Wheatly River Memorial Obelisk

Erected by local residents, this memorial is dedicated to the local war dead of the First and Second World Wars.

Inscription

[front/devant]

WHEATLEY RIVER
LEST WE FORGET

BUILT OF A PEOPLES LOVE TO THE MEMORY OF OUR HEROIC DEAD
1914 – 1918

KILLED IN ACTION

PTE. FREDK. MATHESON, APR. 30, 1917
PTE. ARTHUR LING, SEPT. 15, 1916
PTE. LEIGH COLES, FEB. 13, 1918

[right side/côté droit]

THE GLORIOUS DEAD
WAR
1939 – 1945

KILLED IN ACTION
W.O. FREDK. L. BULMAN, APR. 23, 1944
PTE. ARTHUR H. CAMESTER, AUG. 13, 1944
CPL. LORNE A. CUDMORE, SEPT. 15, 1944
L/CPL. DANIEL WHITLOCK, DEC. 14, 1944
PTE. P. RODOLPH GALLANT, MAR. 30, 1945
DIED OF WOUNDS
CPL. WESLEY G. ROSS, APR. 6, 1942
GNR. WILFRED C. WATTS, OCT. 3, 1944
DIED ON SERVICE
PTE. J. ALFRED BLANCHARD, JULY 24, 1944

KILLED IN ACTION
PTE. MOSES GALLANT, SEPT. 28, 1915
CPL. JEROME GALLANT, JUNE 6, 1916
AGNES S. MACDONALD, NURSE, DROWNED 1917

[back/arrière]

DIED OF WOUNDS

PTE. ADRIAN PETERS, AUG. 8, 1918
PTE. ROY LING, MAY 1, 1917
PTE. EUSEBE LOGO, SEPT. 4, 1918

[left side/côté gauche]

DIED FROM WAR SERVICES

GR. T.D. PIDGEON, JULY 10, 1920
PTE. LEMUEL D. WAVE, OCT. 30, 1920
PTE. WM. AXWORTHY, JAN. 11, 1922

Érigé par les résidants de l’endroit, ce mémorial est dédié à leurs concitoyens décédés durant les Première et Seconde Guerres mondiales.

Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.