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Service number 1252
Lance Corporal
23rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1892
Service number 3192
Private
57th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 16 Jul 1877
Location | Glenelg Highway, Glenthompson, Southern Grampians - Victoria, Australia |
Type | memorial |
Description | It is octagonal in shape, with three steps leading on to its base, on which is mounted a tapered octagonal column with the figure of a Crusader, the emblem of sacrifice and service, at the top, surmounted by a Maltese cross. The names of the men from the district who enlisted and those who fell in the war are inscribed on panels just above the steps. At the two entrances to the enclosure stand panels with the inscription. "Let those that come after see to it that their names be not forgotten." |
Built | Not yet discovered |
Opened | 25 April 1935 by Lieut.-Colonel Lind in the presence of Archdeacon J.P. Bennett. |
Inscription | 1939 1945 [ Names ] 1914 1918 [ Names ] Inscription in Proximity
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Condition | Good |
Showing 2 people of interest from memorial
Service number 1252
Lance Corporal
23rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 1892
Service number 3192
Private
57th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 16 Jul 1877