Yerong Creek and District War Memorials
Description
Two memorials are located in the Garden of Remembrance within Stanley Galvin Park. The first is a wall topped with drinking fountains, dedicated on 25 April 1952. The wall is topped with a concrete slab, and has two original marble plaques on the front face, as well as two more recent brass plaques. The second memorial is a newer brick wall, and contains several plaques with honour rolls. There is also a timber flagpole nearby.
Inscription
Drinking fountain - marble plaque 1
Yerong Creek & District
Memorial
Lest We Forget
Dedicated to the memory of
those who paid
the supreme sacrifice
World Wars 1914-18, 1939-45
Drinking fountain - marble plaque 2
Erected by C.W.A. 1952.
Drinking fountain - plaque 3
WWI
[Names]
Drinking fountain - plaque 4
WWII
[Names]
Wall - plaque 1
Yerong Creek
Memorial Honour Roll
Erected to recognise the ceasing of hostilities World War II 1939-1945
Unveiled by
Mr Bruce Ruxton OBE RSL President Victoria &
the Hon Noel Hicks MP Member for Riverina
dedicated by
Gary Kenney
Chaplin of 1 RTB
4th August 1995.
Wall - plaque 2
1914 1918
Yerong Creek & District
WW I
Honour Roll
For God, King & Country
[Names]
+ Made the Great Sacrifice
Wall - plaque 3
1939 1945
Yerong Creek & District
WW II
Honour Roll
For God, King & Country
[Names]
Vietnam
[Names]
+ Made the Great Sacrifice
Address
Stanley Galvin Park
Plunket Street
Yerong Creek NSW 2642
Local Government Area
- Lockhart Shire
Setting
- Garden/park
Memorial type
- Fountain/Drinking fountain
- Wall
Recorded by
Peter Levarre-WatersEstablished date
1952Established Date format:
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$new_date = date("d F Y", $changed_date);
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print $new_date;
}
else{
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}Dedication date:
1995-08-04Dedication date
04 August 1995 Conflict/s
- First World War, 1914–18
- Second World War, 1939–45
- Vietnam War, 1962–75
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