OBJECT TITLE / NAME

War Memorial, 08/06/2001

DATE2001

MEDIAImage

PHOTOGRAPHERFuji

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.P578

HISTORY

This memorial on the foreshore at Hastings shows the names of those killed in WWI. Their names are: A. Bernard, L. Denham, Mat Elliot, M. Elliot, W. Hoban, F. Kerr, B. Jones, R. Laity, K. Munday, N. Nicholas, O’Shannassy, M. Romeo, L. Sparks, C. Whithead, E. Wilson. The top small black plaque reads: World War II 1939-1945. The larger black plaque reads: Served: Korea 1950-53, Malaya 1958-60, Borneo 1962-66, Vietnam 1962-73.

DESCRIPTION

This image shows a section of a war memorial with inscriptions. The top section reads: “Erected by the residents of East Riding of Frankston and Hastings Shire as a tribute to the men who enlisted and in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice in the Great War 1914-1919”. The names of the men killed are printed underneath. Two other small black plaques with gold printing are in the lower section of the monument. The monument is sitting on a two-step concrete base. Green lawn is in the background and water can be seen in the far background.

SUBJECTS

Bays, Foreshores, Korean War, 1950-1953, Monuments and memorials, Vietnam War, 1962-1973, War memorials, Wars, World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1939-1945

KEYWORDS

Bernard, A., Borneo War, Denham, L., Elliot, M., Elliot, Mat, Hastings War Memorial, Hoban, W., Jones, B., Kerr, F., Korean War, Laity, R., Malayan War, Munday, K., Nicholas, N., O’Shannassy, Romeo, M., Sparks, L., Vietnam War, Whithead, C., Wilson, E., World War 2, World War I