Wallsend Soldiers Memorial - Wallsend, NSW, Australia - World War I Memorials and Monuments on Waymarking.com

This elaborate monument, is described by the War Memorial Register site, [Wallsend Soldiers Memorial]:

"A sandstone tapered column with a flat summit on which rests an elevated marble alcove, supported by four classical columns. Within this structure rests a block with each face displaying a name plaque with the words, 'In Memory of'. This memorial has been previously relocated." The four white marble tablets at the top of the monument are for those who died in Service, as follows:

	LEST WE FORGET
Our  HEROES  who  FOUGHT  and  FELL
  in the  GREAT  WAR  1914 - 1918

   [Wreath]
In Memory Of
Sgt.	Archibald A.
Pte.	Andrews L.
 "	Atkinson R.
Col.	Bean H.K.
Pte.	Baillie W.
 "	Baillie R.
 "	Barker J.
 "	Blair A.C.
 "	Bower W.
 "	Burt A.
 "	Buchanan J.W.
 "	Dryburg L.
 "	Dix M.
 "	Dryden J.W.
 "	Evans W.J.
 "	English J.
Sgt.	Foulkes W.


[Next side, top face]
   In Memory Of
Pte.	Gardiner B.
 "	Gardiner P.T.
 "	Gibbs G.
 "	Gibbs G.A.
 "	Goldie J.H.
Cpl.	Hyslop R.
LCpl	Harris B.C.
Pte.	Harrison A.
 "	Hefner J.
 "	Hoff H.
 "	Irwin E.
Cpt	Jeffreys C.S. (V.C.)
Pte.	Johnson A.W.
 "	Johnson H.
 "	Johnson J.D.
 "	Jones T.
 "	King W.


[Next side, top face]
   In Memory Of
Pte.	Kemp J.O.
 "	Lay J.H.
 "	Leslie R.J.
 "	Lonergan D.F.
Cpl	Morgan W.V
Pte.	Manefield A.
 "	Maddison R.
 "	Mulholland P.H. (M.M)
 "	Mitchell A.M.
 "	Naylor J.W. (M.M)
 "	Oliver L.
 "	Parkes J.
 "	Probert R.
 "	Reay J.G.
 "	Reay A.
 "	Ridley J.L.
 "	Richardson F.


[Next side, top face]
   In Memory Of
Pte.	Robbins G.
Cpt	Steel O.L.G.
Sgt	Scott H.
 "	Steel O.O.
Cpl	Stein W.D. (M.M)
Pte	Smith W.
 "	Smith J.
 "	Smith H.L.
 "	Smith W.E.
 "	Smithers W.
 "	Sneddon J.D.
 "	Taylor A.
 "	Taylor R.
 "	Urwin E.R.
Sgt	Wanless G.
Pte	Watkins J.H.
 "	Wishart J.H.

For a full list of soldiers who Served, I would suggest personally going there, as the lower four long white marble tablets are also in alphabetic order, if you are looking for a particular soldier.

The above website also gives the following of where the monument had been originally placed, in Nelson Street:

"Wallsend Soldiers' Memorial was erected on this site in 1919 by public subscription in commemoration of service & sacrifice to those who fought and fell in the Great War of 1914-1918. The original Memorial was relocated in Wallsend Park in 1971. This Memorial also marks the site from which the original members of the 1st AIF departed for overseas service."

In one of my photos of the south face of the monument - but, behind a wreath, is the following inscription, copied from War Monuments:

"'To Those Who Paid The Supreme Sacrifice
1939-45 - Korea - Vietnam'"
[That is the only mention of other conflicts that I could see.]

Visited: 1223-1226, Sunday, 4 December, 2016

Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 05/24/1919 Private or Public Monument?: Private Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: Public Subscription Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Australia/New Zealand Website for this Monument: [Web Link] Physical Address of Monument: Wallsend Park, (facing Cowper Street) Wallsend, NSW Australia 2287 Rate this waymark: Photo or photos will be uploaded.: yes

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