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Uranquinty and District First and Second World Wars Memorial

Uranquinty and District First and Second World Wars Memorial
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Painted concrete obelisk with names and dedications for the First and Second World Wars engraved onto polished black marble tablets. The memorial is located at the rest stop on the side of the Olympic Highway in Uranquinty. 

Inscription

Front

ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE SOLDIERS OF URANQUITNY DISTRICT WHO DIED FOR GOD KING & COUNTRY

Sides 2 and 3

[First World War names]

Side 4

GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS

1939-1945

[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
Pte C E Stoessel World War 1 3142 AIF Amiens, France view
Tpr C L Stone World War 1 2316 AIF Damascus, Syria view
Pte J Taylor World War 1 576 AIF Gallipoli, Turkey view
Pte C Wiesner World War 1 6160 AIF Villers-Bretonneux, France view

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Address
Olympic Highway
Uranquinty NSW 2652
Local Government Area
Wagga Wagga, City of
Setting
Roadside
Memorial type
Obelisk
Recorded by
Peter Levarre-Waters
Year of construction
1919
Dedication date
05 April 1919
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18
Second World War, 1939–45