JP.
GILLIES V.G. JONHSTON D.K. [SIC] MCCOLIVE K.P.
GLASTONBURY A.D. JOHNSTONE R.G. MCGRATH V.J.
GLENN D.A. MCMAHON J.J.
GODFREY R.M. MCMAHON L.J.
GRAEFE H.A. KING A. MCRAE C.K.
GOUDIE R.E. KING N. MCRAE G.F.
GREENFIELD A.R. KING R.
GRUBB R.W. KLEI G.H.
GULLIDGE A.J. KOCH C.B. NOBLETT M.H.
NOONAN I.C.
NOONAN W.J.
HARDING A.A.A. LAMBERT D.C.
HARDING G. LAMBERT G.C.
HARRIS B. LAMBERT G.L. OMAR M.K.
HARRIS K.J. LAMBERT R.J. O'DEA J.L.
HARRIS R.E. LANG J.R. O'DOUGHERTY 
HATWELL D. LANG K.J. D.O'LEARY R.P.
HATWELL H. LANG L.J.J. O'TOOLE P.G.
HATWELL T. LANG W.E.
HEFFERAN F. LANGLEY R.F.
HEFFERAN J. LAWRIE L. PARR K.W.
HEFFERAN L.T. LEHMANN C.V. PAYNTER D.F.
HEFFERAN R. LENNARD F.R. PENDLE C.G.
HEITHERSAY K. LEONARD J.B. PENDLE M.F.
HENNESSEY L. LESCHKE F. PHILLIPS B.
HENNESSEY R.M. LEY L.G. PHILLIPS E.G.
HERN A.E. LLOYD A. PHILLIPS R.M.
HERN F. LLOYD G. PHILP C.G.
HIGGINS W. LLOYD R. PHILP R.A.
HILL C.A. LOCKYER J.B. PINK A.A.

 

South face

POHLNER T.J. SMITH N.R. WILKS V.H.
POYNTON E.A. SMITH P.D. WINKWORTH J.F.
PURSCHE N. SMITH R. WINKWORTH K.
SNIDER H.R. WINKWORTH N.
SNIDER W. WOOD H.F.
SOLLY ? WOOD H.D.
RAYMOND B.M. SOUTER W. WOODS L.R.
RAYMOND I.D. STIGWOOD A.L. WOODS W.E.
REED D.G. STROUDE T. WRIGHT A.L.
REED F. SUMMERTON L.F. WRIGHT G.
REED M.L. SUMMERTON H.
REED S. SUMMERTON M.H.
REICH C. YATES A.C.
REVELL G.R. YATES M.
RICHARDS L.J. TAIT A.R. YOUNGMAN E.E.
ROCHE J.F. TAPLIN C.
ROCHE T. TAPLIN L.
ROWE R. TAPLIN J.R. ZANKER L.
RUCIOCH W. TALBOT L.H.C. WOMEN SERVICES
TASSELL J.A. CLAXTON L.P.
TAYLOR T. CLEARY H.
SAMBELL L.E. THOMAS A.G. COFFEY H.
SAMPSON J.A. THOMAS G.G. DIXON D.J.
SANDLAND M.R. TOWNSEND B. FIELDING S.
SANDOW J.E. TOWNSEND D. GILLIES L.
SANDOW W.J. TOWNSEND G. GOUDIE M.
SCHUMANN R.T. TURNBULL K.F. HALL M.
SELLARS D. TURNBULL R.W. HARDING P.J.
SHACKLEFORD R.J. TURNER R.J. HUCKS D.
SHATTOCK R. HUDDLESTON K.M.
SHEEHAN T. JOHNSTON D.A.
SIMON D. LAMBERT D.G.
SIMON G. VON BERTOUCH C.E. MOLONEY J.
SIMON L. VON BERTOUCH K.C. MCGRATH G.V.
SMALLACOMBE A.D. ROCHE M.
SMALLACOMBE P.D. RUCIOCH P.
SMITH E. WALKER H.L. SHINNICK P.
SMITH F.O. WALSH REV. F.V.J. SHINNICK K.M.
SMITH H.J. WATKINS M.A. SNOAD A.
SMITH L.M. WHITTLE A.J. SNOAD J.
SMITH N.K. THOMAS P.

