Montrose in Yarra Ranges Shire, Victoria, Australia — Oceania

Montrose War Memorial

Photographed by Dean Barton-Ancliffe, June 18, 2026

1. Montrose War Memorial Marker

Inscription. (Front of Pillar) Erected by the People of Montrose as a tribute to her gallant sons who took part in the Great War 1914 - 1919 Died on Service
Fred Davies ∙ Gordon Ewart ∙ Norman Hook

(Left of Pillar) Edith Yeaman Sister ∙ Louis Gazaly ∙ Cyril Crameri ∙ Robert Davies ∙ George Davies ∙ Alfred Fairbank ∙ Walter Houghton ∙ Allan Hooke ∙ Ellis Jeeves

(Rear of Pillar) To Honour the Brave
The citizens of this district honour their fallen World War 1939 - 1945
George Grant ∙ Eugene Geraghty ∙ P.A. (Tony) Johnson
Lest we Forget

Unveiled by Dr. (Major) Ian T. Cameron
Anzac Day 1947.

(Brass Plaque on Front of Pillar) In memory of all the men and women who served their country during World War Two (1939 - 1945)
Barkway, E ∙ Barlow, G ∙ Barlow, H ∙ Barlow, J ∙ Barlow, M ∙ Barlow, R ∙ Barson, R ∙ Beaver, B ∙ Belcombe, J ∙ Bell, C ∙ Bell, R ∙ Bell, W ∙ Bentley, J ∙ Bentley, L ∙ Betteridge, C ∙ Betteridge, S ∙ Birch, J ∙ Birch, R ∙ Blakey,

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R ∙ Boardman, B ∙ Button, C ∙ Button, J ∙ Cameron, F ∙ Chandler, V ∙ Cooper, J ∙ Crook, F ∙ Emery, C ∙ Emery, F ∙ Fallon, R ∙ Foxwell, W ∙ Fraser, C ∙ Fynmore, T ∙ Gee, P R ∙ Geraghty, F ∙ Gibbons, T ∙ Gibson, A ∙ Haig, E ∙ Hayes, R ∙ Hayes, W ∙ Jeeves, K ∙ Jefferies, W ∙ Jeffreys, L ∙ Jenkins, C ∙ Johnson, J ∙ Justin, G ∙ Kidgell, G L ∙ King, S ∙ Maskell, H ∙ McAndrew, N ∙ McAndrew, O ∙ McClelland, L ∙ McClelland, S ∙ McKinnon, D ∙ Middlemass, D ∙ Milne, M ∙ Milne, R ∙ Newitt, J ∙ O'Rourke, D ∙ Pages, B ∙ Page, D ∙ Page, R ∙ Page, R ∙ Patterson, R ∙ Pay, R ∙ Pepper, A ∙ Pomaroff, A ∙ Ratten, F ∙ Rekdale, V ∙ Tomkins, W ∙ Turner, E ∙ Walker, W ∙ Wayson, P ∙ Weeks, C ∙ Weeks, W ∙ Yarker, L, Young, G
The Lilydale & District War Memorials Committee appreciates the donation of this plaque by the Rotay Club

Montrose War Memorial (Left) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Dean Barton-Ancliffe, June 18, 2026

2. Montrose War Memorial (Left)

of Montrose & District

(Brass Plaque on Right of Pillar) In tribute to all those from the Montrose District who dies while on active service in World War One
(1914 - 1918)

Corporal Robert Black
No 5985 - 7th Battalion AIF
Killed in Action 9/8/1918 - aged 24
Buried Heath Cemetery, France

Private Frederick Davies
No 774 - 8th Battalion AIF
Killed in Action 14/4/1918 - aged 26
Buried Nieppe-Bois Cemetery, France

Private Charles Dorrington
No 2543 - 3rd Australian Pioneers AIF
Killed in Action 9/2/1918 - aged 20
Buried Berks Cemetery, Belgium

Lieutenant Alfred Eades
12th Brigade - Australian Field Artillery
Killed in Action 12/11/1918 - aged 23
Buried Brookwood Cemetery, England

Private Gordon Ewart
No 3305 - 58th Battalion AIF
Killed in Action 1/10/1918 - aged 23
Buried Bellicourt Cemetery, France

Private Frank Foster
No 192 - 24th Battalion AIF
Died of Wounds 9/10/1915 - aged 24
Buried Pieta Cemetery, Malta

Private Norman Hooke
No 3764 - 46th Battalion AIF
Killed in Action 1/9/1916 - aged 20
Buried Villers Bretonneux, France

Captain Harold Hughes
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in

Montrose War Memorial (Rear) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Dean Barton-Ancliffe, June 18, 2026

3. Montrose War Memorial (Rear)

Action 16/5/1915 - aged 19
Buried Le Touret Memorial, France

Sapper Frederick Jeeves
No 5473 - 6th Field Company Engineers
Killed in Action 1/8/1918 - aged 30
Buried Villers Bretonneux, France

Private Rupert Langley
No 7046 - 5th Battalion
Killed in Action 20/9/1917 - aged 31
Listed on Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium

Private Herbert Leslie Tegart
No 954 - 31st Battalion AIF
Killed in Action 26/9/1917 - aged 19
Buried Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium

