Gargett and District War Memorial Gates
| Location: | Gargett. |
| Local Government Authority: | Mackay Regional Council |
| Year Constructed: | post 1918 |
| Type of Construction: | Concrete with wrought Iron and cast bronze plaques. |
| War: | 1914-1918, 1939-1945 |
| Names: | WWI 65 (13 Died); WWII 73 (6 died) |
| History: | Possibly built post WW2. The gates were restored and have been located further west as of 2004. The wrought Iron sign was replaced by a laser cut steel plate sign circa 2007-2008. |
| Information Sources: |
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| Gargett War Memorial Gates, 1994.(Glen Hall Collection). |
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| Gargett War Memorial , June 2006.(Glen Hall Collection). |
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| Gargett War Memorial , May 2009.(Glen Hall Collection) |
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| Gargett War Memorial , May 2009.(Glen Hall Collection) |
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| Name recorded | Identified as | |
| Killed | ||
| ARNOLD, C. | ARNOLD, Guy Hartley, Private, 1311, 2nd Battalion, enlisted 28 November 1914, Killed in Action, 26 April 1916, Ypres Belgium. | |
| ARNOLD, J. | ARNOLD, Rupert John, Gunner, 15724, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, enlisted 11 October 1915, Died of wounds, 29 July 1917, France. | |
| COOPER, A. | COOPER, Albert Edward, Private, 3477, 49th Battalion, enlisted 9 October 1916, Killed in Action, 5 April 1918, France. | |
| HEAD. T. | HEAD, Thompson, Private, 6038, 9th Battalion, enlisted 28 February 1916, Killed in Action, 10 October 1917, Passchendaele, Belgium. | |
| KIRBY. J. | KIRBY, James, Private, 5440, 15th Battalion, enlisted 30 December 1915, Killed in Action, 9 August 1916, France. | |
| MATTHEWS, T. | MATTHEWS, Thomas, Corporal, 599, 12th Battalion/52nd Battalion, enlisted 5 September 1914, Killed in Action, 24 April 1918, France. | |
| NEILSEN, H. | NIELSEN, Harold Vivian, Private, 428, 4th Machine Gun Battalion / Machine Gun Company 11, enlisted 31 January 1916, Killed in Action 4 October 1917, Belgium. | |
| PENNY, C. | PENNY, Charles, Private, 5735, 9th Battalion/25th Battalion, enlisted 31 January 1916, Died of wounds, 4 July 1918, France. | |
| SLEIGHT, T. | SLEIGHT, Thomas, Private, 6090, 15th Battalion, enlisted 31 January 1916, Killed in Action, 11 April 1917, France. | |
| SOUTHGATE, S. | SOUTHGATE, Samuel, Private, 2399, 26th Battalion/12th Battalion, enlisted 6 July 1915, Killed in Action, 25 July 1916, Pozieres, France. | |
| WRIGHT, H. | WRIGHT, Harry Edwin, Private, 5971, 9th Battalion, enlisted 23 February 1916, Killed in Action, 20 September 1917, Belgium. | |
| Other Names | ||
| BRADSHAW, H. | BRADSHAW, Herbert Arthur, Lance Corporal, 5992, 9th Battalion, enlisted 17 February 1916, Returned to Australia, 28 November 1918 |  |
| BROOKS, J. | (Not positively identified) | |
| BROWN, R. | BROWN, Ronald William Alexander, Q7529, 41st Battalion, enlisted 15 May 1916, Discharged 29 November 1916, did not go overseas. | |
| BROWN, W. | BROWN, William Charles, Private, 13, 26th Battalion, enlisted 22 February 1915, Returned to Australia, 21 January 1916. | |
| BROWNSEY, H. | BROWNSEY, Herbert William, Private, 58070, 9th Battalion, enlisted 23 May 1918, Returned To Australia, 23 July 1919. | |
| BROWNSEY, O. | BROWNSEY, Oliver Ernest, Private, 133, 41st Battalion, enlisted 6 January 1916, Returned To Australia, 26 September 1917. |  |
| CAHALANE, J. | CAHALANE, James, Private, 2409, 47th Battalion, enlisted 17 April 1916, Returned to Australia, 7 June 1918. | |
| CAMERON, A. | CAMERON, Andrew, Lance Corporal, 1285, 42nd Battalion/15th Battalion, enlisted 18 January 1916, Returned To Australia, 12 May 1919. | |
| CAMERON, R. | (Not positively identified) | |
| CAMPBELL, D. | (Not positively identified) | |
