Historical information

The monument commemorates those from Avoca who have served in the various conflicts in which Australia has been involved. It was dedicated on18 November 1921. The memorial was later rededicated in 1988 to also remember those who served in the Second World War. During the First World War, 137 men from the Avoca area volunteered for the armed services and of this number 29 were killed.

A plaque, unveiled in 1984, commemorates Sergeant Lewis McGee V.C who enlisted from Avoca in World War One.

Physical description

Colour photograph of the Avoca World War One. The Memorial is an octagonal building of rendered brick supported on eight columns with rounded engaged columns on the central section of each. At the top of the rounded section is a shield decoration.

World War One Fallen
Auls A.
Beavis J.
Beer C.
Brown J.A.
Brown J.N.
Burns W.
Dobley L.
Driver W.H.
Evans C.G.H.
Fish W.
Harrowfield N.
Henderson J.H.
Henry C.A.
Howell T.P.
Kiehl A.
Lambert S.
Lansdell H.
Livingstone J.
McArdle J.E.F.
McDowell W.R.
Oppy W.
Rowlands W.
Rowlands H.
Smith S.W.
Summers D.L.
Templeton C.
Turpin H.
Willmott C.
Wrigley F.
Yates L.R.

World War One Honour Roll
Anderson N.W.
Armstrong H.M.
Barry R.E.
Beavis JOHN.
Blain J.
Bowen L.
Bradley H.J.
Brazil F.
Brereton W.C.
Brereton C.
Brown H.
Burke J.F.
Burke P.
Burnett W.
Cain H.C.
Calnan C.
Chandler R.W.
Chandler H.
Chaplan W.
Coates E.
Cross F.
Cross C.
Crute A.T.
Cullip C.
Daly J.
Derrick E.A.
Diamond C.P.
Doodt D.
Doodt C.
Douglas J.O.
Ebeling C.
Elliot T.
Elliot N.
Elliot W.N.
Ford H.
Fraser D.C.
French W.
French W.H.
French C.
Garner J.
Gee J.
Gee F.R.
Gibson C.A.
Golder A.
Golder F.
Gollop H.
Gouce W.
Greenwood H.
Greenwood W.
Harbour H.J.H.
Harris N.
Harrow R.
Harrowfield B.
Hellings D.
Henderson C.
Henderson J.J.
Henderson T.A.
Hilderbrand W.
Holland H.S.
Hughes W.
Jardine J.W.
Jardine W.E.
Jardine J.A.
Johnson G.
Johnson W.
Johnson REG.
Johns
Kitchen G.R.
Laidlow R.T.
Larkins James.
Leyden J.M.
Leyden P.J.
Lindsay F.
Lyons P.L.
McEwan F.
McVicar F.C.
McVicar A.A.
Mitchell T.T.
Moodie A.
Nicholson E.
Porter A.B.
Randall W.
Redpath S.
Reeves H.
Reid E.
Resuggan A.
Robinson R.W.
Samers V.
Scott R.V.
Sims H.L.
Stavely W.
Torney S.
Williams H.
Willmott H.
Wilmott D.
Wilson B.C.
Wilson A.
Wiltshire C.
Witherden T.
Witherden D.
Yates J.O.
Young F.
Johnson F.
Kitchell P.
Kitchen A.L.