K13 Memorial Park - Carlingford, NSW, Australia - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

Charles Freestone was the leading telegraphist on board the HMS K13 submarine, as it was undergoing final sea trials on 29 January 1917, off the west coast of Scotland. His story of survival is told on a Historical Sign at the K13 Memorial Park. [Which had been part of his own property, but on his death in 1956, and bequest, became this poignant Memorial in 1961.]

There are multiple plaques on a large boulder, provided by the British Royal Navy, for other British submarine losses in World War One, and World War Two. The top square plaque, below the cross, explains how this Park and Memorial came to be; while the next side-by-side plaques below, are for the World War One submarine losses. The upper plaque reads:

   This Park was donated to the City
of Parramatta and the Memorial was
erected in honour of H.M.Submarine
Service, Royal Navy, by Charles Albert
Harry Freestone a survivor of K13,
who after leaving the Royal Navy founded
and for the next thirty years developed
the business of C.A.Freestone Pty. Ltd.
in Parramatta and district.
		-------
	These Plaques are the gift of
Commander Submarines, Officers and
Men of Fourth Submarine Division,
Royal Navy Balmoral and the Commander
and his Officers are guardians of this
Memorial in perpetuity.
		-------
   Commander			Lieut. General
Philip R.Wood 		Sir William Oliver KGB, OBE
  Commander Submarines	  High Commissioner for the
Fourth Submarine Division, Sydney	United Kingdom 
		M.F.Freestone
	Widow of the late Charles A. Freestone
	   10th September, 1961

As mentioned, the next two parallel tall bronze tablets list the submarines lost by the British Navy in World War One. They read:

H.M.SVBMARINES			H.M.SVBMARINES
LOST.ON.SERVICE			LOST.ON.SERVICE
    1914			    1917
 D.2	E.3			 C.16	E.49
 D.5	A.E.1			 C.34	G.9
    1915			 E.36	K.1
 C.29	E.10			 E.47	K.13
 C.31	E.13			    1918
 C.33	E.15			 D.3	G.11
 E.6	E.20			 D.6	H.5
 E.7	A.E.2			 E.14	H.10
    1916			 E.34	J.6
 E.4	E.24			 E.50	K.4
 E.5	E.26			 G.7	K.17
 E.16	E.30			 G.8	L.10
 E.17	E.37			    L.55
 E.18	E.41
 E.22	H.3
     H.6

Visited: 1250, Sunday, 4 June, 2017

Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 09/10/1961 Private or Public Monument?: Private Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Mrs H. M Freestone (Widow of Charles Freestone) Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Australia/New Zealand Website for this Monument: [Web Link] Physical Address of Monument: 304 Pennant Hills Road, K13 Memorial Park Carlingford, NSW Australia 2118 Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes

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