| COOPER, S. | COOPER, Samuel George, Private, 3351, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, enlisted 24 April 1916, Returned to Australia 12 July 1918. | |
| DONALDSON, R. | (Not positively identified) | |
| EASTGATE, J. | EASTGATE, John Vincent (M.I.D.), Sergeant, 1003A, 11th Light Horse Regiment/15th Light Horse Regiment, enlisted 1 July 1915, Returned To Australia, 24 July 1919. | |
| FARLIE, W. | (Not positively identified) | |
| FARRELL, M. | FARRELL, Michael, Private, 3485, 26th Battalion, enlisted 30 August 1915, Killed in Action 29 October 1917, Ypres, Belgium. |  |
| FRANKLIN, F. | FRANKLIN, Frederick William, Gunner, 170, 41st Battalion/3rd Medium Trench Mortar Battery, enlisted 6 January 1916, Returned To Australia, 12 December 1918. | |
| GRAHAM, W. | (Not positively identified) | |
| HAMILTON, A. | (Not positively identified) | |
| HART, R. | (Not positively identified) | |
| HEAD, W. | HEAD, William, Private, 3123, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, enlisted 16 October 1916, Returned To Australia, 13 March 1919. | |
| HENNE, A. | (Not positively identified) | |
| HODSON, W. | HODGSON, William, Driver, 21360, 7th Field Artillery Brigade / 9th Field Artillery Brigade, Brigade Ammunition Column, enlisted 11 October 1915, Returned to Australia 1 July 1919. | |
| JENNER, A.A. | JENNER, Albert (M.M.), Private, 6336, 26th Battalion, enlisted 14 October 1916, Returned To Australia, 13 July 1919. | |
| JENNER, A.J. | JENNER, Arthur John, Private, 58112, 18th Depot of Supply / 6th (Queensland) Reinforcements, enlisted 23 May 1918, Returned to Australia 3 September 1919, died 5 December 1979, aged 80 years, buried Mount Bassett Cemetery, Mackay. | |
| KEMP, J. | (Not positively identified) | |
| LAMB, J. | LAMB, James, Private, 1930, 42nd Battalion / 52nd Battalion, enlisted 26 October 1915, Returned to Australia 15 September 1918. | |
| LANGTREE, J. | LANGTREE, John, Sergeant, 2532, 47th Battalion/46th Battalion, enlisted 22 February 1916, Returned To Australia, 4 July 1919. | |
| LISTER, A. | LISTER Albert Harry, Private,4834, 2nd Division Train / 9th Battalion, enlisted 8 September 1915 , Returned to Australia 29 May 1919. |  |
| LYNCH, T. | LYNCH, Thomas Mark, Private, 560, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion / Machine Gun Company 7, enlisted 20 August 1916, Returned to Australia 1 June 1920. | |
| MATTHEWS, A. | (Not positively identified) | |
| MATTHEWS, C. | MATTHEWS, Colin Abraham, Private, 611, 42nd Battalion / 11th Light Trench Mortar Battery, enlisted 30 November 1915, Returned to Australia, 21 March 1919. | |
| MATTHEWS, L. | MATTHEWS, Lawrence Hugh, Driver, 2300, Field Artillery Brigade 3/1st Divisional Ammunition Column, enlisted 30 August 1914, Returned To Australia, 23 October 1918. |  |
| McKENNA, H. | (Not positively identified) | |
| NEWMAN, R. | (Not positively identified) | |
| PENNY, G. | PENNY, George Alfred, Private, 200, 11th Light Horse Regiment, enlisted 30 December 1915, Returned To Australia, 20 July 1919. | |
| PRATT, J. | PRATT, John Mathew, Private, 7758, 9th Battalion, enlisted 21 April 1917, Returned to Australia 12 March 1919. | |
| PREBBLE, F. | PREBBLE, Edward, Private, 725, 42nd Battalion / Machine Gun Company 12, enlisted 18 December 1916, Returned to Australia 8 November 1918. | |
| REILLY, J. | REILLY, John, Corporal, 725, 41st Battalion / 11th Light Trench Mortar Battery, enlisted 11 November 1915, Returned To Australia, 11 January 1918. | |
| ROLFE, C. | ROLFE, Ernest George, Sergeant, 107, 41st Battalion, enlisted 11 November 1915, Returned to Australia 12 June 1918. | |
| RUDD, R. | RUDD, Robert James Percy, Private, 1962, 41st Battalion / 52nd Battalion, enlisted 6 January 1916, Returned to Australia 24 August 1918, died 7 December 1925, aged 27 years, buried Mirani Cemetery. | |
| SCANLON, T. | SCANLON, Thomas, Private, 3436, 41st Battalion, enlisted 28 February 1917, Returned to Australia 20 April 1919. | |
| SHEILS, S.W. | (Not positively identified) | |
| SLEIGHT, A. | (Not positively identified) | |
