War Memorials in Australia
Hallett War Memorial
Place:
Hallett, South Australia, 5419
District: Northern
Agricultural
Orientation: 41 km N of Burra
Location: Jessie Street and Alfred Street (Barrier Highway)
Position:
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The monument is a granite obelisk on a 3-stepped base on a square of white gravel and is surrounded by a steel rail fence with granite posts. There are pictorial representations on bronze plaques on each face of the monument, each signed C. Douglas Richardson. There is a flagpole on the south side.
The memorial is located adjacent to the Institute on land presented by John (later Sir John) Melrose of Ulooloo. Cost of the memorial was £600 and it was unveiled on 7 September 1921 by the Governor, Sir Archibald Weigall. Also present at the ceremony were the Governor's wife and daughter, the Mayor, Town Clerk and Councillors as well as the secretary and members of the Soldiers' Memorial Committee, residents, School Fife and Drum Band and schoolchildren with the Headmaster and his female assistant. A guard of honour was formed by returned soldiers. At the end of the ceremony the Governor granted the children a holiday. They marched past the monument, each child placing a bouquet of violets on the memorial.1
Bronze plaque on south-east face
Insignia of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces
ERECTED
BY
THE RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT OF
HALLETT
IN MEMORY OF
- OUR BOYS -
WHO FOUGHT AND FELL
IN
THE GREAT WAR
1914-1918
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Picture of Australians attacking Germans
Plaque on section below
IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO SERVED
1939 - THE WORLD WAR - 1945
Bronze plaque on north-east face
| SGT H.C. BALD | PTE M.J. GRIFFEN | ||
| PTE T. BRADY | DVR R.S. HONAN | ||
| TPR E.C. COLLINS | SIG V.R. HANNAFORD | ||
| PTE W. CLARK | PTE J.E. JONES | ||
| PTE L. CRAIG | CPL J. LEWIS M.M. | ||
| AIR MEC P.N. COLLINS | PTE H.H.LILLEY M.M. | ||
| TPR J.R. CLARK | BDR G. MELROSE | ||
| PTE D.J. DUGGAN | TPR G. PARKER | ||
| GNR P. DINON | PTE A.F. POHLNER | ||
| PTE H.O. FAGGOTTER | AIR MEC F.W. POHLNER | ||
| PTE P. FINDLAY | TPR G. PRIOR |
Picture of soldiers firing gun
Plaque on section below
|
R.A.N. |
R.A.A.F. |
A.I.F. |
|
| COGAN N. | BALD P. | KLAEBE L.J. | BAILEY E. |
| WATKINS W.J. | BLIGHT E.A. | McDONALD R.K. | BALD R.W. |
|
W.A.A.A.F |
BROOKS J.J. | PARRY A.G. | BEVEN R.L. |
| MELROSE J.I. | BYRNE E.A. | PHIN B.M. | BLIGHT A.D. |
| WARNER O.V. | GARE K.W. | PHIN W.D. | BLIGHT I.C. |
|
A.W.A.S. |
GASKELL P.J. | POHLNER C. | BLIGHT K.M. |
| MURRAY C.S.M. | GASKELL S.M. | PRIOR S. | BROOK W.R. |
| JENKINS D. | STATTON G.W. | COGAN C.I. | |
| JONES W.L. | STATTON J.A. | DARE R.A. | |
| KELLOCK R.J. | WATKINS F.A. | DARE W.L. | |
| WATKINS T.K. | |||
Bronze plaque on north-west face
Picture of a dove holding a ribbon from which is suspended a
plate with names.
A scroll between the dove and the plate reads:
THEY DIED FOR THE HONOUR OF THE EMPIRE
| BDR H.J.BASS | ||
| PTE D.CARMICHAEL | ||
| L.CPL B.E.COLLINS | ||
| PTE D.Mc DONALD | ||
| PTE S.W.PEARCE | ||
| PTE G.SEIGERT | ||
| PTE F.G.TRALAGGAN |
Below the plate is a picture of two soldiers sitting in a field of crosses, one looking at the names, one grieving.
Plaque on section below
THEY MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
GASKELL H.E. R.A.A.F.
MILLER F.R. A.I.F.
TRESIZE W.A. A.I.F.
Pictured below are a sailor and a soldier with bowed heads and arms
reversed, standing either side of a field of gravestones.
Bronze plaque on south-west face
Insignia of Australian Commonwealth Military Forces
| PTE C.POHLNER | BDR W.H.TALBOT M.M. | ||
| LIEUT A.T.PENGLASE | SGT M.G.TALBOT | ||
| L.CPL G.PRIOR | L.CPL H.N.TRALAGGAN | ||
| DVR J.C.PENGLASE | PTE N.G.TIVER | ||
| L.CPL A.PRIOR. | PTE R.G.THOMAS | ||
| SGT T.J.QUINN M.M. | PTY OFCR A.L.THOMAS. | ||
| TPR C.RICHARDS | TPR J.H.WEAVER | ||
| PTE J.ROSSINI | TPR E.E.WEAVER | ||
| LIEUT J.W.STATTON | L.CPL L.WALDON | ||
| GUNR A.K.STATTON | DVR W.WILKS | ||
| DVR C.E.SIMMONS |
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Pictured below are light horsemen charging the enemy.
Plaque on section below
|
A.I.F. |
A.I.F. | A.I.F. | A.I.F. |
| DUGGAN C. | HOOPER J.D. | LEWIS W.A. | MILLER W.G. |
| DUGGAN S. | HOPKINS W.F. | LOMMAN G. | O'LEARY J.M. |
| DUNSTAN B.H.K. | HUGHES A.J. | LONGFORD C.C. | OWEN-SMYTH A.G. |
| FENN F.F. | JOHNSON W.E. | LONGFORD C.K. | PARKER C.I. |
| FITZGERALD R.J. | JONES A.R. | LONGFORD M.J. | PETERS L.W. |
| FURST L.F. | JONES C.L. | Mc INNES A.A. | POHLNER T.J. |
| HAGGER A.K. | JONES G.M. | Mc INNES D.K. | SCHOLZ F.H. |
| HAGGER M.J. | JONES K.V. | Mc RAY F.A. | SIMPSON V.H. |
| HANLIN A.K. | JONES R.T. | MEERS J.M. | SLATTER R. |
| HOOPER H.L. | KELLY R.C. | MEERS J.V. | STUART O.S. |
Information current to November 2000
Sources: 1Richards,
Marlene, Hallett: A History of Town and District, compiled in conjunction
with the Centenary Celebrations of
Hallett and District, Lutheran Publishing House, 1977.