Wahroonga Great War Memorial
Description
The Wahroonga Great War Memorial is a stone pillar, positioned on raised platform that is accessed by four stone steps. There are honour roll tablets set into each of the four faces of the memorial. A laurel wreath is carved onto the front face, directly above the tablet for those who died in service. The remaining tablets list the names of veterans by their year of enlistment.
The memorial was unveiled by the Prime Minister of Australia, Mr Stanley Melbourne Bruce, on 28 February 1925. It is located in the Sir John Northcott Garden, adjacent to Wahroonga railway station.
Inscription
Top of each side of monument
The Great War
1914–1918
Dedication plaque
Unveiled on the 28th February 1925 by the Rt Hon S M Bruce, PC, MC, Prime Minister of Australia.
Front tablet
In memory of those who gave their lives in the Great War 1914–1918.
[Names]
Other tablets
Enlisted [Year]
[Names]
Veterans listed on this memorial
| Last held rank | Given Name | Family Name | Conflicts | Fate | Service No. | Service | Unit at embarkation | Campaign | Read more |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | Adamson | World War 1 | view | ||||||
| E B | Allen | World War 1 | view | ||||||
| W P C | Andrew | World War 1 | view | ||||||
| A H | Arford | World War 1 | DOS | view | |||||
| Private | C | Asher-Smith | World War 1 | DOS | 6653 | Australian Army | 20th Battalion (Infantry) | view | |
| V C | Austin | World War 1 | view | ||||||
| Lt | W G | Balcombe | World War 1 | view | |||||
| J | Barrow | World War 1 | view | ||||||
| Lt | H S | Bartlett | World War 1 | view | |||||
| T P | Bawden | World War 1 | view |
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Address
Sir John Northcott Garden
Illoura and Millewa Avenues
Wahroonga NSW 2076
AustraliaLocal Government Area
- Ku-ring-gai Council
Setting
- Garden/park
Memorial type
- Column/pillar
Recorded by
Ku-ring-gai Council. David Roden. Peter Levarre-Waters.Year of construction
1925Established Date format:
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28 February 1925 Conflict/s
- First World War, 1914–18