| SLEIGHT, G. | SLEIGHT, George Angus, Private, 4408, 27th Battalion, enlisted 16 November 1916, Returned To Australia, 10 April 1919. | |
| SLEIGHT, L. | (Not positively identified) | |
| TAYLOR, J. | TAYLOR, James, Private, 2888, 42nd Battalion, enlisted 14 October 1916, Returned To Australia, 12 December 1918. | |
| TITCHENER, J. | TITCHENER, John, Driver, 216, 11th Light Horse Regiment / 2nd Light Horse Regiment, enlisted 19 February 1915, Returned to Australia 21 January 1916. | |
| TODD, G. | (Not positively identified) | |
| WATT, H. | WATT, Herbert, Private, 2171, 41st Battalion, enlisted 10 April 1916, Returned to Australia 16 March 1918, died 9 September 1919, aged 26 years, buried Mirani Cemetery. | |
| WEBSTER, L. | WEBSTER, Leslie Raymond, Private, 58177, 6th (Queensland) Reinforcements / 9th Battalion, enlisted 9 July 1918, Returned to Australia 5 September 1919. | |
| WILLS, R. | WILLS, Phillip Alfred, Driver, 27954, 5th Field Artillery Brigade / 9th Field Artillery Brigade, enlisted 20 March 1916, Returned to Australia 31 March 1919. | |
| WILSON, T. | (Not positively identified) | |
| WRIGHT, E. | (Not positively identified) | |
| WYLLIE, R. | WYLLIE, Robert, Gunner, 20884, 12th Field Artillery Brigade / 9th Field Artillery Brigade, enlisted 11 October 1915, Returned to Australia 31 March 1919. |
| Name recorded | Identified as | |
| Killed | ||
| BENSON, G.P. | BENSON, George Peter , Private, QX8283, 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion, enlisted 10 June 1940, Killed in Action, 22 July 1942, Egypt. |  |
| KOHLER, A.S. | KOHLER, Arthur Sutherland, Private, QX32415, 2/25th Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 20 May 1942, Killed in Action, 17 July 1945, Balikpapan, Borneo. | |
| REILLY, A. | REILLY, Andrew Phillip, Private, QX25935, 2/4th Pioneer Battalion, enlisted 8 January 1942, Accidentally Killed, 8 February 1946, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. | |
| SMITH, F. | (Not Positively Identified) | |
| VOSS, F.A.E. | VOSS, Francis Allan Eastley , Gunner, QX29721, 262nd Light Anti Aircraft Battery, Royal Australian Artillery, enlisted 26 January 1942, Accidentally Killed, 31 May 1943, Papua New Guinea | |
| WATERS, G. | WATERS, George Young, Private, QX18602, 2/31st Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 25 March 1941, Died of Wounds, 13 May 1943, Brisbane, Queensland. |  |
| Other Names | ||
| BENSON, A. | BENSON, Albert , Corporal, QX12033, 2/25th Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 23 June 1940, discharged 3 November 1945. |  |
| BOURKE, M.J. | BOURKE, Mervyn John, Leading Aircraftman, 25908 (RAAF), 1 Reserve Personnel Pool, enlisted 29 May 1941, discharged 10 January 1946. |  |
| BRADSHAW, S.J. | BRADSHAW, Stanley James , Corporal, QX18784, 2/1 Tank Attack Regiment, enlisted 24 July 1941, discharged 3 November 1945. | |
| BRENAN, W.M. | BRENNAN, William Michael, Private, QX8037, 2/9th Battalion, enlisted 20 May 1940, discharged 16 August 1942. | |
| BROWN, E.R. | BROWN, Ernest Ronald, Private, QX44086, 2/189 Supply Dep Pln., enlisted 27 May 1942, discharged 29 November 1946. | |
| BROWN, R. | (Not positively identified) | |
| CASEY, K. | (Not positively identified) | |
| CLARE, H. | CLARE, Harry, Private, QX13147, 2/25th Battalion, enlisted 28 June 1940, discharged 6 October 1945. |  |
| CLARE, W. | CLARE, William, Driver, QX41664, 2/6 Field Ambulance, enlisted 9 December 1942, discharged 18 January 1946. | |
| CLARK, J. | (Not positively identified) | |
| COOKE, S.R. | (Not positively identified) | |
| CRAIG, D.F. | CRAIG, David Francis, Private, QX12039, 69 Light Aid Detachment, enlisted 23 June 1940, discharged 14 November 1946. | |
| CRANSTON, A. | CRANSTON, Alfred, Bombardier, QX18641, 2/2 A TK ATTK REGT, enlisted 17 April 1941, discharged 13 December 1945. | |
| DEVIR, D.N. | DEVIR,
Dominic Nicholas, Private, QX13251, 2/26 Battalion, enlisted 12 July
1940, discharge 27 February 1941.
