Our Brave Men - Swifts Creek, Victoria, Australia
S 37° 15.784 E 147° 43.308
55H E 564001 N 5875700
In the middle of McMillans Street, on the eastern side of the Great Alpine Road is a Broken Column monument for the local men who died in World War One (and Two) and had their lives cut short.
Waymark Code: WMWYRG
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 10/31/2017
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This is a grey granite, 2 metre tall Broken Column, set on a 1.5 metre high rectangular granite faced mid-base, with a further roughly faced stone block as the base. There are two hewn stone steps leading up to it in a square formation surrounding it, with four stone bollards, metal pipe railing surrounding the Memorial in a square, with some roses planted beneath the railings. This is on the centre median strip of quite McMillan(s) Street, just to the east from Great Alpine Road (aka Moe Highway).
It enumerates the locals that went to action in 'the Great War' (WW1) and World War Two and were killed - thus cutting short their lives.
Two of the upper faces have details for, respectively, the Great War, and World War II; while the other two upper faces remained blank. Of the lower beveled faces, only the western has anything engraved on it - below the Great War tribute - explaining its origin.
The 'upper' west facing base of the Column has the following inscriptions:
1914-GREAT WAR-1918
In Memory of
Our Brave Men
J.H. Moir | E. Cook
H.A. Baylis | V. Dawson
F. Fregon | J. Heritage
F.H. Hollonds | W. Pople
F. White | H. Pople
E.A. Winter | R.P. Witham
W. Nankervis | D. Davis
Who fell fighting for
King and Country
The lower west-facing base of the Column has the following inscription:
Erected by the residents
of the Tambo Valley.
This Broken Column,
symbolic of lives cut short,
is Dedicated to the Memory of
the Men and Women
of this District who Served
Australia in War and Conflict.
The western faces of the Column's base - the Great War
* Interestingly, H.D. Baylis (21), F.H. Hallonds (20) - (sic), J.H. Moir (22), and F. Fregon (27) are included on 'the Great War' section of the Ensay memorial Broken Column, as being from 'Swifts Creek'. *
The northern, upper face of the Column's base as this inscription:
World War II
1939 - 1945
In Memory of
Our Brave Men
W.F.G. Armit
E.C.S. Boucher
J.L. Dorrington
J.D. Doyle
S.H. Tremayne
Who fell fighting for
King and Country
Northern side of the Swifts Creek Broken Column - upper face of the base
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