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Wilberforce District Memorial and Gates

Wilberforce District Memorial and Gates
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Description / Background

Wilberforce Park contains a white stone obelisk with the impression of crossed rifles at the top. The memorial is surrounded by a circular, black-iron picket fence. The names are imprinted in black on white marble. It was dedicated on 12 October 1918, and relocated to the park in 1966. This memorial was origionally the Ebenezer war memorial but with council area boundries changing it became the Wilberforce memorial. Next to the obelisk is a white flagpole. Also, at the entrance to the park at the corner of Duke and George Roads are a set of gates which were dedicated to those who served in the Second World War on 19 August 1947.

Inscription

Obelisk - side 1

Erected

to perpetuate

the memory of

the men from

Wilberforce and distrcit

who took part in

The Great War

1914 -1919

Peace with Victory

World War II

1939 - 1945

Korea

1950 -1953

Vietnam

1965 - 1972

Obelisk - side 2

The Empire called and they answered from Wilberforce.

[Names]

Erected by the residents of Wilberforce

1918. 

[Names]

Gates plaque

Wilberforce Park

In honour of the men and women

of Wilberforce District

who served in the force of freedom

in World War II

1939-1945

Unveiled by Cr. H. C. Matheson,

19th August 1947,

president of Colo Shire.

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Address
Wilberforce Park
Macquarie, Duke and Church Roads
Wilberforce NSW 2756
Local Government Area
Hawkesbury, City of
Setting
Garden/park
Memorial type
Gate/lychgate
Obelisk
Recorded by
Ms Jane Williamson and Peter Levarre-Waters
Conflict/s
First World War, 1914–18
Second World War, 1939–45
Korean War, 1950–53
Vietnam War, 1962–75