Bruthen Cenotaph - Bruthen, Vic, Australia - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

From Monuments Australia: Bruthen War Memorial
"Bruthen War Memorial is a tall multi-tiered bluestone memorial topped by a column and lamp globe. The inscriptions on marble tablets on all sides commemorate those who served and who died in World Wars One [and Two]."

A white marble plaque on the base reads:

"Erected By The Residents
Of Bruthen And District
To The Honor Of The Living
And The Everlasting Glory
Of The Dead Who Fought In The
1914 Great War 1919
[To which has subsequently been added]
1939 - World War II – 1945.

The white marble plaques, and then the bronze plaque transcripts follow for the various conflicts the locals have Died, or been involved in

On the base of the Memorial are three rectangular white marble plaques for those who Died in "The Great War", and they respectively read:

	Died on Service
Bond F. S.	Fregon C.A.D.R
Biggs F.	Fregon F.
Cousins J.	Crist W.G.
Coverdale R.	Heyne C.
Croft W.	James C.
Enright P.E.	Kenny R.

	Died on Service
Laurent A.	Mills J.C.
Lee J.		Mitchell C.
Masters A.	McKie F.
Mills A.C.	McMeekin J.
Mills A.W.	Neal A.B.D.
Mills C.	Neilson V.

	Died on Service
Nowlan J.	Stirling F.M.
Price F.P.	Stone J.
Price R.	Storer H.
Ross H.M.	Wilson F.W.
Sandy J.	Wright C.A.
Sandy J.H.	Foster 

The tall white marble plaque for those who Died in WW2 reads:

WORLD WAR II
1935-1945
DIED ON SERVICE
R. BURNS
T. BYRNE
E.G. ENRIGHT
L.W. FREEMAN
D. GREEN
G. GREENWOOD
L.J. HOWLETT
T.H. HOWLETT
P. KERR
GEOFF PRICE
G.L. SAVORY
C. STORER
G.G. STOKES
I. WILES

A rather 'flat' brass plaque has engraved on it, the following:

 In remembrance of Those
Members of This Community
	Who Served In

Malaya		1948-65
Korea		1950-54
Borneo		1962-66
Vietnam		1962-72

There is a cast bronze plaque on one side of the base, for the Korean War, with the crests for the various Services involved.

[RAN]		[Army]		[RAAF]
   KOREAN WAR
 1950 - 1955				1953 - 1956
Active Service				Peacekeeping

Visited: 0945, Thursday, 12 May, 2016

Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): The Great War World War Two Malaya Korea Borneo Vietnam In Honor Of: Those Died, and served Marker Text: Included Who Put it Here?: Local residents of Bruthen and District Description of Memorial: On the grassy median strip beside Main Street (aka Great Alpine Road). It is tall, multi-layered of grey bluestone, with a lamp on top. Multiple white marble plaques are placed on it with a couple of bronze plaques. Date of dedication: Not listed

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