Waitara War Memorial (1923)

Waitara's memorial to the  men of the district killed in the First World War was unveiled on Anzac Day in 1923 by Colonel C. H. Weston. Located at Memorial Place, off McLean Street, it is almost directly opposite the obelisk commemorating local troopers who died in the South African War. In 1949, the names of 33 Second World War dead were added.

Main inscription:

Erected / by the citizens / to the memory of the men / of Waitara / who gave their lives in / the Great War, / 1914-1918

1939-1945

2NZEF (Japan) 1946         

Korea 1950-1954

Malaya Borneo 1955-1966              

Vietnam 1964-72                                             

Upper right panel featuring the names of 18 WWI dead:

Baker Laurie / Brooking A.W. / Brough J. / Brough W. / Chapman W. / Chapman Fred / Fleming J. M. / Grimmer Frank              

Jenkins Thos [Thomas Oxner Jenkins, Australian Imperial Force, killed in action in France on 30 July 1916]

Johnston G. J. / Knuckey Jack / Katterson J. / Locke J. E. / Lawrence Eric / Marlow C. / Mellar A. H. / Morgan T. K. / McDonald John

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Upper left panel featuring the names of 18 WWI dead:

McKoy Godfrey / Pearson T. / Pearson R. / Potroz A. / Purdie Jas / Purdie Donald / Rattenbury Chas / Rook P. A. / Simpson T. / Sutherland W. C. / Taylor Reg / Topp K. / Trim Harry / Tuson J. / Turner C. / Wickham Mema / Zimmerman F. / Poole A. W. G.

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The base of the memorial features the names of 33 Second World War dead.

Left panel:

Arnold L K. / Budd B. H. / Clare W. / Davey C. C. / Dowding L. R. / Elder W. K.

Middle panel:

Flynn M. R. / Floyd F. A. / Fitzsimmons G. E. / Goord S. B. / Hamlin G. W. / Jury A. / Lehndorf R. / Lucas E. / Morey K. / McNeil J. H. / Mallett J. G. C. / Rikihana Pari / Sampson .T / Sargent F. / Smart C. / Stevens C. / Stroud J. G. / Robson T. / Russell D. J. / Tate M. V. / Telfar K. W.

Right panel:

Taiuru H. / Vipond A. H. / Walker M. E. / White M. / Wald F. / Walmsley T. H.