Wooli Cenotaph WW2 - Wooli Beach, NSW, Australia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
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
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ištván
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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

Date of Dedication: 04/25/2015

Property Permission: Public

Access instructions: Park near the Tennis Courts

Access times: From: 12:00 AM To: 12:00 AM

Location of waymark:
Main Street,
Wooli Beach, NSW Australia
2462


Commemoration: The Men, and Women who Served

Website for Waymark: Not listed

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