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Merriwa War Memorial

Merriwa War Memorial
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Description / Background

The war memorial is an obelisk standing in the centre of a memorial garden. The obelisk is inscribed with the names of all men from the Merriwa District who served in the Great War. On the front face are the names of all those who fell.

To the left and right of the obelisk are small plinths carrying inscribed brass plaques commemorating all those from the district who died in the service of their country during the First and Second World Wars. A Second World War anti-aircraft gun is also located nearby. 

The memorial was officially dedicated on 27 October 1923 by Sir Charles Rosenthal.

Inscription

Obelisk front

FOR GOD KING AND COUNTRY

Baker N, Page S, Buckley C W, Parkinson L, Callaghan J, Paul J, Cullingham W, Pitman S, Daniels C, Rippon E D, Farr H R, Spratt A, French R N, Scott A, Hackett R C, Tracey T J, Heath J, Wickham W A, Lawless C, Witney W S, Lee J, Wotton C R

IN HONOUR OF THE MEN WHO FOUGHT AND FELL IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1919 ERECTED BY THE CITIZENS OF MERRIWA AND DISTRICT.

Obelisk right

THESE ALSO SERVED

Andrew A, Ellerton R W, Andrew F C, Eustace J, Bailey G, Fitzgerald M, Baker C M, French F S, Baker J N, French P, Berridge R, French R S, Black K, Gibbons B A, Black R, Gibbons P, Bradley N S, Gleeson J, Clarke P, Hackett W G, Collins P O J, Hall A, Collins R E, Hall W E, Cooke S S, Hazel D P, Cronin J, Hunt C, Cusack E J, Hunt E, Davies M, Hunt S, Delforce N F, Jones G, Dowling A, Jones W A, Ell A, Jones W F, Ell W J, Jordan R T, Kell R N.

Obelisk left

THESE ALSO SERVED

Keoch M E, Pickering K, Kershaw H N, Pittman C J, Kitchen J F, Pottinger E, Lawless E T, Potts A B, Marsh P, Potts E N, McBernie J, Pullen W C, McCarron D A, Reynolds A R, McMahon L J, Scott A E, McNaught C C, Scott O E G, Mead C W, Stair E, Mead W, Stent H E, Menzies D C, Thorley P, Mulholland W, Verge W G, Murray H M S, White P C, Page C, Whitman J A, Payne E, Wicks E C, Pearson E G, Wicks G B S, Peberdy J, Wilson B C  REVR, Phillips N, Witney R.

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 A J Spratt World War 1 AIF France view
Pte A H Stewart World War 1 AIF France view
T J Tracey World War 1 view
Maj Thomas Guy Vincent World War 2 AIF Singapore view
Sig Irwin James Want World War 2 AIF Singapore view
Gnr W W Wickham World War 1 AIF France view
Pte Verdun James Wicks World War 2 AIF Malaya view
Gnr W S Witney World War 1 AFA France view
Pte C W Wotton World War 1 AIF France view

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Address
101 Bettington Street
Merriwa NSW 2329
Local Government Area
Upper Hunter Shire
Setting
Garden/park
Memorial type
Obelisk
Recorded by
Beron Arden-Wood Secretary Merriwa District Progress Association Inc
Year of construction
1923
Dedication date
27 October 1923
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18
Second World War, 1939–45