Orbost Memorial Clock Tower - Orbost, Vic, Australia - Non-Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

I would think that the original plaque is the grey marble plaque, being the lowest, on the north side, which reads:

   "In Memory of
Our Fallen Comrades
  1914  - 1918
   1939--1945"

[Probably added later]

The other six plaques on the northern side seem to be of 'the same vintage' and design. From the top left, going down, the plaques commemorate: Boer War, First World War, Second World War; Malayan Emergency and Indonesian Confrontation, Korean War, and the Vietnam War.

The top left plaque reads:

[Australian Commonwealth Military Forces crest] 
	SOUTH AFRICA (BOER WAR)
	  11.10.1899-1.6.1902
Number Enlisted: 	16,463 	Colonial 
				Commonwealth 
				Contingents
Killed in Action, 
Died of Wounds 
and Other Causes: 	 606
Wounded: 		 533
POWS: 			 100

The next plaque reads:

	[RAN; 	Army, 	and RAAF crests]
		 FIRST WORLD WAR
		4.8.1914-11.11.1918
Number Enlisted: 	410,809	Enlisted AIF
				(Included AFC)
			324,000	Enlisted &
				Served Overseas
			RAN	N/A

Killed in Action
Died of Wounds		61,720
And Other Causes:	   199	RAN

Wounded:		155,000	(All Services)

POWS:			4,044
			397	(Died while Captive)

Bottom plaque, left column, reads:

	[RAN; 	Army, 	and RAAF crests]
	  SECOND WORLD WAR
3.9.1939-8.5.1945 Victory in Europe	15.8.1945 Victory in Pacific
Number Enlisted:	691,000	  Men AIF & Militia
			 35,800	  Women AIF & Militia
			 45,800	  Men RAN
			  3,100	  Women RAN
			189,700	  Men RAAF
			 27,200	  Women RAAF

Killed in Action	 26,097	  Army
Died of Wounds		  2,208	  RAN
And Other Causes:	 11,081   RAAF

Wound:			 66,553	  (All Services)

POWS:			  8,184	  Against Germany
			 22,376	  Against Japan
			  8,031	  (Died While Captive)

Top Plaque, right-hand side of north face reads:

	[RAN; 	Army, 	and RAAF crests]
	 MALAYAN EMERGENCY
	31.5.1950-31.7.1960

Number Enlisted:		7,000	Army
Killed in Action
Died of Wounds
and Other Causes:		   36
Wounded:			   20
	INDONESIAN CONFRONTATION
	  10.10.1963-1.10.1966

Number Enlisted:		3,500	Army
Killed in Action
Died of Wounds
and Other Causes:		   15
Wounded:			    9

The middle plaque on the right side reads:

		KOREAN WAR
	   29.6.1950-27.7.1953

Number Enlisted:		10,657	Army
				 4,507	RAN
				 2,000	RAAF (Approx.)

Killed in Action		   339	Army
Died of Wounds			   N/A	RAN
and Other Causes:		   N/A	RAAF

Wounded:			1,216	Army
				  N/A	RAN
				  N/A	RAAF

POWS				29
				 1	Died While Captive

The bottom plaque, on the right side reads:

	[RAN; 	Army, 	and RAAF crests]
	   VIETNAM WAR
	3.8.1962-1.1.1973

Number Enlisted:		42,700	Army
				 2,825	RAN
				 4,443	RAAF

Killed in Action
Died of Wounds
and Other Causes:		  520

Wounded:			2,398

'Meanwhile', on the southern side of the Memorial Clock Tower, below the clock face, is a bronze Australian Army 'Rising Sun' crest; with three brass or bronze plaques.

The top, larger one, reads:

  IN MEMORY
OF THE FALLEN
LEST WE FORGET

The middle one (almost 'square') reads:

[Australia Remembers: 1945-1995 logo]
	In Honour of
 the Men & Women who served
Australia in Time of Conflict
     During World War II

	LEST WE FORGET

With the bottom, rectangular bronze plaque reading:

	[RAN; 	Army, 	and RAAF crests]
		KOREAN WAR
  1950-1953			 1953-1956
Active Service			Peacekeeping

Monuments Australia website: Orbost War memorial

Visited: 1520, Thursday, 12 May, 2016

Type of Memorial: Multi-War Memorial Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): South Africa (Boer War) First World War Second World War Malayan Emergency Indonesian Confrontation Korean War Vietnam War In Honor Of: In Memory of Our Fallen Comrades Marker Text: Included in text Date of dedication: April 1938 Who Put it Here?: Orbost RSL Description of Memorial: A caramel coloured rendered tower, with a curved top, and two plain clock faces [to the north and south]. There is a 'half-sized' statue of a soldier on each side of the tower.

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