The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
From Our Contribution
 Ballarat POW Memorial | |
 Ballarat POW Memorial centre piece | |
 Walls with names engraved | |
| Monument Details | |
|---|---|
| Name | The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
| Location | Botanical Gardens, Ballarat, Victoria |
| Dedication Date | 6 Feb 2004 |
Contents
History
The Memorial symbolizes that all Australian prisoners embarked to serve away from their homeland, and acknowledges the hardship, deprivation, brutality, starvation and disease endured by many Prisoners of War during their capture and the scars many continued to endure upon their repatriation to Australia.
Setting
Set in Ballarat's magnificent Botanical Gardens the Memorial is a place of quiet reflection and a place to remember loved ones and to mourn those 8,600 Prisoners of War who died in captivity and remain buried on foreign shores.
Description
Wall with names engraved, split mid point by six erect stones adorned with the name of country or area of conflict where POWs were taken prisoner. Names are displayed alphabetical by conflict.
Monument Details
† Died while a Prisoner of War
World War I 1914 - 1918
1916
- †Stephen Henry Horrocks 29 Jul 1916 Pozières
- †William John Howe 29 Jul 1916 Pozières
- †Luke Siford 29 Jul 1916 Pozières
- Arnold Thorp 29 Jul 1916 Pozières
- †Herbert George Lewis 14/16 Aug 1916 Mouquet Farm
- Francis Henry Ryniker 3 Sep 1916 Mouquet farm
- William Charles Woodland 3 Sep 1916 Mouquet farm
- Edward Armstrong 16 Nov 1916 The Maze
- Stuart Alan Webb 16 Nov 1916 The Maze
1917
- John Blake 11 Apr 1917 1st Bullecourt
- William Francis Cohn 11 Apr 1917 1st Bullecourt
- Gordon Vidgen Cross 11 Apr 1917 1st Bullecourt
- Claude Robert Marsh 11 Apr 1917 1st Bullecourt
- Frederick Rawlinson 11 Apr 1917 1st Bullecourt
- Egbert Robert Trethowan Reeves 11 Apr 1917 1st Bullecourt
- John Edmond Rhodes 11 Apr 1917 1st Bullecourt
- Hartland Wheare Richards 11 Apr 1917 1st Bullecourt
- †Joseph Scott 11 Apr 1917 1st Bullecourt
- John Francis Ullyott 11 Apr 1917 1st Bullecourt
- Aubrey Jesse Whittington MM 11 Apr 1917 1st Bullecourt
- Donald Victor Chisholm 15 Apr 1917 Lagnicourt
- John Macarthur Livingston 15 Apr 1917 Lagnicourt
- Melbourne Hubert Randolph Matthews 15 Apr 1917 Lagnicourt
- John William King 12 Oct 1917 Passchendaele
1918
- Victor Leo Gordon Boyle 5 Apr 1918 Albert
- John Waldegrave Packer 7 May 1918 Morlancourt
World War II 1939 - 1945
1941
- William Randall Foggon April 1941 Greece
- Donald Campell William Henderson April 1941 Greece or Crete
- Harry Wallace Benson April/May 1941 Greece or Crete
- Andrew David Johnson April/May 1941 Greece or Crete
- James Percy Ray April/May 1941 Greece or Crete
- Edward Charles (Ted) Fancote May 1941 Crete
- Maurice Gerard O'Brien May 1941 Crete
- Kevin James Higgins 31 May 1941 Greece
- William Randall Foggon 2 Jun 1941 Greece
- Stanley Hubert Hancock Jun 1941 Crete
- †Kenneth Myers Kroenert Jun 1941 Crete
- William James Johnson 4 Jun 1941 Crete
- George Garratt 6 Jun 1941 Crete
- †Robert Hassett 7 Jun 1941 Crete
- Herbert James Collier 27 Jul 1941 Ruin Ridge
1942
- †Herbert Michael (Bert) Rubery 16 Feb 1942 Singapore
- John Roy (Jack) Thorpe OAM Feb 1942 Java
- †James Pryor Thatcher 7 Mar 1942 Java
- Clifford Stanley Douglas 2 Jun 1942 North Sea - aircraft
- Norman Rees Willacott MID 27 Jul 1942 El Alemain Egypt