Gonzales High School Great War Memorial - Gonzales, Texas
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N 29° 30.558 W 097° 27.430
14R E 649538 N 3265405
This brass and granite memorial stands at the entrance to the Masonic Cemetery - Knight and Holmes Streets in Gonzales, Texas.
Waymark Code: WMZAF2
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2018
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This brass and granite memorial stands at the entrance to the Masonic Cemetery. The Memorial honors all men of Gonzales High School that fought in the Great War and particular, those who died in the war. Text of the Memorial reads:
In Honor of the Men of
Gonzales High School
Who went forth at the call
of their Country to fight in
the Great War for World Wide liberty
1917 ---- 1919
and
In Memory of
These men who gave their lives
to this Great Cause
Montgomery Fly                        Walter August Schlick
First Lieutenant Infantry      Officers Medical Reserve Corps
Walter Fritz Reuter                    Benjamin Alfred Ehrig
Corporal U.S. Marine Corps            Private Infantry
Robert Floyd Gillett                    Alwin Henry Adolf Toile
Corporal Infantry            S.A.T.C. Southern Methodist University
                       This tablet is erected by
                  Captain Hartwell Jones Kennard
                  Infantry Officers Reserve Corps
Private or Public Monument?: Private
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Captain Hartwell Jones Kennard
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: North America
Physical Address of Monument: Knight and Holmes Streets Gonzales, TX USA 78629
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Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: Not listed
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