War Memorials in Australia
Railton War Memorial
Place:
Railton, Tasmania, 7305
District: Northwest
Coast
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The memorial is a granite obelisk on a 3 stepped concrete base. Next to it, on the north side, is a very large steel flagpole on a concrete base in a bed of scoria and surrounded by a metal post and chain fence. On the south side of the monument are four wire shapes representing service personnel.
North west face
White granite tablet
In Memory of
OUR FALLEN SOLDIERS AND
THEIR COMRADES WHO FELL
IN THE GREAT WAR
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| BETTS. W. F. J. | STUBBS. A. | ||
| COSS. A. R. | SHEPHERD. A. C | ||
| HOODLESS. A. S. | SHEEN. E. W. | ||
| HOODLESS. C. J. | THOMAS H. E | ||
| PROCTOR. W. | WILSON F. | ||
| ROUGHLEY. C. | JONES A. | ||
| ROUGHLEY. J. | |||
| ROUGHLEY. G. | |||
| RAMSDALE. C. | |||
| RAWSON F. | |||
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FAITHFUL UNTIL DEATH |
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On section below
White granite tablet
WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945
| SGT. | POWLETT. E. | PTE. | BOURKE. W. | ||
| CPL. | CONNORS. K. | " | LING. V. | ||
| PTE. | BOURKE. J. | " | OLIVER. H. J. | ||
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WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE CAUSE |
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| OF FREEDOM. | |||||
South west face
White granite tablet
THEIR
NAMES LIVETH
FOR EVERMORE
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South east face
Blank
North east face
White granite tablet
ERECTED BY
THE
RESIDENTS OF RAILTON
AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS
OCTOBER 1921
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On section below
Bronze plaque
DEDICATED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF
THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY,
ARMY AND AIR FORCE WHO SERVED IN
KOREA, MALAYA, BORNEO AND VIETNAM
FROM 1948 - 1972.
Bronze plaque on stand on west side of flagpole
THIS FLAGPOLE WAS PRESENTED TO
THE PEOPLE OF RAILTON
BY
THE RAILTON SUB-BRANCH R&SLA
RAILTON R&SLA WOMEN'S AUXILIARY
THE RAILTON EX-SERVICEMEN'S CLUB
AND
THE KENTISH COUNCIL
TO COMMEMORATE THE
50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE END OF WWII
ON 15. 8. 1945
"AUSTRALIA REMEMBERS 1945-1995"
Insignia of Australia Remembers 1945-1995
Information current to August 2001