Walkerston Memorial Gates
| Location: | On Corner of Bridge and Dutton Streets, Walkerston. |
| Local Government Authority: | Mackay Regional Council. |
| Year Constructed: | post 1945 |
| Type of Construction: | Red Brick and wrought iron. |
| War: | 1914-1918; 1939-1945 |
| Names: | 1914-1918 (18) ; 1939-1945 (19) All men listed died during the wars. |
| History: |
This memorial commemorates those fallen from the Walkerston and Pleystowe districts. The Memorial Gates have two plaques. One commemorates those who fell during the 1914-1918 war and the other those who fell during the war of 1939-1945. |
| Information Sources: | Email: Mrs Di Randell, 16 Nov. 2006. |
Walkerston Memorial Gates
1914-1918
| Name Recorded | Identified As | |
| CAMPBELL J.E. | CAMPBELL, James Eric, Lance Corporal, 365, 20th Battalion, enlisted 11 April 1915, Died of wounds, 14 August 1916, Pozieres, France. | |
| CAMPBELL R.F. | CAMPBELL, Robert Ferguson, Private, Q11983, Australian Army Medical Corps, enlisted ?, Died of Illness, 27 October 1916, Brisbane, Queensland. | |
| DEE H.J. | DEE, Henry Joseph, Private, 2419, 47th Battalion, enlisted 25 March 1916, Killed in Action, 30 September 1917, Belgium. |
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| FURNIVAL J. | FURNEYVALL, Edmond James, Private, 437, 31st Battalion, enlisted 12 July 1915, Died of Illness, 23 November 1918, France. |  |
| GARRAWAY A. | GARRAWAY, Alan Edward de Jonyn, Gunner, 3843, 4th Pioneer Battalion/3rd Field Artillery Brigade, enlisted 1 March 1917, Died of Wounds, 27 May 1918, Franvilliers, France. |  |
| LUSCOMBE T. | LUSCOMBE, George Thomas, Lance Corporal, 1266, 42nd Battalion, enlisted 11 February 1916, Killed in Action, 10 June 1917, Messines, Belgium. |  |
| McGREGOR N. | MacGREGOR, Donald Neil, Company Sergeant-Major, 1481, 3rd Infantry Battalion, H Company, enlisted 18 August 1914, Killed in Action 25 April 1915, Gallipoli, Turkey aged 28 years. Buried in Quinn's Post Cemetery, Gallipoli. |
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| McLAY JAS. | McCLAY, James, Private, 5724, 9th Battalion, enlisted 31 January 1916, Died of Wounds, 23 December 1917, Belgium. | |
| MOODY C. | MOODY, Charles, Private, 1981, 15th Battalion, enlisted 21 January 1915, Died of wounds, 9 August 1915, Gallipoli, Turkey. | |
| PAGAN J. | PAGAN, John, Private, 1717, 47th Battalion, enlisted 18 January 1916, Killed in Action, 7 June 1917, Messines, Belgium. | |
| PERRY E.H. | PERRY, Eric Horatio, Private, 5734, 9th Battalion/26th Battalion, enlisted 18 January 1916, Killed in Action, 3 May 1917, Bullecourt, France. |  |
| POPE J.R. | POPE, James Richard, Private, 5448, 12th Battalion, enlisted 18 January 1916, Killed in Action, 5 May 1917, France. | |
| RANDALL P. | RANDELL, Alfred Ernest (Paddy), Private, 2494, 47th Battalion, enlisted 1 April 1916, Died at Sea of Ilness (Meningitis), 17 October 1916, just off Durban, South Africa. |  |
| SMITH N. | SMITH, Norman, Private, 3113, 9th Battalion/49th Battalion, enlisted 24 June 1915, Killed in Action, 5 September 1916, Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France. |  |
| SMITH W. | SMITH, Walter, Private, 5678, 26th Battalion, enlisted 1 April 1916, Killed in Action, 6 October 1917, Belgium. | |
| STODDART T.G. | STODDART, Thomas George, Private, 751, 25th Battalion, enlisted 6 February 1915, Killed in Action, 27 July 1916, Pozieres, France. | |
| SWAN H. | SWANN, Harry Alfred, Private, 326, 41st Battalion, enlisted 13 November 1915, Died of Illness, 13 November 1916, Fremantle, Western Australia. |
