Woodend War Memorial Clock Tower, Woodend, Victoria, Australia

Woodend War Memorial Clock Tower

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Location	High Street, Woodend, Macedon Ranges - Victoria, Australia
Type	memorial
Description	Large clock tower with flag pole at top The structure is a 60-feet high clock tower square on plan and continued from stylobate up to the clock spaces. From thence it has an octagonal drum which is surmounted with a dome. The tower will be erected in reinforced concrete and the architectural features will be on classical lines of simple and dignified character. The cost of the work including the clocks will amount to £900, and it is expected that the contract will be completed within three months. Geelong Advertiser, 31 December 1926. Read more...
Built	Monument Designer: Mr Harold Trigg & Douglas McCallum (architects) Monument Manufacturer: Mr Charles Peeler (Contractor)
Opened	Not yet discovered
Inscription	Erected By The People Of Woodend And Newham District In Honor Of The Men Of The Shire Who Served In The Great War 1914 -1919 Left Side Inscription (Plaque) WORLD WAR I GALLIPOLI, FRANCE TO COMMEMORATE THE MEN OF THIS DISTRICT WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE 1914 -1918 (Plaque) IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED 1914-1918 WAR FROM SHIRE OF WOODEND,NEWHAM & DISTRICT WHEN YOU GO HOME TELL THEM OF US AND SAY FOR YOUR TOMORROW WE GAVE OUR TODAY (Names) Back Inscription BOER WAR SOUTH AFRICA TO COMMEMORATE THE MEN OF THIS DISTRICT WHO PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE 1899 - 1902 (Plaque) Persons enlisting from Woodend and Newham Shire for World War 2 1939 - 1945 (Names) Right Side Inscription (Plaque) IN HONOUR OF THOSE WHO SERVED 1914-1918 WAR FROM SHIRE OF WOODEND,NEWHAM & DISTRICT WHEN YOU GO HOME TELL THEM OF US AND SAY FOR YOUR TOMORROW WE GAVE OUR TODAY (Names)
Condition	Good