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Pomaily State School War Memorial

Pomaily School Memorial in its bush setting.
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Memorial information

Description

Surrounded by a wrought iron fence, the obelisk sits on a sandstone plinth and is supported on a two tier concrete base.

Inscription

Top/front: P.S./Pomaily School/In Honour Of/Past Scholars/Who Served in the/Great War/1914-1920
Bottom/front: 12 names (Leo Lindley… James M.H. McLellan)
Left side: 6 names (Albert Chapman… Percy V. Dahl)

Conflicts

World War I

Memorial type

Column/obelisk/pillar

Contributions

Harry Gallaher, Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum

Photos

Pomaily School Memorial in its bush setting.
Pomaily School Memorial from the front.
Honour plaque on the front bottom of the obelisk - P.S. … 1920 - 8 lines
Name plaque on the front of the monument - Leo Lindley… James M.H. McLellan - 12 names.
Name plaque on the left side of the monument - Albert Chapman… Percy V. Dahl - 6 names
Old photo of Pomaily School War Memorial, scanned image from A Short History of Miriam Vale Shire-The Birthplace of Queensland-From the Journals of Arthur Jeffery, edited by Val Growcott and Margaret Taylor.

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