War Memorial - Silvan, Vic, Australia
S 37° 49.438 E 145° 25.235
55H E 360995 N 5812540
This bronze plaque on the rear of the stone stele is for residents of Silvan who died in WW1, WW2, and Vietnam.
Waymark Code: WM1644D
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 04/30/2022
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The simple, single bronze plaque is on what appears to be the back of a pink sawn stone stele that is set outside the Silvan Primary School. It details those who died in multiple wars. The textured background of the plaque of black highlights the following raised text:
In Memory of former residents of Silvan
who died while on active service
World War One (1914-1918)
* Pte John Ellis Evans - 60th Battalion - Killed in Action - Belgium - 1917 - aged 21
* Pte William Hubert Long - 8th Battalion - Died of Wounds - Malta - 1915 - aged 21
* Sgt Alfred Parker - 44th Battalion - Killed in Action - France - 1918 - aged 33
* Pte Arthur Stanley Roger - 38th Battalion - Killed in Action - Belgium - 1917 - aged 31
World War Two (1939-1945)
* Cpl Stanley Alfred Barker - 2/29th Battalion - Killed in Action - Malaya - 1942 - aged 39
* Ord S/man James Bool - HMAS Sydney - Lost at Sea - Indian Ocean - 1941 - aged 18
* Gnr Adam Gilchrist - 2/12th Field Regiment - Killed in Action - Egypt - 1940 - aged 32
* Pte Cyril George Robinson - 2/22nd Battalion - Lost at Sea while a POW - 1942 - aged 24
* Pte Allan James Martin - 2/21st Battalion - Died while a POW - Ambon - 1944 - aged 27
* Pte Stanley Horace Martin - 2/23rd Battalion - Killed in Action - Libya - 1941 - aged 21
* Pte Frank Martindale - 2/6th Battalion - Killed in Action - Libya - 1941 - aged 37
* Pte Alexander Wilson - 2/24th Battalion - Died of Wounds - Victoria - 1944 - aged 32
Vietnam
* Pte Malcolm Robertson - 1 Aust Logistic Support Group - Died of Wounds - South Vietnam
- 1969 - aged 21
* Pte Kenneth Mitchel - 6th RAR - Died in Accident - Queensland - 1970 - aged 24
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