A Guide to the plaques in the
Soldiers' Memorial Gardens
and also
the War Memorial,
PORT ELLIOT
ERECTED
BY THE RESIDENTS OF
PORT ELLIOT
IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVE
F. WILLOUGHBY
H.G. DODD
W.R. BAKER
E.C. PADMAN
C.S. PADMAN
S.F. SWIFT
LANCE SWIFT
V.C. LANYON
E. C. LOVELL
E. WALKER
L. ALEXANDER
G.J. SNELL
R. BRIGHT
A. VINCE
L.R. PELLEW
ALEX HILTENUN
E.A. CLARKE
J.A. JORDEN
HEROES WHO FELL IN THE
GREAT WAR
FOR KING & COUNTRY
1914 – 1918
IN MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO PAID
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
IN WORLD WAR II
D.C. COOTE
R.J. RICHARDSON
1939 -1945
1. THIS TREE WAS PLANTED
TO THE MEMORY OF
CPL. ERNEST G. LOVELL
DIED OF WOUNDS
FRANCE, JUNE 30, 1918
2. PTE. ERIC WALKER
KILLED IN ACTION
GALLIPOLI AUG. 11, 1915
3. CPL. VERNON LANYON
DIED OF WOUNDS
SEPT. 19, 1915
4. PTE. LESLIE ALEXANDER
KILLED IN ACTION
FRANCE, AUG. 4, 1916
5. PTE. A.E. VINCE
DIED OF WOUNDS
AUG. 9, 1914
6. PTE. HOWARD G. DODD
KILLED IN ACTION
GALLIPOLI, MAY 2, 1915
7. SGT. FRANK WILLOUGHBY
FELL AT GALLIPOLI
NOVEMBER 1915
8. THIS TREE WAS PLANTED
TO THE MEMORY OF
L/CPL. ERIC G. PADMAN
KILLED IN ACTION
FRANCE, SEPT. 27, 1917
9. PTE. CLARENCE S. PADMAN
KILLED IN ACTION
FRANCE, NOV. 20, 1916
10. PTE. ROY A. BRIGHT
KILLED IN ACTION
FRANCE, NOV. 21, 1917
11. PTE. ALEX HILTUNEN
WHO DIED
JAN. 5, 1917
12. PTE. GILBERT J. SNELL
KILLED IN ACTION
FRANCE, APR. 24, 1918
13. PTE. LANCE SWIFT
KILLED IN ACTION
FRANCE, MAR. 24, 1918
14. DVR. SIDNEY SWIFT
DIED OF WOUNDS
FRANCE, AUG. 25, 1916
15. THIS TREE WAS PLANTED
TO THE MEMORY OF
CPL. L. RAY PELLEW
KILLED IN ACTION
FRANCE, NOV. 5, 1916
16. THE AIRMEN
WHO FELL DURING
THE GREAT WAR
17. THE FALLEN SOLDIERS
OF NEW ZEALAND
1914 – 1918
18. RAYMOND J. RICHARDSON
SGT. W/OP. A.G. R.A.A.F
MISSING OF RABAUL
FEB. 23, 1942
19. DOUGLAS C. COOTE
SGT. W/OP. A.G. R.A.A.F.
KILLED NEW GUINEA
JUNE 21, 1942
20. GORDON F. HIGHMAN
SGT. PILOT R.A.A.F.
KILLED MIDDLE EAST
JUNE 13, 1942
21. THIS TREE WAS PLANTED
TO THE MEMORY OF
THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR
LIVES IN THE KOREAN WAR
1951 – 52
22. THIS TREE WAS DEDICATED
IN MEMORY OF THOSE
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES
IN THE VIETNAM WAR
1962 – 1973
The initial 21 plaques were erected in 1970. The cement blocks were made by Jack Rogerson. The plaques, purchased by (Port Elliot and Goolwa) Council, were affixed by George Brittain. Plaque 22 was added in 1988.
from “Port Elliot R.S.L. Sub Branch Inc. 50th Anniversary 1943 - 1993”
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