War Memorials in Australia

Port Cygnet Soldiers Memorial

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Place: Cygnet, Tasmania, 7112
District: South East, Huon & Channel and Lower Derwent Valley

Orientation: 56 km SW of Hobart
Location: Mary Street south of Golden Valley Road
Position:
Ref: 70106

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The memorial is a grey granite obelisk. It is surrounded by an ornate metal fence and has flagpoles on the north and south sides.

East face
PORT CYGNET
SOLDIERS MEMORIAL
THIS MONUMENT
IS ERECTED BY THE
PEOPLE IN HONOUR
OF THOSE WHO GAVE
THEIR LIVES FOR
KING AND EMPIRE
IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

AND
1939 - 1945
WAR


 

Bronze plaque below
AUSTRALIA REMEMBERS
1939   Insignia of Australia Remembers 1939-1945    1945
IN HONOUR OF THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF THIS DISTRICT WHO SERVED IN COMBAT AREAS
AND ON THE HOME FRONT DURING
THE SECOND WORLD WAR
1939  -  45

COMMEMORATING
THE REMEMBRANCE ACTIVITIES
HELD DURING AUGUST 1995

Esperance  Huon  Cygnet
R & S L A Sub - Branches

Huon Valley Council

DEDICATED ANZAC DAY 1996

 

 

North face

  CAPT P. H. CHERRY  
    V.C.  M.C.  
  LIEUT C. S. FULLER  
          M. C.  
    .  . L. L. WADSLEY  
    .  . F. F. CAMPBELL  
  S M B. J. O'BRIEN  M M  
  SGT C. LADE  
     . C. WOODWARD  
  L SGT C. S. MILLS  
  CPL A. S. ATKINS  
     . J. T. ARMSTRONG  
     . R. F. FLOOD  
     . J. O. ROURKE  
  L CPL J. W. DOOLING  
     . A. EADIE  
  BOMB J. D. KILMARTIN  
  GNRS A. C. E. SMITH  
    . A. STANTON  
    . R. CLEMENTS  
    D. ARMSTRONG  
    . W. BARNS  
    . N. F. BLACKLOW  
    . W. E. M. BLACKLOW  
    . V. BOWMOUNT  
    . H. C. CATO  
    . W. A. CHALLIS  
    . L. J. COAD  
    . C. COWEN  
    . H. COWEN  
    . S. R. CROSS  
    . S. B. STEVENSON  

 

 

West face
(WWII names)

  FO A. L. HARRISON  
  A/CPL C. C. CLIFFORD  
  A/AB D. L. B. COWEN  
  L/CPL H. A. TOMPKINSON  
  DVR C H JONES  
  PTE D. K. LATHAM  
  AC1 A. J. ELWELL  
  PTE A COWEN  
  PTE A. G. WEBSTER  


 

South face

          PTE  
    B. J. DANCE  
    V. P. DEVLYN  
    P. M. DUGGAN  
    T. DWYER  
    J. M. FARRELL  
    H. FLOOD  
    E. FOLEY  
    C. GREEN  
    C. HALL  
    J. B. HARVEY  
    P. E. HEATHERBELL  
    J. W. HORNE  
    A. KREGOR  
    J. D. J. LAWLER  
    R. W. LEITCH  
    O. LOCKLEY  
    H. MARCHANT  
    D. MURPHY  
    W. McGINLEY  
    WM. McGINLEY  
    E. O'ROURKE  
    J. C. PREGNALL  
    A. ROGERS  
    J. ROGERS  
    C. H. RIBBON  
    R. R. SHARP  
    A. C. SMITH  
    V. R. SQUIRES  
    P. SCANLAN  
    J. J. WILLIAMS  
    W. C. PATTERSON  

 


Information current to  March 2004

Sources:  The information and photograph on this page have been kindly provided by Peter Benson.


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