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Wandsworth District Soldiers Memorial

Wandsworth District Soldiers Memorial
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Graham Wilson
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Description / Background

This memorial is a rough-granite pillar, approximately 3.5 metres high and 1.4 metres wide. It features an honour roll inscribed on the four faces of the pillar, and battle names on the four faces of the base. The pillar is set upon a reinforced concrete foundation. 

The base also contains a decorative panel on each of the four faces, illustrated with the following:

  • North - Union Jack
  • South - Australian flag supported by kangaroos
  • East - engraved marble scene of trench warfare
  • West - crossed rifles and laurel wreath on slouch hat

The memorial was made by prominent stonemason M.W. Hardy of Narrabri, NSW. It was relocated to its present position when the Guyra Tingha Road was realingned.

Inscription

North face - pillar

Wandsworth District Soldiers Memorial

Erected by the residents of Wandsworth and district in honor of the men who enlisted from the district and in glorious memory of those who gave up their lives in the Great European War 1914–1919

Killed

[Names]

Died of sickness

[Name]

North face - base

Mont St Quenti, Hindenburg Line, Passchendau 

South face - pillar

Honor Roll

[Names]

South face - base

Romani, Damascus, Gaza 

East face - pillar

Honor Roll

[Names]

East face - base

Bullecourt, Villers Bretonne, Morlancourt

West face - pillar

Honor Roll

[Names]

West face - base

Somme 1916–17, Gallipolli, Fromelles

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Address
Guyra Road
Wandsworth NSW 2365
Local Government Area
Inverell Shire
Setting
Roadside
Location status
Moved/altered
Memorial type
Column/pillar
Recorded by
Graham Wilson
Year of construction
1918–1920
Dedication date
03 March 1920
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18
Materials
Concrete
Granite