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Burnside Homes Memorial Garden

Burnside Homes Memorial Garden
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Description / Background

The memorial garden is circular. The sandstone pavement is accessed by two steps. Inset into the base is a bronze plaque. This is surrounded by a low, rough hewn, sandstone, dry wall extending from the edges of the steps. The back half of the wall is filled with soil and plants.

There are two bronze plaques on plinths of the same stone positioned opposite each other at the ends of the planted section. One plaque commemorates the Army occupation of the Burnside Homes during the Second World War. The other plaque is an Honour Roll. The roll lists the names the boys were known by at Burnside and are not necessarily the names under which they were enlisted. Refer Veterans list below.

The memorial garden was designed and its erection supervised by Mr. Cobden Parkes, Government architect and the son of Sir Henry Parkes. The Governor General, The Duke of Gloucester, unveiled the plaque commemorating the occupation of the Burnside Homes by the Army, on 18 September 1946. The NSW State Governor, Lieutenant-General Northcott, unveiled the Honour Roll on 7 June 1947.

Inscription

Honour roll:

Our tribute to the girls and boys of Burnside who served their King and Country during World War II. The following gave their lives Anderson, W.E. Armstrong, W.A.  Barlow, R.  Bellingham, R.C.  Brightwell,  T.P.  Bullock,  A. K.  Callen,  J.S.  Hay, G.  Horden,  F.W.  King, E.R.  Leitch, E.  Lovett,  A.T.  McGlinchy,  F.  Murray,  A.E.  Newton, J.  Simpson,  D.G.  Tyrell,  R.C.  Welch, G.  Williams,  F.  Wilson,  H.

Commemorative plaque:

This tablet was unveiled by His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester K.G., P.C., K.T., K.P., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., the Governor General of Australia on 18th September, 1946.  To record the occupation of the Burnside Homes by the  Second Australian Army during the critical years 1942-1945 when Australia as part of the British Empire was engaged in the Second World War.

Plaque:

One is nearer God's heart in the garden than anywhere else on earth.

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
Pte Eric Leitch World War 2 NX13132 Army Crete view
Flt Sgt. Angus T. J. Lovett World War 2 423514 RAAF Germany view
Flt Sgt. Angus T. J. Lovett World War 2 423514 RAAF Germany view
Flt Sgt. Francis McGlinchy World War 2 412633 RAAF Germany view
Spr Arthur E Murray World War 2 NX191147 Army view
L.Cpl John P Newton World War 2 NX81427 Army New Guinea view
L. Cpl Douglas G Simpson World War 2 NX35491 Army Malaya view
Pte Reginald C. Tyrrell World War 2 NX71702 Army Malaya view
Pte Reginald C. Tyrrell World War 2 NX71702 Army Malaya view
Cpl George J Welch World War 2 NX31956 Army view

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Address
2 Masons Drive
North Parramatta NSW 2151
Local Government Area
Parramatta Council, City of
Setting
Building – outside
Memorial type
Garden/park
Recorded by
Diane Garth. Redeemer Baptist School
Year of construction
1946
Dedication date
18 September 1946
Conflict/s
Second World War, 1939–45