Air Mechanic 2nd Class Albert John Walker
No 538 - 3rd Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Died of Disease 16/10/1918 - aged 24
Buried Etaples Military Cemetery, France

(Brass Plaque on Left of Pillar) In tribute to all those from the Montrose District who dies while on active service in World War One (1914 - 1918)

Private Douglas Black
No 50008 - 22nd Battalion
Served 1917 - 1919

Private Louis Edgar Cazaly
No 1893 - 59th Battalion
Served 1916 - 1919

Private Cyril Crameri
No 1943 - 13th Light Horse Regiment
Served 1916 - 1919

Corporal George Edward Davies
No 6884 - 3rd Company AASC
Served 1915 - 1919

Private Robert Daniel Davies
No 5006 - 24th Battalion
Served

Montrose War Memorial (Right Plaque) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Dean Barton-Ancliffe, June 18, 2026

4. Montrose War Memorial (Right Plaque)

1916 - 1919

Private Alfred Edmund Fairbank
No 2710 - 59th Battalion
Served 1915 - 1919

Private Benjamin Gibson
No 4704 - 23rd Battalion
Served 1915 - 1919

Private Clyde Hoffman
No 1031 - 59th Battalion
Served 1914 - 1919

Private Walter James Hoffman
No 1032 - 5th Machine Gun Battalion
Served 1914 - 1918

Driver Henry Holbrook
No 11782 - 3rd Motor Transport Section
Served 1915 - 1919

Private Alan George Hooke
No 11513 - 3rd Field Bakery Battalion
Served 1916 - 1919

Driver Walter James Houghton
No 11765 - 2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Served 1915 - 1919

Private William Henry Jackson
No 5615 - 5th Machine Gun Battalion
Served 1914 - 1919

Private Robert Ellis Jeeves
No 4826 - 5th Battalion
Served 1915 - 1919

Private Albert Lalor
No 3420 - Australian Army Medical Corps
Served 1917

Lance Corporal Henry Lalor
No 240 - 7th Battalion
Served 1914 - 1919

Private Herbert Roy Langley
No 2578 - 8thField Artillery Brigade
Served 1917 - 1919

Sergeant Adolph John Lucke
No 268 - 8th Field Artillery Brigade
Served 1915 - 1918

Sergeant Leslie Ray Lucke
No 308 - 13th Light Horse Regiment
Served

Montrose War Memorial (Left Plaque) image. Click for full size.

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5. Montrose War Memorial (Left Plaque)

1915 - 1919

Sergeant Charles Francis McComas
No 6 - 29th Battalion
Served 1915 - 1919

Ordinary Seaman Robert Croydon McComas
No 2720 - HMAS Sydney
Served 1913 - 1920

Private Alwyn Hamilton McConachy
No 3743 - 46th Battalion
Served 1917 - 1918

Private Robert Ernest Marshall
No 52836 - 15th Light Horse Regiment
Served 1918 - 1919

Ordinary Seaman George Paton
HMAS Australia - Royal Australian Navy
Served 1919

Private Albert Edward Round
No 19522 - Camel Brigade, Field Ambulance
Served 1917 - 1919

Private William Henry Walker
No 3305 - 24th Battalion
Served 1915 - 1919

Staff Nurse Edith Yeaman
Australian Army Nursing Service
Served 1915 - 1919

Private Lindsay Frederick Yeaman
No 3292 - 56th Battalion
Served 1915 - 1919

Private Wilfred Charles Yeaman
No 1106 - 46th Battalion
Served 1915 - 1919 + with Relief Force in North Russia

Details Unknown
B Hooper
C Langford

Erected 1947.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, World I • War, World II.

Location. 37° 48.614′ S, 145° 20.615′ E. Memorial is in Montrose,

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Victoria, in Yarra Ranges Shire. It is at the intersection of Mount Dandenong Tourist Road (Victoria Route C415) and Leith Road ( Route C401), on the left on Mount Dandenong Tourist Road. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 935 Mount Dandenong Tourist Rd, Montrose VIC 3765, Australia. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in Oceania,

in Australasia,

in the Pacific Ocean,

in South Pacific,

on the Pacific Rim,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Major Charles Morris (1856-1935) (here, next to this marker); Montrose Bricks in Demand (a few steps from this marker); Australian Nurses Memorial / Local Nurses that served in War (within shouting distance of this marker); Sister Edith Wilson Yeaman (within shouting distance of this marker); Robert Riddett's Cottage (within shouting distance of this marker); Storm Leaves (within shouting distance of this marker); The People's Garden (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); The First Train (approx. 4.2 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Montrose.

Also see . . . Montrose War Memorial. Monument Australia

The monument commemorates those who have served in the various conflicts in which Australia has been involved.

It was originally erected to commemorate those who served in World War One. The names of those who died in service or were killed in action in World War Two were added to the memorial and unveiled on ANZAC Day 1947.

An additional plaque has been added to commemorate the men and women of Montrose who served in World War Two.

(Submitted on July 21, 2026, by Dean Barton-Ancliffe of Rowville, Victoria.)

Credits. This page was last revised on July 23, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 21, 2026, by Dean Barton-Ancliffe of Rowville, Victoria. This page has been viewed 14 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 21, 2026, by Dean Barton-Ancliffe of Rowville, Victoria. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.