DEVIR, Donald, Private, QX25912, 2/15 Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 8 January 1942, discharged 11 February 1946. |
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| DOEBLIEN, A. | DOEBLIEN, Alfred Wesley, Private, QX50554, 2/7 Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 6 March 1943, discharged 19 September 1946, died June 1996, buried Mirani West Cemetery. | |
| DWYER, C. | DWYER, Cornelius John, Lieutenant, QX4880, enlisted 18 November 1939, discharged 28 September 1945. | |
| GAMBIER, A.T. | GAMBIER, Albert Thomas, Petty Officer, 23518 (RAN), HMAS Penguin, enlisted 16 August 1939, discharged 3 November 1949. | |
| GRACE, H. | GRACE, Harry Lawrance, Private, QX2893, 2/10 Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 5 April 1940, discharged 12 October 1945. | |
| HARRIS, I. | HARRIS, Ivor Alexander, Private, QX18587, 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 25 March 1941, discharged 21 December 1945. | |
| HARRIS, L. | (Not positively identified) | |
| HAYMAN, V.J. | HAYMAN, Vincent John, Private, QX13178, 2/26th Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 3 July 1940, discharged 19 December 1945. (POW) |  |
| HEEL, E. | HEEL, Ernest Alfred, Sergeant, Q54991, 4 Aust Detn. Brks., enlisted 16 February 1942, discharged 19 October 1945. | |
| HUGHES, J. | HUGHES, James Whitall, Private, QX25920, Northern Command Reception Camp, enlisted 8 January 1942, discharged 15 January 1942. | |
| HUGHES, R.T. | HUGHES, Richard Thomas, Corporal, QX28284, 2/3 Port Operating Company, enlisted 5 February 1942, discharged 31 December 1945. | |
| JACKSON, L.G. | (Not positively identified) | |
| KOHLER, A. | KOHLER, Alfred, Private, QX18864, Australian Imperial Force, enlisted 12 November 1941, discharged 19 August 1945. | |
| KOHLER, E. | KOHLER, Eric Walter Alec, Private, QX27343, 2/15th Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 15 January 1942, discharged 10 April 1946. | |
| KOHLER, T. | KOHLER, Edward John Smith, Gunner, Q114731, 4 Field Regiment, enlisted 15 June 1941, discharged 4 April 1946. | |
| LAWS, E. | LAWS, Ernest, Private, N282437, 2 Garrison Battalion, enlisted 11 November 1941, discharged 30 November 1945. | |
| LEWIS, W.B. | LEWIS, Wilfrid Bertrand, Lieutenant, QX12047, enlisted 23 June 1940, discharged 18 February 1946. | |
| LINDSAY, A. | (Not positively identified) | |
| LINDSAY, J. | (Not positively identified) | |
| LYNCH, J. | (Not positively identified) | |
| LYNCH, T. | LYNCH, Thomas Horace, Signalman, QX60567, 26th Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 22 March 1944, discharged 27 June 1946. | |
| McLENNAN, K.D. | McLENNAN, Kenneth Douglas, Private, QX8266, 2/26th Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 9 June 1940, discharged 2 December 1945. (POW) | |
| McLENNAN, R. | (Not positively identified) | |
| MUNCK, V. | MUNCK, Valin, Private, QX25927, 62nd Battalion, enlisted 8 January 1942, discharged 20 January 1944. | |
| MURPHY, H.V. | MURPHY, Herbert Vincent, Craftsman, Q114957, 1 ATKW/S, enlisted 3 February 1942, discharged 28 October 1943. | |
| NAYLOR, W. | NAYLOR,
William Charles, Craftsman, Q269131, 2/1 Base Workshop, enlisted 15
June 1941, discharged 27 June 1946.
