Blackwood War Memorial

Blackwood War Memorial - Overall

The War Memorial is a white marble statue of a soldier standing at ease located in the heart of Blackwood a South Eastern suburb located in the foothills of Adelaide, South Australia on the corner of Main Road and Coromandel Parade. 

Blackwood War Memorial - Front panel

"THEIR NAME LIVETH
FOR EVERMORE"

L.S. BIGG
N. CAMPBELL
T.H. COOMBS
J.L. DOWNER
W.J. DUNN
R.S. GUTHRIE
F.L. OUGDEN
A.G. SINIGEAR
J.L. SMITH
E.C. SPARKS
H. SULLIVAN
H. THORP
P. WADE
O.V. PEARSON

ERECTED IN HONOUR OF
BLACKWOOD SOLDIERS
WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

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Blackwood War Memorial - Left panel

A.G. ALSWORTH
H.A. BANKS
G.E. BAKER
G.C. CAMPBELL M.C.
B. CANT
H. CARNE
I.N. COAD
H.S. CONIGRAVE
W.A. CONLON
F.G. DALL
C.W. DAVIES
G. DOWNER
A.F.F. FLANIGAN
J.A. FLANIGAN
J.P. FLANIGAN
T.R. GAMBLE
J.B. GILLEN
A.B. GOSDEN
H.B. GOSDEN
A.E. HALL
C.I. HARRIS
J.B. HARRIS
R.H. HARRIS
G. JEFFREY
I.B. JONES
E.W. JONES
K. MACROW
NURSE E.J. MAGAREY
A.W. MAGAREY
F.W.H. MARTIN
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Blackwood War Memorial - Right panel

M.J. MILLER
L.G. MOODY
S.B. OPIE
A. PADDICK
R.C. PADDICK
A.R. PATTISON
F.C. PEGLER
R.B. REID M.C.
G.W. SELFE
H.E. SIBLEY
F.P. SMITH
C. STIDSTON
F.S.C. STIDSTON
L.L.T. STIDSTON
V. STIDSTON
A.H. TESTER
C.C. TESTER
E.J. THORP
C. THOMSON
J.S. TRELOAR
F.B. VAUGHAN
C. VERCO
A.E. WADE
W. WADE.
W.H. WAIT
F. WALL
A. WESTON
C. E. WICKENS
C. V. WICKENS
A. J. H. WILSON
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Blackwood War Memorial - Rear panel

H.B. GOSDEN
H.W. HILTON
E.T.J. LEE

History by photographs

Exploring your own family history leads you on a journey that takes on many forms, but none so beautiful as photographs. I have throughout the year been privileged enough to scan and record the people and events in our grandmother's photo albums which managed to survive the second world war and a journey to Australia as a displaced person. 

Most of the photographs are the work of Ernest Neumann her father, a camera importer living in Warsaw, Poland, who would seem was also very talented photographer in his own right the composition and attention to detail are something that can be clearly seen even in the most casual of family snapshots.

We have recorded the fun of summer holidays on the beach, the enjoyment of the Sunday outings with family and friends, but most importantly we have used the photographs to tell the story of that era.