Carrington Connolly Park War Memorial Gates

Details

Location Connolly Park, Cowper & Fitzroy Streets, Carrington, Great Lakes - New South Wales, Australia
Type memorial_gates
Description

The massive pillars are of freestone, with appropriate iron gates, on the Robertson-street entrance to Grahame Park. Four trachyte slabs are set in on the back and front, on which are cut 257 names of men who went to the front from Carrington, 40 of whom were killed in action, and one died before leaving Australia.
Built Not yet discovered
Opened 23 February 1924 by Major H. J. Connell, M.P.
Inscription

Left Side Inscription
Honour Roll

[ Names ]

Back Inscription
Honour Roll

[ Names ]

Right Side Inscription
Honour Roll

[ Names ]
Condition

Good

Names

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PUTNEY, Frederick William

Service number 2368
Second Lieutenant
36th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 15 Sep 1881

CLAUSEN, Hans Ove Christian

Service number 3482B
Private
53rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 31 Oct 1875

GALLEGHAN, Frederick Gallagher

Service number NX70416
Brigadier
2nd/27th Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (WW2)
Born 11 Jan 1897

JONES, Herbert

Service number 448
Private
30th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1

BURGESS, Hercules Clemens

Service number 2332
Private
3rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 21 Dec 1887

JORDAN, John Leslie

Service number 1936
Private
34th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born Jun 1897

BOWDEN, William Henry

Service number 3012
Private
36th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 8 Nov 1888

SWEENY, Francis Thomas Moody

Service number 28900
Gunner
5th Field Artillery Brigade
AIF WW1
Born 29 Sep 1884

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