Cooks Hill Lifesaving and Surf Club Great War Memorial Middle Image 0 / 0 - Prev Next Description / Background The Cooks Hill Lifesaving and Surf Club Great War Memorial is a tapered granite obelisk, standing on a stepped concrete base. Attached to the front of the base is a sculpture of a lifesaving ring. The monument stands on a three-level platform, which is edged by smaller obelisks, acting as pillars to support metal posts. Inscription North face - top In memory of our comrades who fell in the Great War 1914-1919 [Names] North face - bottom Cooks Hill Lifesaving & Surf Club South face Erected by the Cooks Hill Life Saving & Surf Club 8th June 1918 D.H. Thompson, Hon. Sec. Do you know more about this war Memorial? Click here to learn how you can contribute Sidebar Address Empire Park 107-109 Memorial Drive Bar Beach NSW 2300 Local Government Area Newcastle, City of Setting Garden/park Memorial type Obelisk Recorded by Mr Robert McLardy Year of construction 1918 Dedication date 06 August 1918 Conflict/s First World War, 1914–18 Materials Concrete Granite