NAYLOR, William Charles, Private, Q215301, 15 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (QLD), enlisted 24 April 1942, discharged 21 October 1945. |
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| NEAGLES, W. | (Not positively identified) | |
| NEEDHAM, W. | NEEDHAM, William John Thomas, Private, QX13270, 2/26th Infantry Battalion, enlisted 16 July 1940, discharged 18 December 1945. (POW) |  |
| NEILSEN, F. | (Not positively identified) | |
| NEILSEN, J.D. | (Not positively identified) | |
| NIMMO, J.D. | NIMMO, James Donald, Private, QX12051, 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion, enlisted 23 June 1940, discharged 10 October 1945. | |
| NIMMO, JEAN | NIMMO, Jean, Private, QF273115, Australian Womens Army Service, enlisted 27 July 1944, discharged 11 July 1946. | |
| O'LOUGHLIN, P. | O'LOUGHLIN, Patrick, Private, QX18865, 2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 20 November 1941, discharged 19 December 1945. | |
| PAUL, D. | PAUL, Douglas Noel, Gunner, Q114844, Aust. Trg. Centre (J W'fare), enlisted 15 June 1941, discharged 11 April 1944. | |
| PETTERSON, D.J. | PETTERSON, Wallace James, Private, QX18788, 2/25th Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 24 July 1941, discharged 1 July 1946. | |
| POWELL, G. | (Not positively identified) | |
| REEDMAN, C. | REEDMAN, Cyril George Arthur, Leading Aircraftman, 429349 (RAAF), 3 Central Recovery Depot, enlisted 11 September 1942, discharged 10 January 1946. | |
| REILLY, M. | REILLY, Myles, Private, QX12052, 2/15th Battalion 2 RFTS, enlisted 23 June 1940, discharged 16 November 1945. |  |
| ROGERS, MARIE | ROGERS, Marie Ellen, Corporal, QF267360, AACS (QLD) L OF C AREA, enlisted 28 December 1942, discharged 23 September 1946. | |
| SMITH, F. | (Not positively identified) | |
| SOPER, A. | SOPER, Albert Lewis, Private, Q130719, 30th Battalion, enlisted 15 June 1941, discharged 14 June 1946. | |
| SOPER, W.J. | SOPER, William James, Craftsman, QX18704, 2/31st Aust. P. Battalion, enlisted 8 May 1941, discharged 11 February 1946. |  |
| TAYLOR, L.S. | (Not positively identified) | |
| TAYLOR, O.J. | TAYLOR, Oswald James, Sapper, QX58244, 58 CORPS FIELD PK COY, enlisted 9 October 1943, discharged 1 October 1946. | |
| THOMPSON, B. | (Not positively identified) | |
| VELLA, J.P. | VELLA, John Paul, Private, QX18601, 2/31st Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 25 March 1941, discharged 14 November 1946. | |
| VOSS, C.L. | VOSS, Clarence Leslie, Corporal, 25975 (RAAF), 13 Aircraft Repair Depot, enlisted 29 May 1941, discharged 14 November 1945. | |
| VOSS, VERONICA | VOSS, Veronica May, Aircraftwoman, 102119 (RAAF), Headquarters Eastern Area, enlisted 10 March 1944, discharged 17 January 1946. | |
| WATT, R. | (Not positively identified) | |
| WEBSTER, N. | WEBSTER, Norman Bailey, Lance Corporal, QX29220, 2/9th Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 22 January 1942, discharged 11 January 1946. | |
| WHITEFORD, J. | (Not positively identified) | |
| WILLIAMS, H. | WILLIAMS, Henry Gordon, Warrant Officer Class 2, QX18839, A FD BTY RAA REGT, enlisted 23 October 1941, discharged 29 September 1948. Died 9 April 1999 aged 78 years. Awarded O.A.M. for services to Veterans and Local Government and charitable organisations. |  |
| WILLIAMS, R. | WILLIAMS, Ronald Thomas, Private, Q114732, 16 Employment Company, enlisted 15 June 1941, discharged 17 January 1944. | |
| WILSON, J. | WILSON, John Edward, Sergeant, Q268695, 22nd Australian Infantry Battalion, enlisted 27 May 1942, discharged 16 September 1946. |
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