Tumbarumba Memorial Park

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Tumbarumba Memorial Park

Key information

Memorial Name:
Tumbarumba Memorial Park
Address:

23 Winton Street
Tumbarumba NSW 2653
Australia

Memorial Type:
Park
Conflicts:
  • South African War (Boer War), 1899–1902
  • First World War, 1914–18
  • Second World War, 1939–45
  • Peacekeeping, 1947–present
  • Korean War, 1950–53
  • Malayan Emergency, 1950–60
  • Vietnam War, 1962–75
Dedication Date:
Publicly accessible

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Stories

William Goldpsink
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William Henry Goldspink

William Goldspink was born on the 17th of June 1880 in Tumbarumba, NSW.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Albert (Bert) Meadows Whitehead

Bert was born at the Lighthouse, Tooma, NSW on the 1st of April 1894. His middle name, “Meadows” is after the name of the property, “The Meadows”.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Richard Matheson
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Richard Alexander Matheson

Richard Alexander Matheson was born at Tumbarumba, NSW on the 16th of July 1911, the third of six children to Thomas and Elizabeth (nẽe Portors) Matheson. 

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Thomas Harold Blomley

Thomas Harold Blomley was born in 1896 in Tooma, New South Wales. Thomas was the middle child of George and Charlotte (née Gill) Blomley.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Wilfred Whitehead - original cross
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Wilfred David Whitehead

Wilfred David Whitehead was born on the 23rd of January, 1892, at the Lighthouse, Tooma, within the parish of Greg Greg, NSW.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Colin Cramond - Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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Colin Hearder Cramond

Colin was born on the 22nd of August 1880, at Warrnambool, Victoria. His parents were John Glass and Frances, (née Hearder).

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Clifford Thwaites (seated)
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Clifford Cardiss Thwaites

Clifford (on left in photograph) was born on the 16th of December 1893 at 81 Toogood Street in Erskinville NSW.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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Charles Stratton

Charles was born in Corryong in 1875, the sixth of ten children to Robert and Marian Annie (née Grant) Stratton.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

George Airey
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George James Airey

George James Airey was born on the 29th of November 1906 in Tumbarumba, New South Wales. He was the eldest of five children of John William and Helene (née Clarke).

Author: Stephen Learmonth

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John Mocatta

John Norman Mocatta was born on the 22nd of October, 1890, in his home in Miller Street, South Shore, NSW.

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Private William J Matheson
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William John Matheson

William John Matheson was born in Tumbarumba, NSW on the 12th of August 1917, the sixth child of Thomas and Elizabeth (née Portors) Matheson. 

Author: Stephen Learmonth

Photos

Author: Brian Rowe