Lest We Forget - Mt Wilson, NSW, Australia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
S 33° 30.283 E 150° 22.130
56H E 255582 N 6289658
A grey granite plaque, on a low stone cairn, just past the Fire Station at Mount Wilson, honours the locals who went to World War One.
Waymark Code: WMXHY3
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 01/16/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Norfolk12
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A polished grey granite slab is embedded on a large chunk of rough hewn granite, which sits on three layers of local sandstone rocks, making a concreted rectangular cairn. The gilded inscription of the plaque reads:

		Lest   We   Forget
		   In Honour of
Mann J.E.F. MC		Gregson W.R.*	Kirk S.W.G.
Gregson E.J.		Hall E.		Valder G.
Wynne R.O. D.S.O.	Hall W.*  	Joshua J.M.J.
Scrivener P.P. MC	Hatswell E.E.C.	Sharp F.J.
Tuson H.		Geary J.	Tuson A.G.
Morley C.R. MC		Kirk H.C.L	Nixon F.J.
Mann A.T.O.*		Kirk V.C.L.	Clark R.C.
Mann F.F.		O'Rourke T.J.	Clark L.S.
Busby J.B.		McDonald U.P	Scrivener T.M.
    Soldiers who served King and Country
* Killed		1914 -- 1918

[Below which, is the gilded inscription - which I didn't see, until enlarging the photo, of the locals who served in World War Two.]

There was a couple of red roses lying just in front of the Memorial, when I was there in December, 2016

Visited: 1032, Thursday, 15 December, 2016 [A lovely, cool 13°]
Private or Public Monument?: Private

Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Local Residents

Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Australia/New Zealand

Website for this Monument: [Web Link]

Physical Address of Monument:
The Avenue,
Mount Wilson, NSW Australia
2786


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