Wooli Cenotaph WW2 - Wooli Beach, NSW, Australia
S 29° 51.970 E 153° 16.021
56J E 525787 N 6696014
The new granite Cenotaph at Wooli Beach has plaques for the locals that went to and served in World War Two.
Waymark Code: WMY96V
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 05/13/2018
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On the sand dune to the east of Main Street is the grey granite memorial at the Wooli Cenotaph. This was unveiled for the 100 year anniversary of Gallipoli in 2015. There are two bronze plaques, for those that participated in World War Two, with the one on the northern side of the memorial reading:
The Australian Army crest
WORLD WAR 2 1939-1945
NX176613 (N298975) Fuller Ernest Arthur
NX173175 Fuller Lyle
NX203164 Fuller Stafford Fredrick
NX191556 (N450335) Johnson Clifford Mervyn
N467674 Lloyd Harold Lindsay
NX46424 Martin Reginald Clarence
NX172686 Skinner Douglas Alfred
[Below which is the name of a Vietnam veteran]
On the southern side of the memorial is a second bronze plaque, with the details of one more local, for World War Two, and it reads:
[Australian Imperial Force crest]
SALUTING THEIR SERVICE
WORLD WAR 2 1939-1945
NX14324 (N290351)
SKINNER ARTHUR WILFRED
ALSO
SALUTING THE MANY WOMEN
WHO HAVE SERVED
THEIR COUNTRY IN TIME
OF CONFLICT
Visited: 0816/7, Wednesday, 20 December, 2017