Tudor Street Second World War Memorial Plaques
Description
Two small individual memorial plaques set in the ground. They were orignially placed at the base of two Norfolk Pines, planted on 30 March1954 on the centre strip along Tudor Street between Gordon and Parkway Avenues.
The trees were removed on 28 September 2011 following 80kph winds which brought down one of them (Newcastle Herald, 29 September 2011).
Inscription
Western plaque
In memory of F/O R.W.R. Bath
Eastern plaque
In memory of F.D. McLeod
Address
Tudor Street
Hamilton East NSW 2303
Local Government Area
- Newcastle, City of
Setting
- Roadside
Location status
Moved/alteredMemorial type
- Board/roll/plaque/tablet
Recorded by
Robert McLardyEstablished date
c1954Established Date format:
$e_original_date = $entity->field_established['und'][0][value];
if (!empty($e_original_date)) {
$changed_date = strtotime($e_original_date);
$new_date = date("d F Y", $changed_date);
print 'Established date
';
print $new_date;
}
else{
print '';
}Conflict/s
- Second World War, 1939–45
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