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23-March-2015
23-March-2015

Photographs supplied by Chris McLaughlin

The gates commemorate former students of the school who served in World War One.

The Memorial Gate which is to be erected at the public school in memory of ex-pupils who fought in the Great War will be completed and erected by the end of August. The official unveiling has been set down for Wednesday, 15th September. 
Western Champion (Parkes, NSW), 12 August 1920.

The gates consists of two free stone pillars, faced with marble tablets displaying lead lettered inscriptions. The gates are surmounted by a pediment featuring crossed rifles, laurel wreath, and rising sun.

 

Location

Address:Molong Street, Condobolin Public School, Condobolin, 2877
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -33.084765
Long: 147.149622
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Gates
Monument Theme:Conflict
Sub-Theme:WW1
Actual Event Start Date:04-August-1914
Actual Event End Date:28-June-1919
Monument Manufacturer:Larcombe & Company (Lidcombe, NSW)

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Wednesday 15th September, 1920
Left Side Inscription

Ex-pupils of this School who fought in the Great War

1914 - 1919

[ Names ]

Erected in grateful memory

Unveiled 15th September 1920 by P Board Esq. C.M.C.M.A.  NSW Board of Education. 

 

Right Side Inscription

ANZAC               Lone Pine.
Pozieres.            St Quentin.
Messines.           Bellenglise.
Polygon Wood.  Jerusalem.

[ Names ]

Nurses
[ Names ]

They loved the land that bore them

Source: MA,SKP,NRWM
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