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Towamba and District First and Second World Wars Memorial

Towamba and District First and Second World Wars Memorial
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Description / Background

Granite obelisk with two matching memorial gate posts, one on each side, and surounded by an steel wire fence. The honour roll and dedication for the First World War is inscribed on the obelisk and on the gate posts for the Second World War. 

Inscription

Obelisk - front

KILLED

GREATER LOVE HATH

NO MAN THAN HE

WHO LAYS DOWN

HIS LIFE

FOR HIS COUNTRY

[Names]

Obelisk - back

Returned

[Names]

THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY

THE RESIDENTS OF

TOWAMBA AND DISTRICT

IN HONOUR OF THE MEN WHO

SERVED AND ENLISTED

IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919.

Obelisk - side 

Enlisted

[Names]

Obelisk - side 

Returned

[Names]

Left gate post

THIS MEMORIAL

WAS ERECTED BY

THE RESIDENTS OF

TOWAMBA

AND

DISTRICT

IN HONOUR OF THE

MEN AND WOMEN WHO

SERVED AND ENLISTED

IN

WORLD WAR II

1939 - 45.

Right gate post

[Name]

Returned

[Names]

Enlisted

[Names]

Service Women

[Names]

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
K McLeod World War 1 view
N K W McLeod World War 1 view
M J McLeod World War 1 view
A L Mitchell World War 2 view
J T Mitchell World War 1 view
H Murray World War 1 view
H Osment World War 1 view
J A Parker World War 2 view
T A Parker World War 2 view
S S Rankin World War 1 view

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Address
Towamba Sportsground
23 Towamba Street
Towamba NSW 2550
Local Government Area
Bega Valley Shire
Setting
Garden/park
Memorial type
Obelisk
Recorded by
Peter Levarre-Waters
Year of construction
1924
Dedication date
21 November 1925
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18
Second World War, 1939–45
Materials
Granite