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Berry War Memorial

Berry War Memorial
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Description / Background

The Berry memorial is in the form of a sandstone arch/gateway with two marble honour roll plaques fixed to either side of the arch. The names of the dead from the First World War are on the left pillar and those from the Second World War are on the right. A simple entablature with a classical motif surmounts the arch.

When the memorial was unveiled in 1921, a tree was planted for each of the dead along Alexandra Street. At the base of each of tree, a bronze plaque was set detailing an individual soldier.

The gardens surrounding the memorial were extensively remodelled in 1992. The plaques that originally stood at the base of the memorial trees were moved and fixed to six freestanding sandstone walls flanking the memorial. The ashes of Sergeant M. Stevenson (55th) who had died of wounds in 1919 after being repatriated to Australia were originally buried at the base of one of the trees which was removed in 1992. Soil from the base of this tree was scattered in the gardens, near the original position of the plaque.

To the left of the memorial is a German Howitzer captured by the 33rd Battalion at Bouzencourt on 12 July 1918. A small marble plaque inset with lead lettering is mounted at the base of the trophy recording this event.

Inscription

Arch - top

Lest We Forget

Arch - left pillar plaque

1914 - 18

[Names]

Arch - right pillar plaque

1939 - 45 

"Sons Of This Place

Let This Of You Be Said That

You Who Live Are Worthy Of 

Your Dead. These Died That 

You Who Live May Reap A

Richer Harvest Ere You 

Fall Asleep" 

[Names]

Plaque - podium at base of arch

TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS DISTRICT

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE EMPIRE IN THE GREAT WAR

1914 - 1919

1939 - 1945

Veterans listed on this memorial

Veterans listed on this memorial

Last held rank Given name Family name Conflict/s Service No. Service Campaign Read more
L/Cpl C Parker World War 1 AIF view
Pte C Penny World War 1 AIF view
Cpl M S Pepper World War 1 AIF view
N Raphael World War 2 view
Pte W Richards World War 1 AIF view
J Roberson World War 2 view
Sgt M Robertson World War 1 AIF view
Pte W Sackley World War 1 AIF view
J Scott World War 2 view
Capt A S Shepherd World War 1 AIF view

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Address
Berry War Memorial Gardens
Alexandra Street
Berry NSW 2535
Local Government Area
Shoalhaven, City of
Setting
Garden/park
Memorial type
Arch
War trophy
Recorded by
Mr Andrew Howell, Architect
Year of construction
1921
Dedication date
17 January 1922
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18