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| WILKINSON S. | WILKINSON, Sydney, Corporal, 461, 31st Battalion, enlisted 12 July 1915, Died of Wounds, 10 April 1917, France. |  |
1939-1945
| Name Recorded | Identified As | |
| BAKER, R.G | BAKER, Ronald George, Private, QX13247, 2nd Company, Australian Army Service Corps, enlisted 12 July 1940, Died of Illness whilst P.O.W., 1 October 1943, Burma. |  |
| BAKER, W. | BAKER, William John, Sergeant, 405670 (RAAF), 27th Operational Training Unit R.A.F., enlisted 24 May 1941, Accidental Death, 20 November 1942, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. |  |
| BOVEY, A.R. | BOVEY, Allen Robert, Gunner, QX18776, 2/15th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, enlisted 10 July 1941, Died of Illness while P.O.W., 24 April 1945, Sandakan, Borneo. |  |
| BOWKETT, E.J. | BOWKETT, Edwin James, Private, QX12062, 2/26th Battalion, Australian Infantry, enlisted 24 June 1940, Presumed Dead at Sea while P.O.W., 13 September 1944, South China Sea. |  |
| CHRISTIE, N. | CHRISTIE, Neil McNaughton, Corporal, QX8389, 2/3 Ordnance Store Company, Australian Army Ordnance Corps, enlisted 16 June 1940, Died of Illness while P.O.W., 5 June 1945, Sandakan, Borneo. |  |
| CULLEN, D.N. | CULLEN, David Neil, Sergeant, 405723 (RAAF), 7 Service Flight Training School, enlisted 25 May 1941, Killed in Flying Accident, 26 August 1942, Wanganella, New South Wales. |
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| DENT, T.R. | DENT, Terence Roy, Flight Sergeant, 425617 (RAAF), 463 Squadron, enlisted 25 April 1942, Flying Accident, 31 August 1944, United Kingdom. |  |
| DORWARD, L.C. | DORWARD, Leslie Clement (DFC), (MID), Flying Officer, 404174 (RAAF), 97 Squadron R.A.F., enlisted 21 June 1940, Killed in Action (Flying Battle), 5 October 1942, Germany. |  |
| ELWORTHY, A.J. | ELWORTHY, Alan James, Private, QX33560(Q130620), 15th Battalion, Australian Infantry, enlisted 16 December 1941, Killed in Action, 26 December 1944, Bougainville Island. | |
| GLEN, H. | GLEN, Harry James, Lance Corporal, QX8398, 2/25th Battalion, Australian Infantry, enlisted 16 June 1940, Died of Injuries, 4 September 1942, At sea off Townsville, Queensland. |  |
| HALPIN, G. | HALPIN, Geoffrey, Engineer Officer, (Merchant Navy), S.S. Faraday, Missing presumed killed, 26 March 1941, English Channel. | |
| HOWARD, T.J. | HOWARD, Thomas Jackson, Private, Q42294, 49th Battalion, Australian Military Forces, enlisted 3 March 1941, Died of Illness, 29 August 1942, Papua New Guinea. | |
| KELLY, J. | KELLY, John Patrick (Jack), Private, QX18710, 2/12th Battalion, Australian Infantry, enlisted 15 May 1941, Killed in Action, 1 January 1943, Buna, Papua New Guinea. |  |
| KERR, W. | KERR, William Joseph (Billy), Private, QX25924, 14 Garrison Battalion, Australian Infantry, enlisted 8 January 1942, Death Cause unknown, 24 May 1942, Woombye, Queensland. | |
| McCOLL, K.A. | McCOLL, Kevin Alexander. | |
| REASTON, J. | REASTON, Vivian James, Private, Q270857, 58/59th Battalion, Australian Infantry, enlisted 30 April 1943, Killed in Action, 9 June 1945, Bougainville Island. |  |
| SMITH, G.M. | SMITH, Geoffrey George Minchin, Pilot Officer, 426848 (RAAF), 105th Operational Training Unit, R.A.F., enlisted 14 August 1942, Accidentally Killed, 29 April 1945, England. | |
| WADE, W. | WADE, William John, Private, QX18808, 2/26th Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 28 August 1941, Missing presumed Dead, 11 February 1942, Malaya. |
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| WORK, L. | WORK, Lennie Robert, Private, QX18775, 2/9th Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 3 July 1941, Killed in Action, 23 December 1942, Papua New Guinea. |
