WW2 Honour Roll - Bomaderry Cenotaph, NSW, Australia
S 34° 51.292 E 150° 36.540
56H E 281410 N 6140443
At the Bomaderry Cenotaph are several plaques for the locals that served during World War Two.
Waymark Code: WMY14X
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 03/30/2018
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A large bronze plaque, on the grey granite boulder has an extensive, alphabetical list of those that served in World War Two. It includes a 'handful' of women at the end. It reads:
For God - King - & Country
Bomaderry
Honour Roll
World War II 1939 - 1945
Appgood K Elders N Keiley M *Shepherd C
Alfield J Farmer D Loiterton V Souter C
Acocks D Farmer C Lumsden R Simpson E
Acocks J Geoghegan R McGuire A Stevenson J
Adams L Geoghegan M McGuire A Scott W
*Bourne L Geoghegan J McDonald R Schwert L
Bourne R Geoghegan A McSweeney K Simpson R
Bourne A Gillard G McKenzie H Thurgate C
Bramwell J Grandpierre G McNalley H Thurgate N
Banks H Gould L *McMillian D Thurgate M
Bevin C Gould H Morton J Tarrant W
Bibb D Gardener C Motby G Urquhart H
Brewer R Hutt F Manns G Wright C
Cochrane J Hawke M MacIntosh R Wright L
Cochrane E Hodges L Oke H Wright V
Courtney D Hanson F Oke R Williams C
Coogan E Hitchcock W Oke A Williams L
Coulthart C Howlet H *Power A
Cardow J Ingram M Ralph A Isaacs Muriel
Davidson G Ingram J Roe L Shepherd Gladys
Davidson L Ireland G Routledge R James Maisie
Edgerton W Jones A Roulstone A Jones Margaret
Ellis M Jackson L *Shepherd H Tarrant Betty
* Killed
There is an 'additional', white marble plaque, which gives the names of the locals, who gave their lives in WW2. And it reads:
LEST WE FORGET
1939 - 1945
P/o C.R. Shepherd R.A.A.F.
W/o H.M. Shepherd R.A.A.F.
Sgt. J.C. McMillan R.A.A.F.
Cpl. A. Power A.I.F.
Pte L. Bourne A.I.F.
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Bomaderry War Memorial Fund
At the Bomaderry RSL is a wooden Honour Roll inside the foyer, also in alphabetic order, but in three columns. This Cenotaph area was first Dedicated in 1947, after being established in 1923 [ex- War Memorial Register site: Walsh Memorial Park Bomaderry]
Visited: 1128 - 1130, Sunday, 1 October, 2017