War Memorials in Australia

Terowie War Memorial

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Place: Terowie, South Australia, 5421
District: Northern Agricultural
Orientation: 72 km N of Burra
Location: Main Street and Besanko Street
Position:
33 08 97 S     138 55 21 E
Ref: 50012

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The memorial is a marble World War I soldier on a limestone and granite obelisk. The soldier faces west and stands at ease, left foot slightly forward, holding a bayoneted rifle. It stands in a triangular area at the intersection of two roads and in front of the Terowie Institute. The area is grassed and fenced and contains a flagpole and a mortar.

The memorial was erected by public subscription and dedicated in September 1921 by Hon. T. Pascoe M.L.C. During World War II, when Terowie was a major staging camp, the statue 'went missing' and was believed to have shared a tent in the camp before being returned.

West face
TO THE MEMORY OF
THOSE MEN FROM THE

TEROWIE DISTRICT
COUNCIL AREA

WHO MADE THE
SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN THE GREAT WARS
1914 - 1918
1939 - 1945

Metal plaque below
IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO SERVED AND DIED
KOREA   
Insignia of Australian Military Forces       VIETNAM
1950  -  1952                                                           1962  -  1972
LEST WE FORGET

North face

L. M. ALLEN
F. J. BROUGHTON
J. M. BRUCE
W. S. BURMAN
J. J. CARROLL
B. E. COLLINS
G. W. CROWHURST
H. E. CULLEN
A. I. DAVEY
A. DAVEY
T. A. DEARLOVE
J. E. DUNEMANN
J. FANNING
T. H. FOGARTY
J. W. GAVIN
A. S. T. GILLETT
C. J. GLENN
W. HARTLEY
E. A. REED (SISTER)

 

South face

H. B. HEWETT
B. J. IRWIN
E. R. LACEY
J. T. LIDDY
R. MANUEL
W. A. MITCHELL
E. MOORE
A. C. NELSON
F. E. NOURSE
T. O'REILLY
M. O'REILLY
L. PATTERSON
E. F. PEARCE
F. R. PURDEY
R. C. SUMMERS
R. H. TUCK
C. W. A. WATSON
J. H. WEINRICH
C. WOOD


East face

WORLD WAR II

R.A.A.F.

G. A. BOYD
E. G. GAGE
J. E. JENKINS
C. S. MOLONY
G. M. TILBROOK
A. O. WALKINGTON

ARMY

S. E. BOYD
H. F. BROOK
H. C. CHELLEW
K. G. CHELLEW
A. K. MARTIN
R. MICHELL
F. PEARCE



Information current to November 2000


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