Miriam Vale War Memorial - Queensland, Australia
S 24° 19.758 E 151° 33.798
56J E 354235 N 7308561
This War Memorial commemorates the locals who served in WW1 and WW2.
Waymark Code: WM17D06
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 01/28/2023
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The War Memorial was placed in 1921 to commemorate the locals 'who gave their all'. It has another white marble tablet added for World War Two. The original monument cost £238 and consists of a 'life-sized stone statue of an Australian Infantry soldier standing with head bowed and arms reversed, on a substantial and ornate sandstone pedestal resting on a granite plinth.' [ex-
Wikipedia - War Memorial] The World War One tablet has x 13 names, and the World War Two tablet has x 8 names.
The World War One white marble tablet faces the east, and has the following leaded inscription:
CREATED
by
The Residents in Memory of
those Brave Boys of this
District who Gave Their All
in the Cause of Freedom
1914 - 1919
-----*-----
MacDonald A.L.G.
Vanderwolf C.
Lindley L.
Emery F.
Gorton W.
MacNamara T.
Dingle P.
Dingle E.
Howard J.T.
Streeter Sam.
Fitzgerald V.
Launchbury J.A.
Roe C.
-----*-----
"Their name
liveth for evermore".
The World War Two white marble tablet faces the 'south', and has the following inscription of lead lettering:
To the Memory of
Those Brave
Boys of this District
Who Gave Their All in
the Cause of Freedom
1939-1945
Ben Cameron
Charlie Roe
Syd Coe
Leslie Petty
D. J. Lester
W. A. Clifford
T. Freeman
F. R. Freeman
'Their Name Liveth
Forever More."
Visited: 0548+, Thursday, 9 June, 2022
[Arrived pre-sunrise, and got some sunrise photos.]