Mt Wilson War Memorial Park - Mt Wilson, NSW, Australia
S 33° 30.283 E 150° 22.130
56H E 255582 N 6289658
At the War Memorial park at Mount Wilson, in the northern Blue Mountains, is this memorial to the locals, who went to World War One, World War Two, and a soldier who went to Vietnam.
Waymark Code: WMXJ2Q
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 01/17/2018
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This is a rough hewn block of granite set on a base of three rows of local sandstone, in a rectangular cemented cairn. One face has been polished and the names engraved and gilded on it. The local soldiers who went to World War One are listed on the large face of the slab, with those who went to World War Two, on a 'ledge', at the bottom of the face. The memorial and adjacent flagpole are set in a small park.
The soldiers in the inscription, on the bottom of the slab, are mostly for WW2, with the #Exception of: K.R. Gunn#, for going to Vietnam. The full gilded inscription 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 & Country
* Killed 1914 -- 1918
1939-45 Gunn M. Knight-Brown N.H. Le Messurier L. Smith C. Vietnam#
Clarke G.R. Kirk S.B.W. Knight-Brown P.J. Motteshead G.
Wynne M.O. Gunn K.R.#
Visited: 1032, Thursday, 15 December, 2016 - while 'in the area' (again), to find a local Trig Point.