South African (Boer) War MemorialPrint Page

The monument commemorates those who served in the South African (Boer) War.  It is a stone structure surmounted by a street lamp with marble name plaques.

Deniliquin, Tuesday. This evening a lamp erected in memory of trooper Jas. Mason, one of the local volunteers, who was killed in the Ellinsburg engagement in South Africa last December was unveiled by the mayor (Cr. Kelly), in the presence of a large gathering. A number of soldiers under Captain R. Howe and Lieutenant J. Weir, headed by the local brass band, followed by the children attending the various schools, marched in procession from the town hall to the memorial which is erected at the junction of Cressy and Edward streets, where the ceremony was performed.

The memorial, on which is a tablet commemorating the death of Trooper Mason, also bears tribute to the seven local volunteers who were honored with various commissions, and gives the roll of about 30 volunteers from the district who took part in the war. 
The Age (Melbourne, Vic), 24 December 1902. 

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