War Memorials in Australia
Nairne War Memorial
Place:
Nairne, South Australia, 5252
District: Central (SA)
Orientation: 39 km E of Adelaide
Location: Main Road and Jeffrey Street
Position:
__________________________
The memorial is a wall made of local stone (? Basket Range stone).
There are two bronze plaques bearing names of the fallen from WWI on either side of a stone cross. Below the cross is a bronze plaque with WWII fallen and below this a bronze plaque with a verse.
North face
LEST WE FORGET
Plaque on east side of cross
| 1914 - | |
| BAULDERSTONE, H. C. | |
| BAULDERSTONE, W. J. | |
| BLIGHT, J. H. | |
| CRITCHLEY, H. P. | |
| CRITCHLEY, M. F. | |
| EARLS, F. B. | |
| EARLS, F. P. | |
| EARLS, J. C. | |
| EARLS, J. J. | |
| GOODES, E. A. | |
| GOODES, E. E. | |
| HAINES, W. W. | |
| JONES, G. R. |
Plaque on west side of cross
| -1918 | |
| JURY, T. C. | |
| MCKENNA, J. L. | |
| MILLS, J. | |
| MILLS, T. B. | |
| O'LEARY, H. P. | |
| O'NEILL, H. P. | |
| O'NEILL, W. P. MM | |
| ROBINSON, R. G. | |
| ROBINSON, W. | |
| SHEPHERD, E. W. D. | |
| WATTS, A. J. | |
| WATTS, H. A. | |
| WILLIAMS, H. G. |
Plaque below cross
| 1939 - 1945 | |
| DAY, I. | |
| DICKSON, C. | |
| FISHER, R. | |
| GALE, N. | |
| MAY, F. | |
| MILLS, I. | |
| SCHWAB, W. |
Plaque below this
THEIR MARCHING FEET ARE
NOISELESS ON THE ROAD,
THEIR UNSEEN STRENGTH
CAN HELP YOU BEAR YOUR LOAD.
Information current to October 2004
Sources: The information on this page has been kindly provided by Dennis and Lynda Jones and the photo © by Dennis Jones.