War Memorials in Australia
Morphett Vale War Memorial
Place:
Morphett Vale, South Australia, 5162
District: Central (SA)
Orientation: Suburb of Adelaide
Location: City of Onkaparinga Memorial Gardens, Main South Road and Flaxmill
Road
Position:
__________________________
The memorial is a grey granite obelisk on a two-stepped base. There is a flagpole and plinth on the north side.
The stonemason was W. Laycock
North face
ERECTED IN HONOR
| NURSE R. HIGGINS | |
| NURSE E. ECLINGTON | |
| L. COL REYNELL + | |
| BLACK C. T. + | |
| BOOTH S. + | |
| BYARD F. J. | |
| CHRISTIE E. C. | |
| CHRISTIE R. S. + | |
| CLAYTON G. S. | |
| EDWARDS D. A. + | |
| FURNISS A. H. M.M. | |
| FOX T. B. | |
| GADD N. L. + | |
| GADD H. C. | |
| GARLEY F. | |
| HAYNEG H. L. | |
| HOLLY C. S. | |
| HUNT E. E. | |
| JORDAN W. P. | |
| KENIHAN DR R. M.C. | |
| KENIHAN D. F. | |
| LUCAS W. + | |
| LUCAS W. DE ST. | |
| LISTON A. D. | |
| MILWAY W. H. | |
| O'SULLIVAN E. A. | |
| PAGET A. A. M.M. | |
| POWELL L. H. | |
| ROGERS W. | |
| ROBERTS R. | |
| STILWELL F. D. + | |
| STILLWELL C. R. | |
| SPRIGG H. L. | |
| SPRIGG H. V. | |
| TAYLOR C. | |
| TAYLOR W. C. | |
| TEARE W. D. | |
| TURNER O. R. | |
| WILLIAMSON W. | |
| WRIGHT O. P. | |
| WRIGHT G. J. | |
| JORDAN T. |
On section below
KEANE W. C. KEANE T. M.
KEANE A. C. KEANE J.
KEANE F. T.
VICTORIOUS PEACE
BY FAVOUR OF GOD
THRO' VALOR & SACRIFICE.
1914 - 1919
West face
| LAIER F. C. G. + | |
| RANKIN D. R. + | |
| SPARROW N. T. + | |
|
J T |
HOLMAN M.M. + |
| ELLIS F. H. + | |
| WAIT H. T. C. + | |
| LEE B. + | |
| GRIST R. A. + | |
| WALTERS D. W. + | |
| . | |
| McDONALD J. A. M.I.D. |
On section below
1939 - 1945
Below this
W. LAYCOCK
South face
Bronze plaque
FAR
EAST
CLIFFORD L. I.
HANLEY M. P. M.M.
Polished black granite
tablet on section below
RETURNED FROM ACTIVE SERVICE
1939 - 1945
REYNELLA AND MORPHETT VALE
| ADAMS D. N. | Le POIDEVIN R. J. | ||
| ADAMS R. A. | LISTON D. D. | ||
| ADAMS W. M. H. | NOLAN J. | ||
| ALCOCK N. R. | PADDICK R. E. | ||
| BOOTH K. L. | PERRY G. | ||
| BRIDGLAND L. W. | POWELL B. M. | ||
| BRYANT M. F. | POWELL M. | ||
| BYARD L. | POWELL M. W. | ||
| COOPER A. | ROBERTS D. | ||
| COX D. B. | ROBERTS W. | ||
| COX H. R. | SALTER D. | ||
| ELLIS R. H. | SCHURGOTT B. | ||
| ELLIS H. W. | SCHURGOTT D. | ||
| FORSYTH D. R. | SIMS D. G. | ||
| GUNN N. S. | SIMS E. J. | ||
| GUNN R. L. | SIMS H. V. | ||
| GUNN V. K. | SIMS M. K. | ||
| HAYWARD A. W. L. | SLINGER V. | ||
| HOWELLS J. C. H. | SPARROW K. | ||
| HUNT G. | STILLWELL D. | ||
| HUTCHINSON C. H. | STILLWELL L. | ||
| JAMES D. | TAYLOR J. | ||
| JONES R. M. | TICKLE R. M. | ||
| JARED L. R. | TURNER M. E. | ||
| KEANE D. F. | WAKEFIELD V. | ||
| KING K. | WALTERS J. R. | ||
| Le POIDEVIN C. S. | WILTSHIRE K. | ||
| Le POIDEVIN C. | WOODWOOD L. | ||
| Le POIDEVINE C. | WOOLCOCK R. J. | ||
| Le POIDEVIN G. | WRIGHT G. A. | ||
| Le POIDEVIN N. | WRIGHT O. W. | ||
| Le POIDEVIN N. R. | WRIGHT R. H. | ||
| O'SULLIVAN L. |
East face
Blank
Bronze plaque on plinth in front of flagpole
AUSTRALIA'S WAR DEAD
From the names recorded on the
national Roll of Honour
at the Australian War Memorial
BOER WAR 1899 - 1902
600
BOXER REBELLION 1900 - 1901
6
WORLD WAR 1 1914 - 1918
61,919
WORLD WAR 2 1939 - 1945
39,366
KOREAN WAR 1950 - 1953
339
MALAYAN EMERGENCY 1950 - 1960
36
INDONESIAN CONFRONTATION 1963 - 1966
15
VIETNAM WAR 1962 - 1973
520
I dreams of war,
an' wot is paid
by blokes that went
an' blokes that stayed
C. J. Dennis, Digger Smith, 1918
Plaque in front
THESE DEEDS
WHICH SHOULD NOT PASS AWAY
NAMES THAT MUST NOT WITHER
Information current to October 2004
Sources: The information on this page has been kindly provided by Dennis and Lynda Jones. Photo © Dennis Jones