1939 - 1945

MEN AND WOMEN FROM THE PETERBOROUGH DISTRICT
WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II
DAWSON JOHNSTON D.A. PORTER C.W.
CARMODY M.M. JOHNSTON D.K. PORTER J.S.
CHAPMAN I.J. JOHNSTONE R.G. THYER J.B.
CHAPMAN W.H. MCNEIL M.J. THYER L.J.
CUNNINGHAM L. MCNEIL N.K. WHALAM L.W.
DAVIES G.H. NEED C.K. WILSON H.G.
DUNN D.Y. NEED I.H. WILSON J.C.

 

 

East face

GUMBOWIE EVANS M.C. COOK RAY
CLARKE H. EVANS S.E. COOK REG
DERMODY L. EVANS W. COOK G.
MCPHERSON A.A. FLEMING C. COCKBURN G.
SIMON D. HOWARD J.W. CRAWFORD W.S.
SIMON G.F. ROWE N, CROWHURST A.
SIMON L.F. ROWE S. CROWHURST K.
SAWLEY B.J. FROST J.
MINVALARA HARDING R.
FERGUSON J. PARNAROO HAMS M.E.
FERGUSON M. CROCKER K.F. HODBY D.C.
KEATLEY N.W. CROCKER W.R. HOWARD T.A.
O'REILLY G.J. JUST L. LANG H.H.
O'REILLY M.J. MARKEY R. LANG W.J.
O'REILLY R.J. MARTIN A.K.M. LAWSON DOROTHY
PHILP R.G. MARTIN D.R. LAWSON I.
NACKARA LEARHINAN J.
FORD J.P. UCOLTA LEARHINAN K.
FOOTE A.W. ABBOTT J.F. MCCORMICK M.
LENARTOWICZ V. ANGEL H.L. MCPHERSON A.K.
LOCKYER J.B. ANGEL R.H. MCPHERSON M.
LOCKYER K. CLAPP I.E. MCPHERSON R.
LOCKYER R. RASMUS M.M. MILLER M.
SAWERS B.K.A. SAMBELL C.W. SMITH G.
SAWERS M.M. SAMBELL E.T. SPAVIN J.M.M.
SAWERS N.K. SAMBELL S.J. TRUDGEN C.
TRUDGEN D.
YONGALA VICTORY P.
OODLAWIRRA BISHOP A.J. WILLMOTT E.
CHARTRES L.W. BISHOP R. WILLMOTT R.
EVANS G.H.B. CHOMEL DORIS YOUNG R.
EVANS J.M.

1939 - 1945

MEN AND WOMEN FROM PETERBOROUGH AND DISTRICT
WHO SERVED IN THE VIETNAM WAR
ADAMSON P.W. LIEBENAU G.R. PARKINS P.
LILLYWHITE I.R. PARTRIDGE M.
BENNINGTON G. PERKINS D.C.
BENNINGTON S. MARTIN C.A. PHILLIS M.
BENNINGTON W. MARTIN G.
BROWN L. MATTHEWS T.F. SCHELL B.R.
BURT R. MCCANN P.M. SLATTERY T.
MEIER J. SMITH M.
CATTERMOLE J.J. MITCHELL B. STOKES B.
DAVIS T.J. MORONEY M.P.
DENNIS D.J. TOBIASEN J.L.
OWENS P.G. TURNER P.A.
FOOTE R. WINCHESTER R.J.
PARKINS J. YOUNGMAN T.

THE KOREAN WAR

PRICE R.E.H.

 


Information current to November 2000

Sources: 1The People's Voice Website http://www.peoplesvoice.gov.au/stories/sa/peterborough/peterborough_m_com.htm at 12 October 2002


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