War Memorial, WW1 - Bemboka, NSW, Australia
S 36° 37.602 E 149° 34.057
55H E 729590 N 5943467
This Bemboka War Memorial is beside the Snowy Mountain Highway, as it proceeds through the community of Bemboka.
Waymark Code: WM10DYJ
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 04/20/2019
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The local tourism site has a great description of the memorial: "The memorial is a white marble obelisk on a white concrete plinth on a 3 stepped base. The top of the obelisk is ornately decorated with carved marble devices. It is bordered on four sides by wooden posts and chain fence. There is a metal flagpole on the east side. North face, Marble torch, Cross, Crossed sword and rifle enclosed by a wreath." [ex-Bemboka
War Memorial] On the roadside upper base is an arched marble tablet with the following inscription:
This Memorial
was erected
by the Citizens of
Bemboka and District
to Commemorate
the names of her Sons
who left here
to fight in the cause of
Liberty and Justice
in the Great War 1914-1919
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"Lest We Forget."
The names of the Bemboka locals who served in the Great War are listed on three sides, as follows:
A. Alexander
H. Allen
k S. Black
w W. Black M.M.
W. Coffey
A.C. Cain
G. Grant
w J. Haffner
k D. Irvin
E.S. Irvin
k Killed d Died w Wounded
w J.A. Irvin
w S. James
k H. Johnson
k R. Johnson
H. Nicholson
w W. Parsons
H. Perkins
G. Robinson
w W. Rolfe
J. Smith
W. Snowdon
J. Thurston
d P. Triggell
k W. Walker
w A. Walker
G. Williamson
C.H. Wilton
w A.T. Wilton
H.G. Wilton
W.C. Wilton
There is a small section of roadside parking, or you can pull around the corner into Broad Street.
Visited: 1041, Sunday, 30 December, 2018
The Dedication Date of 28 June 1921 is from the Monuments Australia Site: Bemboka War Memorial. But it seems that a recent change to the formatting of the website doesn't allow the date to appear!